美国有线电视 CNN 2008-12-17
时间：2018-12-30 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2008年(十二)月
Hello, I'm Mellissa Long, here at the CNN Center in Atlanta. It's Tuesday December 16th. Here is a look at some of the stories happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
President-elect Barack Obama wants to put the head of the Chicago school system in charge of the nation's education policy. Arne Duncan has run the country's third-largest public school district since 2001. During his tenure 1, test scores for Chicago students have gone up significantly. "So when Arne speaks to educators across America, it won't be from up in some ivory tower, but from the lessons he has learned during his years changing our schools from the bottom up. I remember a conversation we had about one of those lessons awhile back, we were talking about how he'd managed to increase the number of kids taking and passing AP courses in Chicago over the last few years, and he told me that in the end, the kids weren't any smarter than they were 3 years ago. Our expectations for them were just higher. " The president-elect announced the selection at Dodge 2 Renaissance 3 Academy, one of the schools Duncan gets credit for turning around.
Impeachment 4 discussions, the Illinois House Committee formed a plan to discuss the fate of Governor Rod Blagojevich. The Democrat 5 was arrested on federal corruption 6 charges one week ago. Illinois lawmakers voted to form this committee that could potentially remove the governor from office. Now Blagojevich isn't saying anything publicly about the scandal surrounding him. His defense 7 attorney says he doesn't believe the governor will resign.
The White House is signaling a short-term help is on the way for General Motors and Chrysler. But so far, there's no firm announcement. Coming back from his trip to Iraq and Afghanistan, President Bush said bankruptcy 8 for the auto 9 industry "could be devastating 10 for the economy". GM and Chrysler have said that they could run out of cash within weeks without support from the government.
Investors 11 are keeping a close eye on the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting it wraps up this afternoon. The Fed is expected to make an announcement on interest rates next hour. Some economists 12 think that Fed will cut rates by half a percentage point in order to help ease the economy. That would take interest rates to a half a percent, that would be the lowest level since July, 1954.
In Israel, a deadly tourist bus accident, at least 22 Russians were killed when their bus flipped 13 over and plunged 14 some 200-feet down of a ravine. Nearly 3 dozen others were injured when that accident happened near a Red Sea resort. The group had just arrived in Israel from St. Petersburg on holiday.
Dynamite 15 in a Paris department store had shoppers evacuating 16 in the middle of Paris. Hundreds of shoppers left Printemps，after sticks of dynamite were found in a bathroom. The group demanding that French troops leave Afghanistan claiming responsibility and the dynamite wasn't actually rigged to explode, but this group has warned they would return if French authorities don't meet that February deadline.
Those are the headlines making news at this hour. Do stay with CNN and CNN. com for more on these stories and other news of the day.
- He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
- Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。
- A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪，才没被车从身上辗过。
- The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。
- The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
- The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.大会的主题是文艺复兴时期的欧洲。
- Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
- The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
- His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
- Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
- The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
- The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
- Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
- The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。
- The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
- She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
- The workmen detonated the dynamite.工人们把炸药引爆了。
- The philosopher was still political dynamite.那位哲学家仍旧是政治上的爆炸性人物。
- The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
- Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？