CNN 2010-08-07

A number of pro-government's news websites, including the Fars News Agency which is closely tied to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps¹, Rosemary, they all reported initially² that a home-made hand grenade had been thrown at the convoy³ as the Iranian president was travelling through at the western town in Hamadan, on one of his frequent provincial⁴ visits around the country and that somebody had been detained shortly after that blast. Then we got within a matter of hours, statements coming from the Iranian govern… president's team rather, from his spokesman actually saying that there was no hand grenade whatsoever⁵; this was in fact a toy firecracker, the kind that children might play with, that nobody had been injured, and that western media was blowing this all out of proportion.

Just after 6:00 we had a call into our dispatch center that we had a single engineer craft that had crashed here northwestern Deer Valley airport into the City Wide Pest Control business. The plane quickly consumed the fire. We dispatched our crews. When we got here, we found a small plane like I said that was fully⁶ involved of fire. Our crews quickly deployed⁷ hand lines. We were able to get the fire under the control. Fortunately, it did not spread to the building. We don't have any kind of hazardous⁸ material issues out here, with the plane or with the business. Unfortunately, we have one person -- the pilot appears has lost his life in this crash. We're trying to determine if we have anybody else that was in the plane.

I think it's important to point out that at least 50% of the oil that was released is now completely gone from the system. And most of remainder is degrading rapidly, or is being removed from the beaches. The conclusions, key conclusions of the report is that the vast majority of the oil has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed and recovered from the wellhead, or dispersed⁹, and much of the dispersed oil is in the process of relatively¹⁰ rapid degradation¹¹. A significant amount of this is a direct result of the very robust¹² Federal response efforts.
 

1 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

2 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

3 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

4 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

5 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

6 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

7 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

8 hazardous   

adj.(有)危险的，冒险的；碰运气的

参考例句：

• These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
• Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。

9 dispersed   

adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的

参考例句：

• The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
• After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。

10 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

11 degradation   

n.降级；低落；退化；陵削；降解；衰变

参考例句：

• There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
• Gambling is always coupled with degradation.赌博总是与堕落相联系。

12 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。