CNN 2010-11-03

I don't know how far beyond 39 we'll go. You know, that's going to be left up to the voters tomorrow. The Senate, again, there's always been a tough -- a tougher road for us simply by virtue¹ of the numbers, and that we have in play there and the number of seats we have up versus² the Democrats³. But I still feel that you know we are looking at least 7 or 8 seats night, there, again, could be some surprises, particularly as you heard -- you head further West. But we will see. I am not sure right now where we are, and the latest counts, when I leave here get that briefing, so, but I feel good about what we've down so far, I think we are going to be more than prepared to move into a good evening.

 

But I believe is that the voters are going to surprise all of these Washington pollsters, when they go out and I think there is early evidence that, especially the early vote, the early vote is coming in many congressional districts, much higher for Democrats than all these pundits⁴ were predicting, which is a clear sign that the Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters aren't coming after the poll.

 

Today I received from millions of Brazilians, the most important mission of my life, this fact, besides me, is a demonstration⁵ of democratic process of our country, for the first time a woman will preside over Brazil.

 

The last few minutes, the British authorities said that these were viable⁶ devices.They probably would have worked -- They probably would have blown these aircrafts -- These cargo⁷ planes out of the sky as they approached the United States. They also said -- and this is important -- that they don't consider that to be an imminent⁸ threat right now. In other words, one would read into that there are no more parcels that they believe are in the mail. But they are still very concerned that this group ,al-Qaeda in Yemen, are going to launch follow-up attackes in the same mold.

 

In Baghdad, the death toll⁹ from a hostage stand-off at a Catholic Church is now 58, 75 people were wounded, the crisis ended when Iraqi security forces stormed the church yesterday. Officials say most of the victims were killed when kidnappers¹⁰ set up explosives. Eight suspects are under arrest.

1 virtue   

n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力

参考例句：

• He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
• You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。

2 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

3 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》

4 pundits   

n.某一学科的权威，专家( pundit的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The pundits disagree on the best way of dealing with the problem. 如何妥善处理这一问题，专家众说纷纭。 来自辞典例句
• That did not stop Chinese pundits from making a fuss over it. 这并没有阻止中国的博学之士对此大惊小怪。 来自互联网

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 viable   

adj.可行的，切实可行的，能活下去的

参考例句：

• The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
• The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。

7 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

8 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

9 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

10 kidnappers   

n.拐子，绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》