CNN 2008-09-19
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(九)月
Hello, from the CNN center here in Atlanta, I am Melissa Long and it’s Thursday, the 18th of September. Here’s a look at some of the stories happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Israel’s Foreign Minister is claiming victory in primary elections. Livni will replace Ehud Olmert as head of the ruling party. He is expected to step down as prime minister. Livni will be given about six weeks to form a coalition 1 government. If she can’t do that, Israel will hold a national election.
More than a year after a deadly bridge collapse 2, one of the busiest arteries 3 in the Twin Cities is now open once again. This morning at dawn a parade of cars was led across the new I-35 Westbound Bridge in downtown Minneapolis. The 234-million-dollar smart bridge has hundreds of sensors 4 which are designed to record how it handles traffic stress and climatic change. The bridge was finished on budget and three months ahead of schedule.
Hackers 5 have broken into Governor Sarah Palin’s personal email. As proof they sent some of the GOP vice-presidential candidate’s messages to the Associated Press. Senator John McCain’s camp is calling it a shocking invasion of privacy. The FBI and Secret Service are now conducting a joint 6 investigation 7. The emails were from a Yahoo account. Critics question why Palin used a non-government account for some state business. Some alleged 8 she was attempting to hide information from the public record.
The investigation into a California commuter 9 train crash Friday that killed 25 people is turning up intriguing 10 tidbits but no conclusions yet. Federal investigators 11 say that the train engineer had been text messaging from a cell phone on the job that day, but it is unclear whether he was texting at the time of the crash.
Authorities in Hong Kong say new tests show it’s not just Chinese baby formulas tainted 12 with chemicals, they are going to be recalling some milk, yogurt, and ice cream as well. Authorities pulled baby formulas from the shelves after four children died and thousands got sick from milk powder contaminated with the chemical melamine.
And those are the headlines at this hour; do stay with CNN for more in these stories or other news of the day.
- 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 country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried. 甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠状动脉的方法都已经试过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic met. 这就是伦敦西部三条主要交通干线的交汇处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句
- They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- 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。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
- She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
- These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。
- It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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》