CNN 2009-10-30

Hello everyone, I'm Catherine Callaway at the CNN center in Atlanta, with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

It has been months in the making, and it could reshape the future of your medical care. House Democrats¹ unveiling their long-awaited health care reform bill. And it includes a public or government option, but not the one that liberals were hoping for. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it will mean coverage² for more Americans.

It reduces the deficit³, meets President Obama's call to keep the cost under nine hundred billion dollars over ten years and it insures thirty six million more Americans, thirty six million more Americans.

Five people have been arrested in the gang rape⁴ of a fifteen-year-old California girl. Three of them are juveniles⁵. Police looking for as many as five more suspects in the case. Officials say they also want to talk to several people who watched the alleged⁶ assault but failed to intervene or alert police.

The bodies of eighteen Americans killed in Afghanistan are back home in the US. President Obama was at Dover Air Force Base when those coffins⁷ arrived early this morning. It's the first time a president has witnessed the transfer of remains⁸ since the Afghanistan war began.

And those are the headlines this hour. Stay with CNN for more on these stories and other news of the day.

1 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

3 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

4 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

5 juveniles   

n.青少年( juvenile的名词复数 )；扮演少年角色的演员；未成年人

参考例句：

• Do you think that punishment for violent crimes should be the same for juveniles and adults? 你对暴力犯罪的惩罚对于青少年和成人应一样吗？ 来自生活英语口语25天快训
• Juveniles Should we not exactly in need of such strength and conviction? 少年的我们难道不正是需要这种力量和信念吗？ 来自互联网

6 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

7 coffins   

n.棺材( coffin的名词复数 )；使某人早亡[死，完蛋，垮台等]之物

参考例句：

• The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. 店堂里相当闷热，空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了。 来自辞典例句
• Donate some coffins to the temple, equal to the number of deaths. 到寺庙里，捐赠棺材盒给这些死者吧。 来自电影对白

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。