CNN 2012-03-05
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2012年(三)月
英语课
President Obama says he will do what it takes to back Israel and prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
The United States and Israel both assess that Iran does not yet have a nuclear weapon and we are exceedingly vigilant 1 in monitoring their program.
President told the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee that military efforts are viable 3 option II,but he hopes it won't come to that.
With just two days until Super Tuesday,a new poll gives former senator Rick Santorum a good sign's lead in Tennessee.An American research group survey indicates 35% of likely GOP primary voters back Santorum there, with 31% favoring former Massachusetts governor Mitt 2 Romney.Newt Gingrich says he has no plans to drop out the race from the Republican presidential nomination 4 despite calls from his rivals' advisers 5 to step aside.
Speaking on CNN State of Union,Gingrich points to rival Rick Santorum's own refusal to drop out in January,when Gingrich urged him to get out the contest.
He stayed in.He was running forth 6 in every single primary,suddenly he very clever, he won three states,nobody else went to.He became the media darling and bounced back.
Adding more fuel to Mitt Romney's run,House majority leader Eric Cantor is endorsing 7 Romney.Cantor is the first major Republican to make an endorsement 8.
In Russia,about 43% of the ballots 9 tableted in the presidential election gave Vladimir Putin roughly 64% of the votes so far.
37 are dead from this weekend's tornadoes 10.Now the Kentucky officials are reporting two more deaths.CNN meteorologist Rob Marciano is in the small community of West Liberty,where a twist ripped through buildings and flipped 11 police cars along main streets.He says the damage is breath-taking.
There are still some cars that were left here during the storm with winds of 140miles an hour and just tore apart this area.This weekend's huge storm system affects a lot of people about 17 million in all.All the way from Indiana to Georgia.
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1 vigilant
adj.警觉的，警戒的，警惕的
- He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
- The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。
2 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
3 viable
adj.可行的，切实可行的，能活下去的
- The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
- The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。
4 nomination
n.提名，任命，提名权
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
5 advisers
顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授
- a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
- She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。
6 forth
adv.向前；向外，往外
- The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
- He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
7 endorsing
v.赞同( endorse的现在分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品
- Yet Communist leaders are also publicly endorsing religion in an unprecedented way. 不过，共产党领导层对宗教信仰的公开认可也是以前不曾有过的。 来自互联网
- Connecticut Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman is endorsing Republican Senator John McCain. 康涅狄格州独立派参议员约瑟夫。列波曼将会票选共和议员约翰。麦凯恩。 来自互联网
8 endorsement
n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注
- We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
- His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。
9 ballots
n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )
- They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》