CNN 2009-09-23

Good morning, 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 Tuesday.

Investigators¹ are looking for about a dozen more people in connection with a wide ranging terrorism investigation² in the US. Federal agents arrested three men Saturday in connection with the Justice Department has said it was a plot to detonate bombs in the United States. The three are charged with lying to federal agents.

The world's coming together to try to curb³ climate change. The US and China are the two biggest polluters on the planet, and world activists⁴ and leaders are at the United Nations today trying to lay the ground work for an agreement to limit climate change on everything from food and energy, to security and trade.

“We know what needs to be done, we know that our planet’s future depends on a global commitment to permanently⁵ reduce green house gas pollution. We know that if we put the right rules and incentives⁶ in place, we will unleash⁷ the creative power of our best scientists and engineers and entrepreneurs to build a better world.”

Some new details this morning about the unfair, the affair, excuse me, that unraveled John Edwards’ political career. One of his former aides now claims Edwards had always known he was the father of his mistress’s child. And according to New York Times, he may admit that soon. Edwards’ friends say it was his wife Elizabeth who didn’t want him to come forward. Edwards did not respond to request for comments.

At least seven people have been killed by flooding in the southeastern in the US. It has been some of the worst rainfall that hit the region in the century. Affiliate⁸ TV station WUSP reports a woman held on her one-year-old in one arm, and a tree in the other for three hours until they were rescued. More rainfall is expected today and through the weekend.

Looks like older children will need one shot for the H1N1, but children between the age 6 months and 9 years may need two, that’s from the National Institute of Allergy⁹ and Infectious Diseases. Now this is just the early data, we should learn more next month.

You are up to date, those are the headlines, do stay with CNN and CNN.com for more on these stories or other news that develops today.

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 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

4 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 permanently   

adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地

参考例句：

• The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

6 incentives   

激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 )； 刺激； 诱因； 动机

参考例句：

• tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
• Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

7 unleash   

vt.发泄，发出；解带子放开

参考例句：

• They hope to create allies to unleash against diseases,pests,and invasive species.他们希望创造出一些新群体来对付疾病、害虫和一些有侵害性的物种。
• Changing water levels now at times unleash a miasma of disease from exposed sewage.如今，大坝不时地改变水位，从暴露的污水释放出了疾病瘴气。

8 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？

9 allergy   

n.(因食物、药物等而引起的)过敏症

参考例句：

• He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。
• The patient had an allergy to penicillin.该患者对青霉素过敏。