CNN 2010-12-15

It's a great day for the Constitution today. Today, a Federal Judge here in Richmond ruled that individual mandate¹ that every citizen, nearly every citizen, must buy government-approved health insurance. It's ruled unconstitutional.

We disagree with the ruling. Obviously the individual responsibility portions of the Affordable² Care Act are the basis and the foundation for examining and doing away with insurance company discrimination on behalf of preexisting conditions.

You have figured it out very quickly that the cholera³ in Haiti came from South Asia, tell me about that. Right, using the pacific bioscience third generation DNA⁴ sequencing technology, we took samples from Haiti, four cholera samples from Latin America and samples from South Asia. Completely, sequence the DNA of those different bugs⁵ and then could unambiguously resolve exactly where that Haitian strain was derived⁶ from and we have pinpointed⁷ it's different from us to a South Asia strain.  

In the study published in Pediatrics, scientists found when children received low-sugar cereal, they enjoyed it and were more likely to eat a balanced breakfast. Researchers measured what 91 children at summer day camps ate for breakfast. The camps were divided into groups and offered either high-sugar or low-sugar cereals along with milk, orange juice, cut-up fruit and sugar packets. Children served themselves and then filled out questionnaires. Although both groups said they liked the taste of their cereals, children who ate the high-sugar products, ate larger portions of cereal.

1 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

2 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

3 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

4 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

5 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 derived   

vi.起源；由来；衍生；导出v.得到( derive的过去式和过去分词 )；（从…中）得到获得；源于；（从…中）提取

参考例句：

• Many English words are derived from Latin and Greek. 英语很多词源出于拉丁文和希腊文。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He derived his enthusiasm for literature from his father. 他对文学的爱好是受他父亲的影响。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 pinpointed   

准确地找出或描述( pinpoint的过去式和过去分词 )； 为…准确定位

参考例句：

• His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice. 他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。
• Computers pinpointed where the shells were coming from. 计算机确定了炮弹发射的位置。