CNN 2009-11-22

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Congress has a new investigation¹ going on. Committee is trying to figure out whether the Fort Hood² army shootings could have been prevented. 2 the reasons why: 1, there is a 2-year memo³ that's getting a lot of attention. It reportedly says Nidal Hassan, the man accused the shootings had bad judgement on what is very professional in his work in his army phychologist. 2, Some of the doctors who worked with Hassan say he was known have extreme religious views. So Congress's investigation is looking into whether army officers paid enought attention as this reports. This is the only investigation in the Fort Hood shootings. "The department of Defence will conduct to seperat review to ensure the safety and health of DOD employees and their families. We are under this process with any preconcieved notions. However, it's prudent⁴ to determine it immediately whether there are internal weaknesses or procedural short comings in the department that could make us vulnerable in the future.

"This is your captain. We are gonna be delay" Not something you want to hear in the plane. Interesting reason for yesterday's delay though--a computer glitch⁵. A system in Atlanta Georgia and Salt Lake city, Utar went down for 5 hours yesterday morning. It was unable to automatically set up flight planes for planes, so air traffic controllers had to do it themselves which takes longer. Not a safety problem according to the Federal Aviation Administration, but a serious efficiency problem that led delays and canclations across the country.

College students lock in arms, sitting down and staying put a UC LA couldn't stop hiking their tuition. That's a fee you pay to go to a college, in California, is raising that 32%, very significant. The states also cutting down on what it spends all because of its budget. The issue is running out of money. Officals say they will increase the // financial aid, they give to some low and middle income students though. //was in the scene of protest.

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 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。

3 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

4 prudent   

adj.谨慎的，有远见的，精打细算的

参考例句：

• A prudent traveller never disparages his own country.聪明的旅行者从不贬低自己的国家。
• You must school yourself to be modest and prudent.你要学会谦虚谨慎。

5 glitch   

n.干扰；误操作，小故障

参考例句：

• There is a glitch in the computer program somewhere.这个计算机程序中的某个部分有点小问题。
• It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine.可能只是一个小故障，重新启动主机就能解决了。