CNN 2008-08-17
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(八)月
Hi, everyone, I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN. COM newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Georgia is accusing the Russian army of destroying a key railway bridge and starting massive fires in the country. Moscow denies that saying its soldiers are simply completing security operations. Georgia's accusations 1 come amid a cease-fire agreement that calls for both sides to return to the positions they held before fighting broke out eight days ago. Georgia's president signed the deal yesterday after meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. President Bush issued yet another statement this morning repeating that Moscow needs to honor the agreement and withdraw its forces and military operations.
Authorities in India say ten people are behind bars for a series of deadly bombings last month. The arrest came today. 49 people were killed, more than 100 were wounded after 17 coordinated 2 blasts struck the city of Ahmedabad. All the suspects face charges including murder and waging war against the State.
Back in this country, Florida's governor has declared a state of emergency, saying Tropical Storm Fay is on its way. Fay’s battering 3 Haiti, Cuba and The Bahamas this hour. The center of the storm is said to move over Haiti this afternoon, moving next to Cuba. The sixth named storm of the season has maximum sustained winds of 45 miles an hour. Various computer models put the storm's long-range track up the western portion of the Florida Peninsula in a few days. Others place it farther to west over the eastern Gulf 4 of Mexico.
And in Memphis, Tennessee, investigators 5 are looking into an early morning fire that killed five children and a teenager and an adult. Seven people in all were killed. Their bodies were all found on the first floor, at the rear of the house. A child and two teens made it out of the house with burn injuries, they are said to be in stable condition.
Meeting for the first time as the parties’ presumptive presidential nominees 6, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will share a stage in California tonight. The two major presidential candidates will cover the issues of faith and values, in a forum 7 moderated by Pastor 8 Rick Warren. You can watch it live here on CNN. COM Live, starting at 8 p. m. eastern.
And those are the headlines this hour. For more on this stories and other news of the day CNN is your source online, on TV, or when you are on the go.
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
- The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
- The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。
- He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
- A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网
- They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
- The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。