CNN 2009-08-15

I’m Reggie Aqui at the CNN center in Atlanta, Georgia. Here’s a look at what’s happening right NOW IN THE NEWS.

President Obama, in Montana, pushing his health care reform, as many polls show most Americans against his proposal, the president has been trying to strengthen his message across the country.
“We are held hostage at any given moment by health insurance companies that deny coverage¹, or drop coverage, or charge fees that people can’t afford at a time when they desperately² need care. It’s wrong. It’s bankrupting families. It’s bankrupting businesses. And we are going to fix it when we pass health insurance reform this year. We are going to fix it.”

Related to all this, a key group of senators has apparently³ dropped an end-of-life counseling provision in the health care reform bill. Now that would’ve paid a doctor to spend time talking with their patients about advanced directives, like living wills, and hospice care options. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says the provision now is off the table, because it could have been misinterpreted and implemented⁴ incorrectly. The provision remains⁵ in the three House versions however.

Tempers flare⁶ in Pennsylvania, the new home of controversial NFL player Michael Vick, the quarterback just signed with the Philadelphia Eagles after being released from prison.
“There are a lot more people that deserve that amount of money than he does.”
“Yes, ma’am, but…”
“And I'm sure you do too. Do you deserve that much money?”
“Yes, I do.”
“I do, too!”
“Yes, I would love to have that much money”
“I wanna knock those gates right now, and I will say sign us both up. We wanna play. We wanna get trained.”
“Yes, I do, I would come…”
“Yeah. But you know what? I didn’t do this. Vick did this. He can’t avoid this. Just because he is sorry, it doesn’t make consequences go away.”
“Yes, but…”
Remember Michael Vick was convicted of federal dogfighting charges. Others say that Vick’s served his jail time, and he should be able to move on with his life and his career.

Well, I will tell you now on the story at the Broward County, Florida, near Davie, where the Turnpike has been closed in both directions because of a traffic related shooting. The victim appears to be inside the Burgundy car which is a bit hard to see in this shot. What we know so far is that a person was shot and killed while driving alone in the car. The vehicle then crashed into two other cars.

That’s what we know right now. Please stick with us here at CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.

1 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

2 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

3 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。

4 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

5 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。

6 flare   

v.闪耀，闪烁；n.潮红；突发

参考例句：

• The match gave a flare.火柴发出闪光。
• You need not flare up merely because I mentioned your work.你大可不必因为我提到你的工作就动怒。