CNN 2010-07-21

There is no doubt that we have made progress as a consequence of this new cap fitting on and  that even if it turns out that we can't keep the containment¹ cap on to completely stop the oil,  it is going on to allow us to capture much more oil and we will see less oil flowing into the gulf². We won't be done until we actually know that we've killed the well and that we have a permanent solution in place, we will move in that direction but I don't want us to get too far ahead of ourselves.

 

This is from the UK ambassador to the United States. Sir Nigel Sheinwald saying that, look, the new British government, he stresses NEW, is clear that Megrahi’s release was a mistake. Two interesting things also added to the statement. One, categorically deny there was any kind of a rotten business deal struck between Libya and BP, and the whole prisoner exchange in order that BP could get favorable treatment from Libya on an oil deal, and lastly that this decision was not the British government’s to make but that it was a Scottish Judiciary that decided³ to release al-Megrahi on compassionate⁴ grounds, because he had prostate cancer.

 

5000 people arrested with raids across a whole handful of Asian countries involving 10 million dollars of being seized. This is the third such operation that Interpol has presided over connected to betting illegal gambling⁵. Specifically, this time illegal gambling on the Soccer World Cup. In China alone, they carried out 322 raids, they said the amount of bets involved totaled more than 53 million dollars, in Malaysia the total amount of bets involved was 100 million dollars. There were 28 raids in Singapore and in Thailand 186 raids with a total number of arrests of 2894.

 

We are not perfect, we know that, you know that and phones are not perfect, either, but we want to make it, make all of our users happy. A lot of people have told us that the bumper⁶ solves the signal strength problems. We’ve got our bumper case here; we want to get everybody a free case. If you are still not happy, before or after you get the free case, you can bring you iPhone4 back undamaged within 30 days, for a full refund

1 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。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 compassionate   

adj.有同情心的，表示同情的

参考例句：

• She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。
• The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。

5 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

6 bumper   

n.(汽车上的)保险杠；adj.特大的，丰盛的

参考例句：

• The painting represents the scene of a bumper harvest.这幅画描绘了丰收的景象。
• This year we have a bumper harvest in grain.今年我们谷物丰收。