CNN 2012-05-05
时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2012年(五)月
First up though, we are heading to Afghanistan, that's where president Obama was yesterday, making a surprise visit to the country, it happened on the one year anniversary of the raid that killed Osama Bin 1 Laden 2, the terrorist leader was once in Afghanistan as a guest of the group that ruled most the country. The Taliban, and it's the Taliban whom US, Afghan and international forces have been fighting during the war Afghanistan. Plans for US troops to leave the country are moving forward, president Obama and Afghan president Hamid Karzai signed a dealing 3 yesterday that outlines how the countries will work together after most of those troops have left.
The FBI says 5 anarchists 4 allegedly planning to blow up a bridge in Ohio, the suspects were arrested Monday evening, as part of a sting operation ran by the FBI, they have been charged with conspiracy 5 and tempted 6 explosives, authority say the men's plan targeted this bridge, it's in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park about 15 miles south of Cleveland Ohio, official say the men plan to detonate explosives that would bring down the bridge, these are the 5 suspects, they range in age from 20 to 35 years old, the FBI says the men never post any real danger to the public, the explosives they were planning to use were fake, the suspects got them from an under cover FBI agent.
Just the facts, May Day takes place every year on May 1st, the event is a celebration of spring, it's also used to celebrate working people, that's why it's known in some countries as international worker's day, May Day is celebrated 7 around the globe and it's often used as a day of protest.
You're with the Occupy Movement that got a lot of attention last fall with based around protesters gathering 8 in different US cities, especially in NY, Wall Street. On Tuesday, some of the members tried to launch occupy May Day rallies across the country, those were just some of the events that happened yesterday, Micheal Home gives us a global rundown on May Day. In London and across much of Europe, May day, much served as a rally crying against the will of austerity measures, high unemployment and deep wage counts. In Greece, thousands of workers, pensioners 9 and students march peacefully to the parliament building in Athens. In Spain, Union workers rally against ill feeling economy, shut down much of the country with general strike. In France, many of the protesters were young people, unhappy with the high levels of unemployment and increasing college costs, there are less and less people can afford education and more and more graduate students can less find a job. But it was a celebratory mood in Moscow as Russia's president elect Vladimir Putin and the outgoing head of state join more than 100,000 people in the march through the capital. In the United States, the Occupy Movement looked regain 10 it's relevancy and turn the holiday into a day of disruption with protests planned in more than 100 cities. Occupy Wall Street members in NY call for a day without the 99%, referring to a slogan that a wealthy 1% rules overall increasingly powerless majority. Much different seeing in Cuba where a massive crowd * through the streets of H, ending up the celebration in revolution square. In Indonesia, thousands of workers march into Asia's biggest May Day rally, demanding better pay and job security. Flag carrying activists 11 also marched in Hong Kong, as well as in Tokyo, and in Manila, several thousand Philippines marched on the presidential palace carrying banners with slogans likeraise our pay now and fight for socialism.
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- Anarchists demand the destruction of structures of oppression including the country itself. "无政府主义者要求摧毁包括国家本身在内的压迫人民的组织。
- Unsurprisingly, Ms Baburova had a soft spot for anarchists. 没什么奇怪的,巴布罗娃女士倾向于无政府主义。
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
- I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚,但还是没开口。
- I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。
- He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
- The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- He intends to redistribute income from the middle class to poorer paid employees and pensioners. 他意图把中产阶级到低薪雇员和退休人员的收入做重新分配。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I am myself one of the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor. 我自己就是一个我们的高贵的施主遗留基金的养老金领取者。 来自辞典例句