CNN 2010-10-09

This town here has sort of been going through clean-up. People are trying to salvage¹ things from their houses, but the reality is when you talk to them, there's nothing they can salvage when has been touched by this red toxic² chemical mix. People showed me sores on their hands. They've been cleaning up the two days. They've got sores on their hands where they’ve been getting in contact with the red sludge. Now we have seen the result of the PH is low enough that fish are dying. Also the issue of heavy metals  Crimean poisons like arsenic³ also believed to be toxic. It is downstream that the biggest concern is right now that in the Danube River, the contaminates have now begun to reach the Danube River. What we’ve seen happening here is a mixture of chemicals and plaster being poured into some of the smaller rivers to lower the caustic⁴ nature of the chemicals pollutants⁵ in the water.

 

Nine years ago, the first shots of the U.S. war on terror were fired here in Afghanistan, beginning with a series of air strikes on Taliban positions. The Taliban ruled more than 90 percent of the territory in this country. Well, fast forward to today. There are some 150,000 foreign troops on the ground here, nearly 100,000 U.S. soldiers on the ground here.This has been the bloodiest⁶ year yet of this nine-year conflict, for not only the U.S. troops with more than 300 American soldiers killed over the course of this year, but also for NATO forces as well.

 

Well, I won, I'm supprised. I feel very supprised, I still can't believe it's true. um, on other hand I'm very pleased, happy and ecouraged this is kind of recognition on the any writer, it's an extraordinary event, and it would be a great encouragement for the book I've been writing.

 

I noticed this packages out in the middle of street, a passing car had already hit one of banks, and $20 bills started flying out.

 

"3 great package for 20( the money was over the street?) and the money was all over the street."

 

"Everybody else was running out on the street, grabbing all that loose money, it was, the wind was taking it down Washington Street. "

 

Tim and his wife Vicki, dragged the three bundles to the curb⁷ and then waited for police and truck driver to come pick up the money, estimated as just under $2 million, minus of course estimated$20,000 that blew away and got snatched up.

1 salvage   

v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救

参考例句：

• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
• The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

2 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

3 arsenic   

n.砒霜，砷；adj.砷的

参考例句：

• His wife poisoned him with arsenic.他的妻子用砒霜把他毒死了。
• Arsenic is a poison.砒霜是毒药。

4 caustic   

adj.刻薄的，腐蚀性的

参考例句：

• He opened his mouth to make a caustic retort.他张嘴开始进行刻薄的反击。
• He enjoys making caustic remarks about other people.他喜欢挖苦别人。

5 pollutants   

污染物质（尤指工业废物）( pollutant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere. 污染物质正在不断地被排放到大气中去。
• The 1987 Amendments limit 301(g) discharges to a few well-studied nonconventional pollutants. 1987年的修正案把第301条（g）的普通排放限制施加在一些认真研究过的几种非常规污染物上。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

6 bloodiest   

adj.血污的( bloody的最高级 )；流血的；屠杀的；残忍的

参考例句：

• The Russians were going to suffer their bloodiest defeat of all before Berlin. 俄国人在柏林城下要遭到他们的最惨重的失败。 来自辞典例句
• It was perhaps the bloodiest hour in the history of warfare. 这也许是战争史上血腥味最浓的1个小时。 来自互联网

7 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。