CNN 2008-02-27
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(二)月
Good afternoon, I‘m Naamua Delaney at the CNN center in Atlanta. Here’s a look at what’s happening Now IN THE NEWS;
A massive blackout hit central and southern Florida, power is still out throughout Miami-Dade, and parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties, at least 4.4 million people were initially 1 suggested to have been affected 2, that number was downgraded to about 600,000 to 800,000 people. A spokeswoman for the State’s largest Power Company Florida Power & Light says the outages started when the company shut down a nuclear reactor 3 south of Miami for safety reasons, she says some customers could have power within several hours. The Department of Homeland Security says there is no immediate 4 concern about terrorism being the cause.
A British citizen kidnapped in Iraq is asking the British government to arrange a prisoner exchange, the British Foreign Office is condemning 5 the tape’s release, Peter Moore’s appeal was broadcast Tuesday on the Arabic Language Network, Al Arabiya, His employer, the US based consulting firm Bearingpoint confirmed his identity to CNN, Moore was among five Britons abducted 6 last May from an Iraqi Finance Ministry 7 building in Baghdad. Radical 8 Shiite extremists are believed to be holding them.
The numbers say it all; America’s Home Foreclosure Crisis is getting worse, the number of homes in foreclosure jumped 57 percent in January according to London Network Realty Track, 233,000 homes got at least one past-due payment notice last month.
Fresh from a tour of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Senators John Kerry, Chuck Hagel and Joseph Biden say the US needs to refocus on rebuilding Afghanistan, and they say that means sending more troops and non-military aid, they call the Afghan War “The Forgotten War”. Biden, a Democrat 9 also warns if the US fails in Afghanistan, extremists could set their sights on Pakistan.
A survey led by a British University suggests that a new generation of anti-depressant drug only help a small group of the most severely 10 depressed 11 , for many, experts say there are little more than placebo 12 effects, researchers looked at data from 47 clinical trials involving several popular prescriptions 13, some experts and drug-makers say the study is flawed.
Well that’s just a quick look at what's making news this hour, stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.
- The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
- Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
- Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
- The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
- He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
- When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
- His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。
- The placebo has been found to work with a lot of different cases.人们已发现安慰剂能在很多不同的病例中发挥作用。
- The placebo effect refers to all the observable behaviors caused by placebo.安慰剂效应是指由安慰剂所引起的可观察的行为。
- The hospital of traditional Chinese medicine installed a computer to fill prescriptions. 中医医院装上了电子计算机来抓药。
- Her main job was filling the doctor's prescriptions. 她的主要工作就是给大夫开的药方配药。