美国有线电视 CNN 2008-12-22
时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2008年(十二)月
Hello to you, I am Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta, here is a look at what’s happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Investigators 1 are on the scene of an accident at the Denver airport. A Continental 2 Airline's jet veered 3 off the runway last night and caught fire. All 115 people on board were able to escape the plane, at least 38 of them were taken to the hospital with only minor 4 injuries. Here is what some passengers witnessed.
"On my side of the plane, I could see the engine, I noticed it was on fire, I could feel the heat come from the window, because I was on the window side of the plane."
" I just worried about my son, just making sure that he was okay, we just, we saw ,I looked to the side and I saw my husband, and there was a big like fireball out of the window, and I was just, you know, I was thrilled. I didn't know what to do."
To the weather now, where residents in the northeast and northwest are bracing 5 for yet another major winter storm just a day after being hit by a heavy snow and bone-chilling temperatures. Our iReporters are capturing those images and sending them to us as they happen this near white-out conditions were sent to us by John Sullivan in Burlington, Massachusetts. If you want to share your weather pictures, just log on to iReport.com
A couple of small earthquakes in central California this morning. One with a magnitude of 4.1 located just a half hour outside Salinas, another much weaker, struck around 10 a.m. local time. No injuries or damages have been reported.
More international pressure on Zimbabwe's government these days. US announcing today it no longer supports a power-sharing deal between rival political parties. A top US diplomat 6 says a power-sharing deal is not even possible with current leader Robert Mugabe still in power. Several international leaders including President George Bush are calling for Mugabe to step down. The country is in the middle of humanitarian 7 crisis with the cholera 8 outbreak, killing 9 more than a thousand people. That's according to the UN.
Two luxury hotels damaged in last month's terror attacks in Mumbai, India, reopen today. The Taj Mahal Palace and Oberoi Trident hotels both open their doors to guests today. On November 26th, You may remember, the hotels and several other locations in Mumbai were paralyzed by coordinated 10 terror attacks. Bombs and gunfire and fire killed more than 160 people.
Those are the headlines at this hour, for more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source, online, on TV, even when you are on the go.
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
- The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。
- The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road. 公共汽车突然驶入了逆行道。
- The truck veered off the road and crashed into a tree. 卡车突然驶离公路撞上了一棵树。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
- I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
- The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
- The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。
- The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
- He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- 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。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
- The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法