时间:2019-01-26 作者:英语课 分类:商业报道2008年(十一)月


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Hello, I'm Creshon Saunders at the cnn.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.


CNN has confirmed more than 600 homes have been destroyed in the Los Angeles area by a fast-moving wildfire and more than 10,000 people are being ordered to evacuate 1. Fire officials say people in Selma and Porter Ranch 2 as well as Granada Hills must get out now. The Los Angeles mayor is asking residents to conserve 3 power or rolling blackouts may be required to prevent a strain on the power grid 4


To the West, in Santa Barbara another wildfire has burned more than a hundred homes. The fire has consumed more than 2,600 acres and injured 4 fire fighters since it started.


Supporters of same-sex marriage will hold several rallies as part of a series of nationwide protest against Proposition 8 which denies same-sex couples the right to wed 5 in California. The rallies may be taking place today, but the court battle heats up Monday. Only Connecticut and Massachusetts allow same-sex marriages. New Jersey 6, Vermont and New Hampshire have civil unions.


Working to fix the global financial crisis, 20 world leaders are meeting right now in Washington. President Bush called the emergency summit to figure out what caused the global financial meltdown and how to make sure it doesn't happen again.


North Carolina Governor Mike Easley is planning to survey  damage caused by a cluster of strong thunderstorms that swept across Central North Carolina and killed 2 people. One victim was found dead in the wreckage 7 of her house in the community of Kenly. The second fatality 8 was a child happened in the neighboring community of Johnston County. Officials say that the severe storm affected 9 a half-dozen counties, knocking down trees and power lines.


The U.S. military said the suicide car bombing has killed 10 Iraqis and wounded 20 others. The blast was at an automobile 10 market in the city of Tal Afar about 70 Kilometers west of Mosul.


Those are the headlines this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source, on line, on TV, even when you're on the go.



v.遣送;搬空;抽出;排泄;大(小)便
  • We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵!
  • They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
n.大牧场,大农场
  • He went to work on a ranch.他去一个大农场干活。
  • The ranch is in the middle of a large plateau.该牧场位于一个辽阔高原的中部。
vt.保存,保护,节约,节省,守恒,不灭
  • He writes on both sides of the sheet to conserve paper.他在纸张的两面都写字以节省用纸。
  • Conserve your energy,you'll need it!保存你的精力,你会用得着的!
n.高压输电线路网;地图坐标方格;格栅
  • In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下,要用载体把格栅密封起来。
  • Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。
v.娶,嫁,与…结婚
  • The couple eventually wed after three year engagement.这对夫妇在订婚三年后终于结婚了。
  • The prince was very determined to wed one of the king's daughters.王子下定决心要娶国王的其中一位女儿。
n.运动衫
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏
  • They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
  • New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
n.不幸,灾祸,天命
  • She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
  • He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
n.汽车,机动车
  • He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
  • The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
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abeyancy
adaptor molecule
Aisne, Dép.de l'
anesthetic mask
animal lib
axlon
baccare
Bilousivka
Bukindo
butadiene- styrene-vinylpyridine latex
canadian fleabanes
cinematoscope
coded decimal machine
compression casting
concentration on
conscience-stricken
Cook, Frederick Albert
crateful
CSLU
dances of death (mediaeval europe)
decise
depreciation quota
direct labo(u)r process
directly mains operated chassis
disconsecrate
distress call procedure
double irradiation
episodic lymphopenia with lymphocytotoxic antibodies
epoxy polymer
EUREX
fast Fourier transform
ferropyrin
foreannounce
gastroenteralgia
gossup
greasy spoons
half nut lever
high frequency conductivity
horse flesh ore
hyperphalangeal
internet data connector
JTWI
Keystone Heights
kitset
klonoff
Kozeny's equation
liberal artss
local obstructive pulmonary emphysema
luminoes
magnetic amplification
Manakpur(Manikpur)
Manchul
McDowell's operation
micropycnidia
mineral deposits geometry
mscv
naturity
neiger
onsite audit
optical cable splice
orbital process
overseas trade
parallel by bit
Paul-Bunnell test
pieon
Plotnikovo
posteriori entropy
potassium-dating
powder classification
preactivates
quantitative management method
queued for log-on
quinceaera
radial locating
Ramus collateralis
recleaning
selected X error bars
semi-sexist
shipbrokers
showreel
softness-stiffness tester
solar-hydrogen
speculative capital
statutory tenant
strategy map
supplementary buildings of thermal power plant
surinamite
Sǒnggan
thrustel
to pour oil on troubled waters
traffic fatality
transitory variations
upward slicing
Valevåg
watering machine
Westminster Cathedral
wet t-shirt contest
whine about
worm tester
yield away to temptation
zenotropism