CNN 2009-12-05

Secretary General of NATO said today that two dozen nations will provide an estimated 7,000 more troops for Afghanistan. CNN’s John Robert in Brussels covering the meeting today actually talked to the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the troop commitments.

These include decisions by governments to keep troops that they were about to remove, that they had sent only for the elections, plus new, additional commitments. For example, today we heard from the Italians and the Poles and the Slovakians and -- I'm probably forgetting some others, but we had some really positive new commitments.

The Labor¹ Department says the unemployment rate for November fell to 10%, still double digits². But it is down. Just 11,000 jobs were lost last month, that is the smallest monthly loss in nearly two years.

The Italian jury could return a verdict today in Amanda Knox’s year-long murder trial. Prosecutors³ say the young American, you see her there, and her Italian boy friend cut a woman’s throat during a drug fueled sexual assault. A second man has already been convicted in this case. Knox’s parents as well as Amanda herself insist she is innocent.

"She knows she had nothing to do with this and you know, they just can’t put an innocent person behind bars."

"There is no way that with no evidence they could convict her of a crime she didn’t commit."

So 36 worshipers are dead in Pakistan after militants⁴ armed with guns and grenades attacked a mosque⁵ during midday prayers. Another 45 people were wounded. The mosque is in Rawalpindi that’s close to Pakistan’s Amy headquarters and it’s frequented by military officials. Today’s attack is the latest in a recent wave of violence that has killed more than 400 people.

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 digits   

n.数字( digit的名词复数 )；手指，足趾

参考例句：

• The number 1000 contains four digits. 1000是四位数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The number 410 contains three digits. 数字 410 中包括三个数目字。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

4 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

5 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。