CNN 2008-08-14
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(八)月
Hello, I am Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. And here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
There are growing fears the ceasefire between Russia and Georgia may be more fragile than ever. Georgia's president says Russian troops have ignored the truce 1 and continued to push well beyond South Ossetia. President Bush is now taking action, cancelling his planned trip to his Texas ranch 2 to monitor the situation from the White House. Earlier, he announced he will send Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The president also says a massive humanitarian 3 effort is already in progress to help people displaced by the fighting.
A British journalist and eight pro-Tibet activists 4 were detained by Communist Chinese authorities during a protest near one of the Olympic venues 5. The activists unfurled banners with pro-Tibet messages at a cultural museum. Police detained reporter John Gray of ITN for about half an hour. He says he was manhandled and thrown into a van even after he tried to tell them he was a journalist. Police say the government plans to deport 6 the eight protestors, seven of whom are from the US and one is from Japan.
On the campaign trail today, Republican candidate John McCain campaigns in the battleground state of Michigan. McCain holds a fundraiser this afternoon and then tours an aerospace 7 and defense 8 company. He has two more fundraisers this evening. Democrat 9 Barack Obama managed to squeeze in a fundraising during his Hawaii vacation. According to the Associated Press, Obama took in 1.3 million dollars at the sold-out event.
Well, things are smoky today inside one building at the California headquarters of computer maker 10, Apple. A fire burned the second floor and roof late last night. Nobody was hurt and firefighters had things under control by early this morning. Well, the fire wasn't very big. Officials say there is a lot of smoke damage.
Fewer Americans are on the road this summer and gas prices are likely a reason why. A federal highway report shows Americans drove about 12 billion fewer miles this June compared to a year ago. The 4.7% decline came just as gas prices were peaking. The Transportation Department says it's possible Americans may pick up their driving in reaction to 27 straight days of declining gas prices.
Well, those are the headlines this hour. Do stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
- Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网
- We deport aliens who slip across our borders.我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
- More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.昨晚的骚乱发生后有240多名英格兰球迷被驱逐出意大利。
- The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
- Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。