CNN 2009-10-27

Good morning. I am Melissa Long, at the CNN center in Atlanta. It's a Monday, the 26th of October. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

President Obama has declared a national emergency concerning the flu virus, the H1N1. His order Friday night gives doctors and hospitals the OK to cut through government red tape so they can quickly act if things get worse. The CDC says already more than a thousand people in the US have died from H1N1.

Senate majority leader Harry¹ Reid could decide today on whether to push for the so called "public option". According to a senior aide, the proposal could establish federal guidelines for a government insurance program. But individual states would be allowed to opt² out.

Trial is set to get underway in Texas today for a member of polygamist sect³. You may remember this case from a year and half  ago. 12 members were charged in the largest child custody⁴ case in US history. More than 400 children were taken into state custody. Many of those children have since been returned. The sect is a breakaway of the Mormon Church.

Could be 3 months before Interstate 40 reopens near the Tennessee-North Carolina boarder? It was hit by a massive rockslide over the weekend. The troopers say some of the rocks are the size of a house, suggested detours⁵ are gonna add about 60 miles, if you're traveling from Asheville, North Carolina to eastern Tennessee.

The Michael Jackson's CD--This Is It, is being released in much of the world today and in North America tomorrow. The release is the time to Wednesday's debut⁶ of the movie of the same name. The 2-disc CD includes original masters of Jackson's biggest hits, new versions of classic tracks, the title track, just released as a single and the spoken word poem.

Those are the headlines for you this hour. Do stay with us here at CNN.com. Of course, you can follow CNN television for all the news that develops today.

 

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 opt   

vi.选择，决定做某事

参考例句：

• They opt for more holiday instead of more pay.他们选择了延长假期而不是增加工资。
• Will individual schools be given the right to opt out of the local school authority?各个学校可能有权选择退出地方教育局吗？

3 sect   

n.派别，宗教，学派，派系

参考例句：

• When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect.他16岁的时候加入了一个宗教教派。
• Each religious sect in the town had its own church.该城每一个宗教教派都有自己的教堂。

4 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

5 detours   

绕行的路( detour的名词复数 )； 绕道，兜圈子

参考例句：

• Local wars and bandits often blocked their travel, making countless detours necessary. 内战和盗匪也常阻挡他们前进，迫使他们绕了无数弯路。
• Could it be that all these detours had brought them to Moshi Pass? 难道绕来绕去，绕到磨石口来了吗？ 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

6 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。