CNN 2011-01-11

The terrorist threat levels in here and in other key train stations and airports across the country have been raised from substantial to severe. Officials say it's a precaution, and that there's no intelligence of an imminent¹ attack. But there is an increased police presence, as you can see, here. And the thousands of commuters that pass through every hour are being warned to be vigilant².

We know they're excited, we've talked to them over the last several hours, and so, we're ready to get it on and get them on out of there.

We're going to get them to medical facilities where treatment for Jamie is going to take place, immediately. Then the doctors are going to have to tell us how long it takes to test. We're not absolutely sure but we don't expect it to take a long time.

The trend is clear. We saw 12 straight months of private sector³ job growth. That's the first time that's been true since 2006. The economy added 1.3 million jobs last year, and each quarter was stronger than the previous quarter, which means that the pace of hiring is beginning to pick up. We’re also seeing more optimistic economic forecasts for the year ahead.

Residents in Sorrento Woods say it’s usually pretty quiet here. But a new neighbor has people talking. When I was coming back from work this morning I passed by, and I thought I saw what I thought I saw, but I had to back up and come and look again. Sylvia Mythen said she barely believed to her eyes. It was indeed an orange alligator⁴. I thought this is great, and I am going to snap a picture and send it to my grandkids so they think I’m one of the coolest grandmas in Florida. This is the picture she took. You can clearly see an orange alligator. It’s probably, almost an albino, in between. It's an albino, only a little more colored so he wasn't a full-fledged albino. For now, residents say the orange, almost albino gator is more than welcome to call Sorrento Woods home.

1 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。

2 vigilant   

adj.警觉的，警戒的，警惕的

参考例句：

• He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
• The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。

3 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

4 alligator   

n.短吻鳄(一种鳄鱼)

参考例句：

• She wandered off to play with her toy alligator.她开始玩鳄鱼玩具。
• Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather.鳄鱼皮比通常的皮革要贵5倍。