CNN 2009-10-23
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2009年(十)月
Good morning, I’m Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta. It’s a Thursday, 22nd of October. Here’s a look at some of the stories making news today.
The Obama administration is ordering the nation’s biggest bailed-out companies to severely 1 cut pay packages to the top executives. Salaries are expected to be slashed 2 by an average of 90%. President Obama’s pay czar Kenneth Feinberg has been reviewing salary packages to get the companies in the position to pay back the bailout loans as soon as possible.
A judge has declared a mistrial on John Travolta’s extortion case. She says she believes the jurors somehow communicated with someone outside the court. That’s after the rumors 4 circulated about the verdict before deliberations were done. A paramedic and a former Bahamian Senator have denied trying to extort 3 millions of dollars from Travolta after his son’s death.
Police are now treating the disappearance 5 of a Virginia Tech student as a criminal investigation 6. 20-year-old Morgan Harrington was last seen Saturday night at a Metallic 7 concert in Charlottesville, Virginia. She had left the arena 8 on the campus of the University of Virginia during the show, but wasn’t allowed to reenter because of the arena policy. Harrington’s purse and cellphone were found in a nearby parking lot. Police say there were no signs of struggle in that area.
The H1N1 virus is spreading from coast to coast, a lot faster than many had expected. The hardest hit areas are in the southeast, the Great Lake region, and in out west. The Department of Education is saying the H1N1 has forced 198 schools across 15 different states to shut down. That is a huge increase from just a few days ago and more than 65,000 children were out of school yesterday because of the swine flu or swine flu symptoms, that’s up from around 28,000 Monday.
The Olympic torch in Greece has been lit. From Greece, the torch will be brought to Canada, and it’s going to be carried across country in a 160-day journey, starting the 30th of October. The Olympic flame will be carried by 12,000 torch bearers. The 2010 Winter Game will be held in Vancouver and the Games start in 130 days.
You’re up to date. Those are the headlines for you this hour, do stay with CNN and CNN.com for more on these news or other news that develops today.
- He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
- He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
- Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
- He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.勒索者企图向他勒索一大笔钱。
- They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.严格禁止坑害勒索群众。
- Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
- Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- A sharp metallic note coming from the outside frightened me.外面传来尖锐铿锵的声音吓了我一跳。
- He picked up a metallic ring last night.昨夜他捡了一个金属戒指。