CNN 2012-03-19

 Polls are closing in Puerto Rico,which has 20 delegates up for grabs in its primary today.Even though,these voters can not cast ballots¹ in the general election.Republican Strategist,Lis Mayor tells CNN today could be a good indicator² of Hispanic votes in states,such as New York and Florida.

 

 

 

What it doesn't necessarily tell us is what's going to happen in states like Nevada,New Mexico,California,Arizona,states like that,where you have a very large Hispanic population,but it tends to be more Mexican American than Puerto Rican or Cuban American.

 

Ahead for the GOP contenders is the Illinois primary on Tuesday.

 

 

 

A car bomb has killed three people in northern Syria today in an attack in the country's second largest city.The explosion also wounded at least 25 others.CNN 's Rena McTarbie explains the areas of Allepon was the most residential³ and has many questions.

 

 

So when the bomb went off,probably there were many people on the streets because it's Sunday.The Syrian state TV said that the security forces were tipped off that there was a bomb they were cleaning the area from residents when it went off and they said there were two hundreds kilograms of explosives in that car.

 

 

An American teacher has been killed by gunmen in Yeman according to defense⁴ ministry⁵ officials there.Al-Qaeda is claiming responsibility.

 

 

In London,Ontario，yesterday,things got very out of control during a large St.Patrick's Day party.Police in riot gear fought back crowds that turned violent and caused about one hundred thousand dollars worth of damage.Mayor,Joe Fontana,says officials are looking for those responsible.

 

 

For those who participated,come forward be proper,good citizens,remorse of what you've done.

 

 

The first four weekend into the Men's NCAA College Basketball tournament,concluding today,one early final saw 11-seed NC State,top of,3-seed,Georgetown,66 to 63.

1 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 indicator   

n.指标；指示物，指示者；指示器

参考例句：

• Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
• His left-hand indicator is flashing.他左手边的转向灯正在闪亮。

3 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。