CNN 2008-05-28
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(五)月
From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I am Nicole Lapin. Here is a look at what is happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
There are more massive evacuations from parts of China's Sichuan Province. Water levels are rising rapidly in lakes formed after the May 12th earthquake. Authorities are now worried that so-called "quake lakes" might break through their banks and inundate 1 surrounding villages.
Also Myanmar finally opened its door to the outside world after the cyclone 2 left its people in desperate need. Yet the military government is not bowing to international pressure over pro-democracy icon 3 Aung San Suu Kyi. Myanmar's rulers have extended her house arrest despite widespread calls for her release. Reports are now saying that she's gonna spend at least six months to a year longer in detention 4.
Meanwhile President Bush is headed west for a three-day fund-raising tour for Senator John McCain and the Republican Party. He took off this morning from Andrews Air Force Base, there he is. The president is going to attend two events today, one in New Mexico and one in Arizona. Both will attend a dinner tonight in Phoenix 5. The event will be their first meeting since President Bush endorsed 6 Senator McCain nearly three months ago.
Now gas prices again setting another record today. The national average is $3. 93. Now according to AAA, that is up only a tenth of a cent from yesterday. But it's now the 20th increase in a row. Gas is 34 cents higher than it was last month, 73 cents higher than last year.
Well, if you think you have a battle when you fuel up, what about truck drivers in Britain who are now paying for example, more than nine US dollars for a gallon of diesel 7. Today they are protesting those soaring prices by parking their rigs on roadways in London, you saw those aerial shots. The price of diesel fuel in Britain has gone up more than thirty percent in the past year alone.
Those are the headlines at this hour. For more on those stories and other news of the day, CNN is always your source online, on TV or on your cell phone.
- If the dam breaks,it will inundate large parts of the town.如果水坝坍塌，该城的大部分将被淹没。
- The course changes frequently,and the area is so flat that a small change in the level of the river may inundate a considerable area.河道变化多端，下游地区却很平坦，水位少许上涨河流就会淹没一大片土地。
- An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
- The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
- They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
- Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
- The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
- The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。
- The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》