时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2010年(十一)月


英语课

Hey there, everybody, and welcome to this extra engaging edition of CNN Student News. That will make more sense in a few minutes. I'm Ben Tinker, filling in for Carl, who's at an anti-bullying conference. More on that when he gets back. Meantime, let's get started with the headlines. And we begin today at the White House.


“Today, therefore, marks the first time in nearly forty years that the recipient 1 of the Medal of Honor for an ongoing 2 conflict has been able to come to the White House and accept this recognition in person.”


And that's how we start today's program, with the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor in more than 30 years. Staff Sergeant 3 Salvatore Giunta earned the medal because of his heroic actions in Afghanistan in 2007. He helped fight off the enemy and rescue a fellow soldier after they were attacked. Giunta says he wants the medal to be a symbol of dedicated 4 service to the armed forces.


“This is truly an incredible experience. But although I'm the one standing 5 here wearing this medal right now, I want to make it be known that this represents all service members from all branches that have been in Afghanistan since 2001, Iraq since 2003; who were there yesterday, are there today, and will go again tomorrow.”


Up next, a congressional committee says New York Democratic Representative Charlie Rangel is guilty of violating some house ethics 7 rules. Yesterday, the committee announced that there was "clear and convincing" evidence of guilt 6 on 11 of the 12 charges that Rangel was facing. Representative Rangel has been serving in Congress for nearly 40 years. In fact, he was re-elected to another term just this month. He says he's not being treated fairly. Now, the committee will recommend a sentence for Rangel. It could be anything from a fine up to an expulsion from Congress.


Questions about the cholera 8 outbreak in Haiti have triggered violence in the Caribbean nation. Protesters fought with authorities on Monday. At least one person was killed. There was gunfire in the towns where these riots happened, and people set fires at the entrances to these towns. It seems like this all started because of rumors 9 that a group of peacekeepers may have started the outbreak. The United Nations says those rumors are completely false.

 



1 recipient
a.接受的,感受性强的 n.接受者,感受者,容器
  • Please check that you have a valid email certificate for each recipient. 请检查是否对每个接收者都有有效的电子邮件证书。
  • Colombia is the biggest U . S aid recipient in Latin America. 哥伦比亚是美国在拉丁美洲最大的援助对象。
2 ongoing
adj.进行中的,前进的
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
3 sergeant
n.警官,中士
  • His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
  • How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹?
4 dedicated
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
5 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
6 guilt
n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责
  • She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
  • Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。
7 ethics
n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准
  • The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
  • Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
8 cholera
n.霍乱
  • The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
  • Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。
9 rumors
n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷
  • Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
actitudes
aid post
Amundsen
anionic
application for documentary bills for collection
asynchronous quenching
audio-typist
Balakhton
band profile
basal space
Bhop.
Botaurus
cachets
children's footwear
Clematis anshunensis
coalescent pit aperture
coastal tender
cone extreme solution
convehith
copper gasket
cutting speed
denudation slope
dictyuchus sterile
douche bath unit
eccentric vibrating screen
edge clocked D-type register
electroscalar
endemic animal selenium deficiency disease
equivalent normal form method
Etterbeek
extolled
first baron passfields
fling discretion to the winds
formaldehyde releasers
general refrigerated ship
geodesic lines
glossy black bituminous coal
gotthards
gun grease
hit a nerve
instruction execution sequence
interstitially
intra-cell
jatra
launderesses
leiotrichous
licryfilcon
load designed water line
made their mark
malopterurus electricuss
marquensite
merita
microcharcoal
microprocessor data entry terminal
mignardises
mould case
multiviewers
neo-linguist
nonfusible
NZB
oropharyngeal isthmus (isthmus faucium)
overprovisioned
oxy-accetylene hose
oxygen generating equipment
photoblogger
pidginization
pinched composition
preliminary criminal procedure
principle of belongingness
priority rules
produce testimony of
QA analyst
radiation hepatitis
regenerative detection tube
reversible magnetic amplifier
ribbon band
saturation noise
shrub species
side part forming machine
silps
single frequency receiver
sink of iniquity
slot time
special ceramics
spinier
spiracular gill
stub one's toes against something
superior goods
swing transation
tapping table
temporizingly
tendomuscular
Teuschnitz
theoretical availability index
three phase neutral reactor
timahoe
to toot
urban plunge
verminaille
Wake Forest
water brake
worpro