CNN 2008-08-21
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(八)月
Good afternoon I'm Reggie Aqui from the CNN Center in Atlanta and here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
We begin with hospital officials in Ohio who announce Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones is in critical condition after suffering an aneurysm last night. Earlier today, CNN had reported the Congresswoman had died, based on the report of information coming from several Democratic sources. The Democratic super delegate is one of Hillary Clinton's most ardent 2 supporters. She was planning to attend the Democratic National Convention next week in Denver.
We are also following what's happening with Tropical Storm Fay. It's apparently 3 in no hurry to leave the state of Florida. It has stalled out along the state's Atlantic coast near Cape 4 Canaveral. Forecasters say when Fay finally gets moving again, they expect it to hug the coast before making a gradual turn to the northwest. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 miles an hour. In St. Lucie County, the storm has flooded thousands of homes. Look at those pictures, as airboats are being sent in to rescue the stranded 5 residents.
Now we take you to Madrid, where most of the 172 people aboard a Spanish jet are feared dead after the plane apparently went down in flames, shortly after takeoff from the airport. The official death toll 6 is 90, but local reports say that 26 hospitalized people are the only survivors 7. The jet was supposed to be going to the Canary Islands. Because the plane was an American-made McDonnell Douglas MD-82, the National Transportation Safety Board is sending an investigation 8 team to Madrid.
The US has now signed a formal deal with Poland to a base of ballistic missile interceptors in that country. Washington says the shield is meant to ward 9 off attacks from rogue 10 states like Iran. But Russia's foreign ministry 11 says it's clearly aimed at weakening Russia and it says Moscow's response will go beyond diplomacy 12.
Also today, a federal judge won't allow Alaska Senator Ted 1 Stevens to move his corruption 13 trial to his home state. The longest serving GOP Senator is accused of lying about hundreds of thousands of dollars in home renovations and gifts he received from an oil services contractor 14. Stevens' lawyer argued that the witnesses are in Alaska, being home is crucial to his reelection campaign. That trial is supposed to start September 24th.
And now you are up to date. Those are the headlines. Please stick with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- He's an ardent supporter of the local football team.他是本地足球队的热情支持者。
- Ardent expectations were held by his parents for his college career.他父母对他的大学学习抱着殷切的期望。
- 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。
- I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
- She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
- He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
- I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- 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。
- The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
- During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。
- The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
- They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
- This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
- The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。