CNN 2008-11-23
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(十一)月
Hello to you, I’m Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com news room in Atlanta. Here is a look at what’s happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
No major damage to report after a powerful earthquake strikes the South Pacific. The U.S. Geological Survey tracked the magnitude 6.8 quake off the coast of Indonesia Saturday morning. It’s not far from the center of a powerful earthquake that triggered a deadly tsunami 1 back in 2004. Geologists 2 say there is no threat of a tsunami from today’s earthquake.
More aseismic activity to report to you, this time in Colombia where authorities say at least 4 people are dead after an erupting volcano triggers a landslide 3. The Nevado del Huila volcano has been erupting since Thursday and has wiped out some bridges and roadways. Colombia’s president has ordered the air force to supply the cut-off towns with aid.
In Lima, Peru, President Bush is urging Asian leaders not to abandon capitalism 4. The president spoke 5 on free trade and the financial crisis today at an economic summit that could be his final trip overseas as president. Bush urged those who support free trade to push Congress to pass free trade agreements with Colombia, South Korea and Panama.
Hollywood actors may not let the show go on. Screen Actors Guild 6 executive director Doug Allan says it will authorize 7 a strike after failing to reach a contract with the major studios. Now the two sides can’t seem to agree on how actors would be paid when movies and TV shows are distributed through mobile phones or the Internet. Hollywood is still recovering from the 100-day writers strike just a year ago.
Alright, you got to check this out, a 3-month layover of source for a Japanese tourist in a Mexico City airport. Hiroshi Nohara has made the terminal a temporary home for nearly 90 days. He says he doesn’t know why he’s staying, but he says he doesn’t have plans to leave either. Now Nohara is living off donations from airport eateries and has become a favorite in the Mexican media. Officials say they can’t kick him out because his visa is valid 8 until March.
Those are the headlines at this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source, on line, on TV, even when you are on the go.
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
- Geologists uncovered the hidden riches. 地质学家发现了地下的宝藏。
- Geologists study the structure of the rocks. 地质学家研究岩石结构。
- Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
- An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
- The essence of his argument is that capitalism cannot succeed.他的论点的核心是资本主义不能成功。
- Capitalism began to develop in Russia in the 19th century.十九世纪资本主义在俄国开始发展。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- He used to be a member of the Writers' Guild of America.他曾是美国作家协会的一员。
- You had better incorporate the firm into your guild.你最好把这个公司并入你的行业协会。
- He said that he needed to get his supervisor to authorize my refund.他说必须让主管人员批准我的退款。
- Only the President could authorize the use of the atomic bomb.只有总统才能授权使用原子弹。