CNN 2009-10-25

But first, let's begin with some breaking news out of Pakistan. A drone attack on a house of a suspected Taliban leader. It happened in the city of Damadola, 14 people killed, including three foreigners.

Now the Taliban threatening Afghanistan's runoff elections on the day the campaigning officially started again. Afghanistan is preparing for the runoff on November the 7th. President Hamid Karzai up against former Foreign Minister Abudula Abudula. Today the Taliban collecting or rather calling for a boycott¹ and says it plans to disrupt the vote with violence.

All right, so we get more US bank failures to tell you about today. The number of this year, get this, reached 106. And the latest three in Florida, one each in Georgia, Wisconsin ,Minnesota ,and Illinois. The federal fund that covers bank failures now stands at 7.5 billion dollars, 7.5. Just one year ago, that fund was 45 billion dollars.

The health officials say they are frustrated² with the delays in vaccine³ production as the H1N1 virus spreads quickly. Only 16 million doses of vaccine have been shipped out so far. The virus is now widespread in at least 46 states, that's up five from last week.

International inspectors⁴ are in Iran today to inspect the newly disclosed nuclear facility. The visit comes as Iran says it needs more time to decide on a proposal that could help in the showdown over its nuclear activities. Now the International Atomic Energy Agency gave Iran until yesterday to decide on the proposal. Teheran(Tehran均可）says it will have a response next week.

The mom of the so-called balloon boy admits it was all a hoax⁵ like many people suspected, but now in court documents, Mayumi Heene says she and her husband knew their son was not in that run-away balloon, knew he was in the house, knew he was hiding all along. She also says in those court documents, they told the kids to lie to authorities, and also lie to the media about the whole incident.

In Chatam New Jersey⁶, police are warning residents to be extra cautious after a Catholic priest was found dead in his church rectory. Investigators⁷ say it appears to be homicide. But so far, no arrests have been made and there is still no word on a motive⁸.

1 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

2 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

4 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 hoax   

v.欺骗，哄骗，愚弄；n.愚弄人，恶作剧

参考例句：

• They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
• They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。

6 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

7 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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》

8 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。