美国有线新闻 CNN 美国土安全部长前脚刚走 特勤局长也要换人

 

CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: Hey everyone. I'm Carl Azuz. Welcome to CNN 10. A shakeup in the U.S. government leads off today's show. Yesterday the White House announced that Randolph "Tex" Alles, the Director of the U.S. Secret Service, would be leaving his position. Director Alles says he was told weeks ago that changes were coming. The White House thanked him for his decades of service and said he did a great job. But the Secret Service came under scrutiny¹ recently after an arrest was made at a resort in Florida owned by U.S. President Donald Trump². He's met several international leaders at his Mar-a-Lago Club, and the accused trespasser³ is a Chinese woman who'd gotten past security carrying Chinese passports and a flash drive with computer threatening malware.

The Secret Service says it does not decide who gets into the resort. But the incident raised security questions, even though the White House says Alles departure isn't related to it. Meantime, Alles boss, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving her job. President Trump made that announcement on Sunday. In her resignation letter, Secretary Nielsen praised the departments workers for their service and sacrifices and said she hoped the next secretary would have Congressional support in fixing the laws that have quote "impeded⁴ our ability to fully⁵ secure America's borders."

The southern border with Mexico has been a major focus of the Trump Administration. Last month officials estimated they'd stopped 100,000 people there from entering the U.S. illegally. The government says that's the highest monthly number of migrants in more than a decade. Observers say the president was getting more and more frustrated⁶ about it. He'd even threatened to close the border. Congressional Democrats⁷ say Secretary Nielsen's resignation shows how the Trump Administration's border security and immigration policies have failed. Congressional Republicans say Nielsen served honorably and that they're confident the Homeland Security Department is in good hands. Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Commissioner⁸ will serve as temporary DHS Secretary until Nielsen's replacement⁹ is confirmed by the Senate.

1 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 trespasser   

n.侵犯者；违反者

参考例句：

• The worst they'd ever dealt with was an occasionally trespasser or small-time thief. 他们过去对付的充其量是一个偶尔闯入者或是小偷小摸者。
• In such event the offending member or guest shall be trespasser. 在此情况下，违例的会员或嘉宾一概视作擅自进入论。

4 impeded   

阻碍，妨碍，阻止( impede的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Work on the building was impeded by severe weather. 楼房的施工因天气恶劣而停了下来。
• He was impeded in his work. 他的工作受阻。

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

9 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。