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CNN 2008-09-15

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I’m Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com Newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what’s happening NOW IN THE NEWS. 

The largest search and rescue operation ever in Texas has saved thousands of lives. Rescue workers are scouring1 the Texas coast by helicopter, boat and on foot. So far rescuers have taken nearly 2, 000 people to safety. Rescuers are going door-to-door in Galveston where some of the most extensive damage from Hurricane Ike was seen. The bodies of three people were found among the wreckage2 in Galveston today. But city officials say they won’t have an exact number until all of Galveston is searched.

It could be more than a month before power is restored in Galveston area. That’s what city officials are telling CNN about efforts to restore power. They say more than 500 people are having to be sent to San Antonio because of safety and sanitation3 problems resulting from the outages. The storm also battered4 Houston. Ike left high-rises without windows, roads filled with debris5, and thousands of residents without power. Houston’s mayor is asking the utility companies to do everything humanly possible to restore power. 

The remnants of hurricane Ike, which now are a tropical depression, are racing6 through the Midwest. The system is dumping heavy rain in several states and forcing officials to issue flood warnings and watches. And Chicago is under the gun from even more flooding because of Ike. Ike’s rains are piling up on the record amounts from another tropical system that moved over Chicago yesterday. Our record-breaking 6 inches of rain fell at O’Hare Airport last night and more is expected today. Chicago city officials are asking the state’s governor to declare a flood disaster. 

In Russia, government investigators7 say engine failure probably caused today’s crash of a passenger jet that killed all 88 people on board. The Boeing 737 took off from Moscow and was about to land in Perm when the pilot lost contact with air traffic controllers. Russian authorities say one passenger on board was an American. The US embassy says it’s trying to confirm it. Rescue teams have recovered the plane’s flight data recorder. 

And Nigeria’s main rebel group has declared an “oil war” in response to what it says ‘are unprovoked attacks by Nigerian government forces’. The group known as MEND says it has deployed8 hundreds of war boats and armed fighters to attack the country’s oil industry. MEND rebels have targeted four oil groups since 2006, bombing pipelines9 and kidnapping workers.

And those are the headlines this hour. For more on these stories and other news of the day, CNN is your source online, on TV or when you’re on the go.


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1 scouring 02d824effe8b78d21ec133da3651c677     
擦[洗]净,冲刷,洗涤
参考例句:
  • The police are scouring the countryside for the escaped prisoners. 警察正在搜索整个乡村以捉拿逃犯。
  • This is called the scouring train in wool processing. 这被称为羊毛加工中的洗涤系列。
2 wreckage nMhzF     
n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏
参考例句:
  • They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
  • New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
3 sanitation GYgxE     
n.公共卫生,环境卫生,卫生设备
参考例句:
  • The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看,这个地段非常糟糕。
  • Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。
4 battered NyezEM     
adj.磨损的;v.连续猛击;磨损
参考例句:
  • He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
  • The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。
5 debris debris     
n.瓦砾堆,废墟,碎片
参考例句:
  • After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
  • Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上,导致蛀牙。
6 racing 1ksz3w     
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的
参考例句:
  • I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
  • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
7 investigators e970f9140785518a87fc81641b7c89f7     
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 deployed 4ceaf19fb3d0a70e329fcd3777bb05ea     
(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。
9 pipelines 2bee8f0b9bb303b1f1a466fd43666db3     
管道( pipeline的名词复数 ); 输油管道; 在考虑(或规划、准备) 中; 在酿中
参考例句:
  • The oil is carried to the oil refinery by pipelines. 石油通过输油管输送到炼油厂。
  • The oil carried in pipelines. 石油用管道输送。
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