CNN 2009-11-08

Talking about that shooting at Ft. Hood¹. Then we saw another shooting in an office building yesterday in Orlando. The suspect could be making a court appearance as early as this morning. His name is Jason Rodriguez. He is now looking at first degree murder charges. Rodriguez apparently² was fired from this Orlando engineering firm a few years back, back in 2007 and then returned on Friday and started shooting. The company says they fired him after 9 months of poor performance. He's blamed the firm for not getting his jobless benefits to him. And again the toll³ there, one office worker dead, 5 expected to survive, 5 others who were shot.

Here is another story for you. Cleveland police now say they are done searching the home of a registered sex offender⁴. And here is what they found: 10 bodies, one skull⁵ at Athony Sowell's house. And a fourth victim has now been identified. That person, 43-year-old Nancy Cobbs. She went missing back in April. Anthony Sowell is being held without bond.

A mother who was told that her baby died at birth has been reunited with him. Yeah, a year later, the reunion comes after the bust⁶ of an alleged⁷ baby selling ring. Mexican authorities have arrested three doctors, a nurse and a receptionist. They're accused of stealing newborns and then selling them. A married couple and a woman were also arrested , accused of buying babies and registering them as their own.

A man is in custody⁸, in connection with the killing⁹ of Seattle police officer Timothy Brenton. Police say they shot and wounded that suspect after he drew their gun on them. He is now hospitalized in critical condition. This shooting was happening, meanwhile, a memorial service was going on for the officer who was shot, officer Brantin who was shot and killed. That was just coming to an end while Brintan was killed a week ago as he sat in his car after a traffic stop.

Well, it looks like a proposed nuclear deal with Iran is a no-go. A senior Iranian politician now says they won't ship any of the uranium out of the country. That was a key provision to draft a deal agreed to last month. Material that could be used for weapons was supposed to be shipped to Russia for processing.
 

1 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

2 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

3 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

4 offender   

n.冒犯者，违反者，犯罪者

参考例句：

• They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
• The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。

5 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

6 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

7 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

8 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

9 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。