CNN 2011-06-02

This marks the first time that a big prestigious¹ organization has said that there’s a possible link between cell phone use and cancer. They say that it’s a possible carcinogen for humans. It’s also with neck category. It’s lead, engine exhaust and coal form. There’s something you can do, and here it is. You can get yourself one of these. When you use a headset, it allows you to hold the phone away from you.

When it’s held away from you, the radiation dissipates into the air. We got in touch with the cell phone industry group and this is what they had to say this classification does not mean that cell phones cause cancer, the World Health Organization finding is based on limited evidence.

Former Serbian military leader Ratko Mladic has just arrived in the Netherlands where he is to be trialed at the UN war criminals tribunal at the Hague. He faces as you may recall genocide charges over atrocities² committed during the Bosnian War in the 1990s, he’d been on the run for about fifteen years. Early in Serbia Court, he rejected his appeal against extradition³.

Today, I’m pleased to announce that I will nominate John Bryson to be our nation’s next Commerce Secretary. John is somebody who will bring to this job a wealthy experience in the public and in the private sectors, but in my mind nothing has prepared him more for this demmanding role, a role that requires delicate policy, complex negotiations and careful management to focus strong views , than being a father of four daughters, uh…

1 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

2 atrocities   

n.邪恶，暴行( atrocity的名词复数 )；滔天大罪

参考例句：

• They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。