CNN 2009-02-12
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2009年(二)月
Good morning, from the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Reggie Aqui, here's a look at what's happening right NOW IN THE NEWS.
Our lawmakers on Capitol Hill could reach a final deal on the president's stimulus 1 plan as soon as today. Closed-door negotiations 2 went late into the night. Now some Republicans are calling for the price tag to be lower than the Senate's 838-billion-dollar version. At the same time, the president's next stop on his sell-the-stimulus road trip is in Springfield Virginia. He is gonna be visiting a construction site later this morning and highlight the need for new jobs there. That will happen at 11am Eastern. We'll carry it live at .com live.
Vicious tornadoes 3 have slammed parts of Oklahoma. At least 8 people were killed last night in a small town south of Oklahoma city. Dozens more are injured. At least 6 homes are destroyed. The strong winds also snapped 18 power pools and damaged several shopping centers.
Israel's parliamentary elections are too close to call. Unofficial election results indicated a very close race between Tzipi Livni's Kadima Party and Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party. Both candidates are claiming a mandate 4 to govern. Well, now Israel's President Shimon Peres must decide who should form a coalition 5 government.
New political era in Zimbabwe, opposition 6 leader Morgan Tsvangirai is sworn in as Prime Minister. The oath of office was administered by his rival President Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwe has been in a state of political paralysis 7 since the disputed presidential elections nearly a year ago.
The Obama administration apparently 8 closer now to choosing a new FEMA director. According to officials, Florida emergency manager Craig Fugate and former Iowa emergency manager Ellen Gordon are the administration's top two choices. President Obama promised to overhaul 9 the agency. The agency is still haunted by the failed response to Hurricane Katrina.
You might need to start stocking up on two cents stamps that's because the price of a first class stamp is gonna go up from 42 cents to 44 cents that should start May 11th.The Postal 10 Service says it needs more money because of rising production cost and that it does match the rate of inflation.
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- Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
- Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
- 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。
- Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
- Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网
- The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
- The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。
- The paralysis affects his right leg and he can only walk with difficulty.他右腿瘫痪步履维艰。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
- It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。