CNN 2011-06-27

The announcement that was made last night by President Obama is welcomed by the Afghan people. The number of troops that he has announced to be withdrawn¹ this year and the rest, next year, is a sign that Afghanistan is taking over its own security² and trying to defend its territory by its own means. So we're happy with the announcement.As for the number of troops, we have no opinion on that.

The thing is there is nothing we can do about it and once you get over the shock of the situation, you just pick up your feet and you move on.

When an airplane can fly with no fuel, it's a really good message to encourage people to use this clean tech for cars, even systems, lighting³, construction of houses. So it's brilliant encouragement to pioneer their inspirit in the energy and the technological⁴ world.

Lytro is developing an amazing new kind of camera for consumers that will forever change how we're taking experienced⁵ pictures. One of the things that you can do after the fact is to focus your pictures. After you've taken the shot, the camera records the light field other than just a regular photograph and the light field contains all the information flowing into the camera traveling in every direction at every corner of space. You can think of it as all the higher dimension information that's just lost in a regular photograph

1 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

2 security   

n.安全，安全感；防护措施；保证(金)，抵押(品)；债券，证券

参考例句：

• A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
• There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时，机场的保安措施很严密。

3 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

4 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

5 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。