CNN 2009-03-10

Hi, there, it is so good to see you today, from the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Virginia Cha. I wanna thank you for joining us, here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

By executive order, President Obama is expected to end restrictions¹ on federal funding of human embryonic² stem cell research, that's gonna happen today. Many believe that embryonic stem cells hold the key to medical breakthroughs but opponents argue that destroying embryos³ to extract the stem cells destroys human life.

Circuit City powering down for good. That means more than 34,000 employees are out of work. The company filed for bankruptcy⁴ in November and couldn't work a deal out to survive. At one time it was the second biggest electronic retailer⁵ in the country.

Parishioners in Maryville, Illinois, attended a memorial service Sunday evening for Pastor⁶ Fred Winters. He was gunned down during a Sunday morning service. Police say a 27-year-old man walked in during the service, walked right up to the pulpit and then opened fire. The suspect has been hospitalized with what police are calling very serious injuries. The gunman's motive⁷ remains⁸ a mystery.

British Prime Minister Goldon Brown visited a Northern Ireland military base where a pair of gunmen killed two soldiers on Saturday. Brown is vowing⁹ the Saturday night attack will not derail the peace process. The troops are the first British soldiers to be killed in Northern Ireland in 12 years. Brown is also meeting local political leaders today.

An ominous¹⁰ warning from North Korea to the rest of the world. Pyongyang says it will treat any outside interference on a planned satellite launch as an act of war. US and South Korean officials say North Korea is planning to test fire a long range missile by pretending to launch a satellite into space. Officials say the missile has enough range to strike Alaska or Hawaii.

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1 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

2 embryonic   

adj.胚胎的

参考例句：

• It is still in an embryonic stage.它还处于萌芽阶段。
• The plan,as yet,only exists in embryonic form.这个计划迄今为止还只是在酝酿之中。

3 embryos   

n.晶胚；胚，胚胎( embryo的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Somatic cells of angiosperms enter a regenerative phase and behave like embryos. 被子植物体细胞进入一个生殖阶段，而且其行为象胚。 来自辞典例句
• Evolution can explain why human embryos look like gilled fishes. 进化论能够解释为什么人类的胚胎看起来象除去了内脏的鱼一样。 来自辞典例句

4 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

5 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

6 pastor   

n.牧师，牧人

参考例句：

• He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
• We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

7 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

9 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

10 ominous   

adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的

参考例句：

• Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
• There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。