CNN 2009-06-24

Hello, I am Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta. It's Tuesday, June 23rd. here's a look at some of the stories happening Now In The News.

The mayor of Washington DC says at least 7 people were killed in a metro¹ rail crash yesterday in the nation's capital. Two trains on the same track heading in the same direction at rush hour. Metro officials say the one in the front was stopped. The second train plowed² (ploughed) into it. More than 200 firefighters responded to the rescue of the people that were trapped inside.

Also we are watching new development s out of Iran today. Election officials there are now saying there is no way to throw out the election result s and the country's state-run media says President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad will be sworn in the office between the 26th of July and the 19th of August.

Singer Chris Brown is pleaded guilty to assaulting singer Rihanna. But he won't have to serve any jail time. Under a plea deal, Brown must serve five years of probation³, 6 months of community labor⁴. The Los Angeles judge also ordered the singers to stay away from each other.

Court did address Rihanna and stated that although the stay away order pertains⁵ specifically to Chris, Rihanna should not contact him either. Because if Rihanna contacts Chris, that would be a violation⁶ on Chris's part. So the court understood that it was unlikely that Rihanna would contact Chris. But so far we're explicitly⁷ telling Rihanna not to contact Chris as well.

Longtime television star ED Mcmahon has died, he was best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on the tonight show for 30 years. Mcmahon also hosted the talent show Star Search. Now in the past few years he suffered from health and financial problems. His publicist says Mcmahon passed away peacefully at a Los Angeles hospital. Ed Mcmanhon was 86.

You are up to date. Those are the headlines making news of this hour. Do stay with CNN, CNN.com. For more on these stories or other news that develops today.

Plough (also plow)

to move with a lot of effort or force

We ploughed through the thick mud.

throw somebody/something ↔ out

if people throw out a plan or suggestion, they refuse to accept it

The idea was thrown out by the committee. The bill was thrown out by the Senate.

1 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

2 plowed   

v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• They plowed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland. 他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。 来自辞典例句
• He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds. 他先翻土，然后播种。 来自辞典例句

3 probation   

n.缓刑(期)，(以观后效的)察看；试用(期)

参考例句：

• The judge did not jail the young man,but put him on probation for a year.法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱，而且将他缓刑察看一年。
• His salary was raised by 800 yuan after his probation.试用期满以后，他的工资增加了800元。

4 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。

5 pertains   

关于( pertain的第三人称单数 )； 有关； 存在； 适用

参考例句：

• When one manages upward, none of these clear and unambiguous symbols pertains. 当一个人由下而上地管理时，这些明确无误的信号就全都不复存在了。
• Her conduct hardly pertains to a lady. 她的行为与女士身份不太相符。

6 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

7 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法