CNN 2009-09-07

I'm gonna start with a few top stories we wanna share with you here. This happened yesterday, just a tough scene. This is in a rural south of Georgia Community where 7 people had their funerals and their burials all in one day. These were for 7 of the 8 people killed last week north of Brunswick. Again, all of them laid out, these coffins¹. Seven coffins laid out in these burials yesterday. This is a tough scene for this warm community. These victims were all found in a mobile home. 22-year-old Guy Heinze, Jr. who is a son of one of the victims has been charged now with 8 counts of first-degree murder. Heinze made an initial 911 call to alert police of the killings². More than 200 mourners attended those funerals.

Some progress out west in the massive wildfires that had been burning. The latest number we have as far as containment³ is 50%, which was right around 42% this time yesterday. 50% now. But take a look at those flames. Apparently⁴, it's no longer threatening homes along the western flank, but already 76 homes have been destroyed in terms of mileage⁵. 250 square miles are burned in the angels… Angeles, rather, uh, National Park. But the really toughest part of this whole story is the fact that investigators⁶ have determined⁷ that this fire was set on purpose.

This is a huge water main break. You can see it's coming up out of the ground there. But this is in L.A. Studio City. We just started getting a look at this. This was happening overnight.

This scene, they were saying several feet deep. You see some of those firefighters there, about 125 firefighters called to work this scene. In fact, there was a car. You see some of the cars, the wheels are at least submerged on that Hammer. But one person had to be rescued after their car was swept away in the floods. They were saying it'd probably take 4 to 5 hours to shut the flow of  the water main break, but not fun for people in that part of L.A..

Let's turn it to Afghanistan now, where a US service member was killed today. This American was a victim of an insurgent⁸ attack on the eastern part of the country. Meanwhile, the top US commander in Afghanistan says he is convinced civilians⁹ were among those killed in a NATO airstrike. That airstrike in northern Afghanistan killed at least 90 people. This came after two tanker¹⁰ trucks were hijacked¹¹ late Thursday by the Taliban. Afghans were attempting to siphon fuel from those trucks when they were hit by that a… the NATO strike, I should say.

1 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

2 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

3 containment   

n.阻止，遏制；容量

参考例句：

• Your list might include such things as cost containment,quality,or customer satisfaction.你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制、产品质量、客户满意程度等内容。
• Insularity and self-containment,it is argued,go hand in hand.他们争论说，心胸狭窄和自我封闭是并存的。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 mileage   

n.里程，英里数；好处，利润

参考例句：

• He doesn't think there's any mileage in that type of advertising.他认为做那种广告毫无效益。
• What mileage has your car done?你的汽车跑了多少英里？

6 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》

7 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

8 insurgent   

adj.叛乱的，起事的；n.叛乱分子

参考例句：

• Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
• The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。

9 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

10 tanker   

n.油轮

参考例句：

• The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
• Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。

11 hijacked   

劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 )； 绑架； 拦路抢劫； 操纵（会议等，以推销自己的意图）

参考例句：

• The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
• The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。