CNN 2008-11-28
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(十一)月
From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Here's your NOW IN THE NEWS update.
India's premier 1 counter-terrorist force is hunting down militants 2 at two luxury hotels and a Jewish center. The sites were attacked when terrorists struck targets around Mumbai on Wednesday, killing 3 over a hundred people and injuring more than 300. The search for the gunmen was then hampered 4 by large fires at the Taj and Oberoi hotels. But officials say that security forces are making progress. A union cabinet minister says that terrorists appeared to have been planning these attacks for months and even set up control rooms at two hotels. An Israeli search team and a small FBI team are headed to India to assist the authorities there. And President Bush has already spoken to Indian authorities and offered his condolences to the Indian people. Both he and President-elect Obama are monitoring the situation. Obama condemned 5 the attacks as well, and said that demonstrated the grave and urgent threat of terrorism.
And an Airbus Jetliner making a test flight with seven people on board has crashed off the coast of France. The plane belonged to Air New Zealand. French officials say the A320 went down over the Mediterranean 6 Sea. Helicopters and a patrol plane have been dispatched to the crash zone.
And Prime Minister of Thailand has declared a state of emergency at Bangkok’s two main airports. The declaration really clears the way for authorities to move on that anti-government protesting / that has paralyzed air travel in the capital for the past two days demanding the prime minister's resignation.
And the Iraqi parliament has voted to approve a sweeping 7 new security pact 8 with the United States. The deal includes a firm timetable for withdrawal 9 for all U.S. troops from Iraq by December 31st, 2011. The assembly was forced to postpone 10 the vote on Wednesday due to last-minute negotiations 11 among Shiite and Sunni factions 12.
And 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 cellphone.
- The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
- He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- 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 search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
- So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。
- The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
- Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
- The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
- Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？
- The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
- The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。
- The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
- I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
- She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。