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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
Hello, everyone, I am Creshon Saunders at the CNN. com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
Rising waters breach1 a levee flooding a neighborhood just north of downtown Des Moines, Iowa. About 270 homes and businesses are in danger, as well as a high school. Residents have been forced out, leaving their homes unprotected.
Northern Japan was shaken awake this morning by a magnitude-7 earthquake. It rattled2 nuclear power plants and buried people under massive landslides3. Japanese officials report at least 6 dead and more than 140 injured. They're still searching for 11 missing people.
The number 2 man in Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change has been brought before a judge in Harare. He was not allowed to speak to his lawyers and would appear before a lower court judge Monday. Police say they'll charge him with treason.
A day after they were set free in a daring daylight prison break, security forces in Afghanistan still haven't managed to catch any other nearly 900 prisoners who escaped. Some 400 of those who escaped Friday from a prison in Kandahar are suspected members of the Taliban.
A solemn moment during President Bush's trip to Paris today. The president traveled to the outskirts4 of Paris to visit two cemeteries5 and war memorials. He laid a wreath at an American cemetery6, honoring soldiers killed in World Wars I and II. Earlier, Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy criticized Iran and Syria, telling Tehran to stop enriching uranium.
Discovery shuttle astronauts in space for nearly 2 weeks are back on the ground. The shuttle landed safely at 11: 15 Eastern this morning, touching7 down at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Also back on earth after 95 days in space, flight engineer Garrett Reisman.
Those are the headlines this hour, for more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source on line, on TV, even when you're on the go.
1 breach | |
n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破 | |
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慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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3 landslides | |
山崩( landslide的名词复数 ); (山坡、悬崖等的)崩塌; 滑坡; (竞选中)一方选票占压倒性多数 | |
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n.郊外,郊区 | |
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5 cemeteries | |
n.(非教堂的)墓地,公墓( cemetery的名词复数 ) | |
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6 cemetery | |
n.坟墓,墓地,坟场 | |
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7 touching | |
adj.动人的,使人感伤的 | |
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