CNN 2009-06-26

Hello, I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta with a look at some of the stories happening NOW IN THE NEWS on this Thursday June 25th.

President Obama says the time to act on health care is now. He made the remarks at a forum¹ on how to tackle the problem of those uninsured. Senate democrats² are working on a trillion dollar overhaul³. Critics warn the quality of care could go down, but the President says the current health care system is going to bankrupt the country.

"I hurt a lot of different folks. Um, and all I can say is that I apologize." South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has resigned as the head of The Republican Governors Association that's after admitting he's been having an affair for the last year. He also admitted his mysterious absence last week was for a trip to Argentina where the woman lives.

Opposition⁴ leaders in Iran have canceled their planned demonstration⁵ today. The decision comes a day after the government security forces beat people with clubs as they were gathering⁶ for protest in Tehran. Today's demonstration was called to honor victims who opposed election violence.

Some kids in Kansas are going to have to start paying to ride the school bus. The Andover school board says it has to cut more than a million dollars out of its budget cutting it from transportation meant fewer cuts in the classroom. The board absolutely hated to have to make this decision, just like they had to make a lot of other cutting decisions. Guess we will be having to drive them again. But with gas prices seem to be going back up, there is more expense to charge people to ride the bus I think is ok because I think you need to preserve the education part of the school right now. Parents with children who live within 2.5 miles of the school will have to pay 100 dollars for the bus rides the next academic year.

Those are the headlines at this hour. Do stay with CNN, CNN.com for more on these stories or other news that develops today.

1 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2 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》

3 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

4 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

5 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

6 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。