美国有线电视 CNN 2008-12-27
时间：2018-12-05 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2008年(十二)月
From the CNN center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Thanks so much for checking in with us today. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Israel is reopening its border with Gaza to allow deliveries of humanitarian 1 aid into the region. That's despite an increase in rocket attacks by Palestinian militants 3 from Gaza into southern Israel. A tenure 4 of six-months truce 5 between Hamas government in Gaza and Israel, you may recall, expired a week ago. While under the deal Hamas agreed to end militant 2 attacks on Israel from Gaza,and Israel agreed to halt raids inside the territory and ease its blockade on humanitarian goods.
And police in Lima,Peru are looking for the person who threw a tear gas canister into a crowded discotheque early Christmas morning.The accident triggered a stampede that killed 5 people. Several other people were also hurt. A Peruvian news agency says the disco did not have a license 6 to operate or serve alcohol, and many nearby residents have been asking police to close it down.
Also authorities in southern Ukraine say 27 people died in Thuesday's explosion at an apartment building in Yevpatoria. Rescue crews say that there are still people at the scene, but they are all expected to wrap up their work there later this evening. Investigators 7 say several large oxygen canisters were kept in the building's basement and likely caused that explosion.
The first post-Christmas sales report card is out,and the news is not good. A report by MasterCard Worldwide Unit SpendingPulse suggests that sales were down by 4 percent from Christmas of 07. Electronics, clothing apparel, luxury merchandize all fared the worst, by the way,the report also says the weak economy and lousy weather,especially this week kept a lot of shoppers at home.
But the retailers 8' loss could actually be your gain,especially if you are in the market for some new wheels, CNN MONEY.COM is reporting that carmakers are offering some of the best end-of-the-year deals ever. Those deals apply to foreign cars as well as those offered by the Big Three.
And those are the headlines at this hour. For more on those stories and other news of the day CNN is always your source, online, on TV, or on your cellphone.
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
- Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。
- The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
- She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
- The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
- The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
- 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》