CNN 2009-09-04

Hey, there I'm Virginia Cha, at CNN center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Somehow despite 140 thousand acres burned, fire investigators¹ have found the one tree they think where the major Southern California wildfire started. But they say they still not sure how it started. The good news all the evacuees² have been allowed home to check the damage. They've also learned all of this might have been avoidable. The forest service had a controlled burn plan for this area earlier this year to prevent fire just like this one. But they hadn't got all done yet.

An amazing rescue at sea. Early today a 39-year-old man who fallen off his cruise ship 28 mile off the coast Florida was found alive. The Coast Guard said he was treading water for more than an hour when another cruise ship spotted³ him and brought him aboard. He's said to be in good condition. Affiliate⁴ WKMG says he wants to return to his ship.

Looks like CDC is not immune to the swine flu virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there have been a few suspected cases of H1N1 among the roughly 7000 employees at its Atlanta headquarters. The CDC spokesman says it's certainly not surprising that some of its employees have come down with H1N1.

Gas prices are continuing their steady fall today.Triple L reports the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is just under 2 dollars 60 cents. That is down 6-10th of a penny from yesterday. Last year at this time the price of regular unleaded gas was just over 3 dollars 68 cents a gallon.

NASA says it believes a large piece of space junk is not going to be any threat to the astronauts in space.The rocket debris⁵ is expected to pass within 2 miles of the Shuttle Discovery and international space station tomorrow. NASA says it won't affect tonight's planned spacewalk and that astronauts will not have to move out of the way.
Those are the headlines for you this hour. Stay with CNN for more on those stories and all your other news of the day

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 evacuees   

n.被疏散者( evacuee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Moreover, for multi-exits, evacuees select a exit based on game theory. 在有多个出口时，疏散人员根据对策论选择出口。 来自互联网
• Evacuees wade through flooded area following heavy monsoon rains in Peshawar on Saturday, July 31, 2010. 撤离灾区涉水通过后在白沙瓦沉重的季风降雨在周六，2010年7月31日。 来自互联网

3 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

4 affiliate   

vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司

参考例句：

• Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
• What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？

5 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。