CNN 2008-07-29
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(七)月
Good morning to you from the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Reggie Aqui. Thanks for checking in. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Iraqi officials say three female suicide bombers 1 blew themselves up in front of thousands of Shiite pilgrims, killing 2 at least 68 people and wounding more than 160 others. The worshipers were taking part in an annual march to a holy shrine 3. It was the second straight day Shiite pilgrims taking part in the march were targeted.
In Turkey, two bombings have killed at least 17 people and injured more than 150 others. You are looking at some dramatic video that was taken by a cellphone just as one of the explosions went off. There has been no claim of responsibility, but Istanbul's governor calls it an act of terror.
A Knoxville, Tennessee church congregation is mourning two of its members who were killed when an armed man opened fire inside the church on Sunday. The suspect is 58-year-old Jim Adkisson who is being held on one million dollars bail 4. It doesn't appear that Adkisson was a member of the church. And the FBI is still investigating whether the attack was a hate crime.
In California, a wildfire burning out of control near Yosemite National Park has destroyed a dozen homes, and is now threatening some 2, 000 others. More than three dozen buildings have burned and nearly 200 people have been evacuated 5. More than 26, 000 acres have burned since the wildfire began on Friday.
"The Dark Knight 6" is breaking records left and right. The latest Batman flick 7 took in 300 million bucks 8 in just ten days. The previous speed record was set in 2006 by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest". That took in 300 million dollars, but it took 16 days to do it. The Dark Knight has already broken records for best opening weekend and best single day performance.
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- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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 shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
- They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
- He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
- A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。
- He gave a flick of the whip.他轻抽一下鞭子。
- By a flick of his whip,he drove the fly from the horse's head.他用鞭子轻抽了一下，将马头上的苍蝇驱走。