CNN 2010-12-04

At minimum , he will be looking at charges of an unauthorized disclosure of classified information.It is possible depending on how the facts play out that he could be looking at espionage¹ charges which would potentially carry a life term.In oreder to make the case stick ,they had to find him ,and that't not a simple process at this point.Because I don't think anyone knows where he is,and they have to get him from wherever he is to the United States.That can be done.There are extradition² treaties , but that's not a simple or a speedy process.

That every republican will vote against proceeding³ to any legislative⁴ matter until we've funded the government,and pretected every tax payer from a tax hike.Basically, what it means that those first things first.

With this letter they have simply put in writing, political strategy that Republicans pursued this entire congress ,namely obstruct⁵, delay, obstruct delay,action on critical matters,and then blame the Democrats⁶ for not adressing the needs of American people.   very cynical⁷ but ,very obvious ,very transparent⁸.

President Obama will be abandoning all offshore⁹ oil drilling in the easten gulf¹⁰ of  Mexico.This is a direct result of the BP oil spill. Now this is a change in the administration policy .I remember that prior to that oil spill and the administration had announced suspending oil drilling to that region but of course it was the disastrous¹¹ BP oil spill, and so that changed everything.

The celebration is about the hope that the world is now looking into anything of AIDS, but also remembering the dead , the sadness ,and what is still to be done.Overall the ADIS epidemic¹² somehow leveling coming to a Platea, but there are some regions where it continues to grow fast,and the most worring situation I see is in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.70 percent of the people who live with HIV with the virus are in Africa.However, whereas there was almost no one out of  just few tens of thousands of people  on treatment for AIDS in Africa just 6 years ago,now it is 3.5 million people who are accessing AIDS treatment.

1 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

2 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

3 proceeding   

n.行动，进行，(pl.)会议录，学报

参考例句：

• This train is now proceeding from Paris to London.这次列车从巴黎开往伦敦。
• The work is proceeding briskly.工作很有生气地进展着。

4 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

5 obstruct   

v.阻隔，阻塞(道路、通道等)；n.阻碍物，障碍物

参考例句：

• He became still more dissatisfied with it and secretly did everything in his power to obstruct it.他对此更不满意，尽在暗里使绊子。
• The fallen trees obstruct the road.倒下的树将路堵住了。

6 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 cynical   

adj.(对人性或动机)怀疑的，不信世道向善的

参考例句：

• The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。
• He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.他不相信民主会带来什么好处。

8 transparent   

adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的

参考例句：

• The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
• The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。

9 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

10 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

11 disastrous   

adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的

参考例句：

• The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
• Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。

12 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。