CNN 2009-01-22

Good morning, from the CNN center in Atlanta, I’m Reggie Aqui. Here is what’s happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

After a whirlwind of galas surrounding his inauguration¹, Barack Obama begins his first full day as president. Obama is expected to meet with his economic team to discuss efforts to stimulate³ the struggling economy. He’s also gonna sit down with Pentagon officials to discuss plans to have U.S. combat forces out of Iraq in 16 months. President Obama didn’t even wait a day to tackle Guantanamo. His administration has ordered a halt to prosecutions⁴ for suspected terrorists held at the detention⁵ center. Obama ordered the government to suspend prosecutions at Gitmo for 120 days and during that time, he wants his administration to review the cases of all the suspected terrorists at the camp. We are also gonna keep an eye today on Capitol Hill as Senator Hillary Clinton faces a confirmation⁶ vote as secretary of state. Republican Senator John Cornyn seen here, talking with Clinton, delayed the vote on her nomination⁷, saying that he wanted more time to talk about former President Bill Clinton’s foundation. Yesterday, the Senate approved six of Obama’s cabinet members.

Now more on Senator Ted² Kennedy, he is expected to be released from a Washington hospital this morning as you probably heard, he suffered a seizure⁸ during the post-inauguration luncheon⁹ for President Obama at the Capitol. He was later hospitalized. Doctors say the seizure was brought on by fatigue¹⁰. The 76-year-old senator is battling brain cancer. He was kept at the hospital overnight for observation.

Major concerns now about the U.S. auto¹¹ industry, these numbers are just out , and Toyota finally overtook GM as the world’s biggest automaker in terms of sales for all of last year. That’s a title GM has held for nearly eight decades. Even worse than that, a GM executive warns the company will run out of cash by March 31st if it doesn’t get that second installment¹² of government funds soon. GM is supposed to get the five-billion installment within a matter of days.

Please stick us here at CNN.com and CNN.com/live for your updates throughout the day.

1 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

2 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• 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。

3 stimulate   

vt.刺激，使兴奋；激励，使…振奋

参考例句：

• Your encouragement will stimulate me to further efforts.你的鼓励会激发我进一步努力。
• Success will stimulate the people for fresh efforts.成功能鼓舞人们去作新的努力。

4 prosecutions   

起诉( prosecution的名词复数 )； 原告； 实施； 从事

参考例句：

• It is the duty of the Attorney-General to institute prosecutions. 检察总长负责提起公诉。
• Since World War II, the government has been active in its antitrust prosecutions. 第二次世界大战以来，政府积极地进行着反对托拉斯的检举活动。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

5 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

6 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

7 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

8 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

9 luncheon   

n.午宴，午餐，便宴

参考例句：

• We have luncheon at twelve o'clock.我们十二点钟用午餐。
• I have a luncheon engagement.我午饭有约。

10 fatigue   

n.疲劳，劳累

参考例句：

• The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
• I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。

11 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

12 installment   

n.(instalment)分期付款；(连载的)一期

参考例句：

• I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
• He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。