CNN 2008-07-25
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(七)月
Hello, I am Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Berlin is giving Barack Obama a very warm welcome. The German capital is the first European stop on the Democratic presidential candidate's international tour. Obama has already met with several top German officials including Chancellor 1 Angela Merkel. They discussed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the global economy and climate change. Obama began his tour in the Middle East and tomorrow he moves on to France and Great Britain.
Well, back here in the United States. John McCain visits another battleground state. The Republican candidate is campaigning in Ohio where his focus is on health care. Later today, he takes part in a cancer summit in Columbus. It's being hosted by cycling great and cancer survivor 2 Lance Armstrong. And the McCain campaign has just announced that tomorrow the senator will meet with the Dalai Lama in Colorado.
Once a hurricane, Dolly is now a rain maker 3, dumping up to 20 inches on South Texas and northern Mexico. A lot of people who evacuated 4 the Gulf 5 Coast are back home. Recovery teams are sizing up the damage. President Bush has declared part of South Texas a major disaster area. Across the border, the flood waters are dropping and most of the power is back on. No deaths have been reported.
Well, the International Olympic Committee banned Iraq from competing in next month's Beijing Games because of what, it says, is ongoing 6 political interference by the Iraqi government. An Iraqi Olympic Committee official tells CNN it received letters confirming this. The official says the seven Iraqi athletes who were going to China are disappointed.
And the federal minimum wage goes up 70 cents starting today at now $6.55 an hour. This is the second of three scheduled increases. The next bump happens in July, 2009.
Well, those are your headlines this hour. Do stay with CNN for more on these stories and of course the other news of the day.
- They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
- He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
- The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
- There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
- He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
- A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
- 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。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。