CNN 2010-06-11

In the last 24 hours the production of the Discover Enterprise over the wellhead produced 11,000 barrels of oil. They continue to increase. Over the last -- the first three days of operation, we have gone from 6,000 to 11,000, and trying to increase that production rate, ultimately close the venting¹ valves and move to a greater capacity. BP anticipates moving another craft in that can actually handle additional production. And the combination of these two -- the vessel² is actually called the Q4000 -- combined will have a production capability³ of about 20,000 barrels a day.

 

Last Friday, our office filed a criminal complaint, charging Mohamed Alessa and Carlos Almonte with conspiring⁴ to kill men and kidnap persons overseas in violation⁵ of federal law. At no time was the public in immediate⁶ danger from these defendants⁷. The charges were filed before their bags were packed and the arrest teams were waiting at the airport before they arrived. The judges now schedule that hearing for this Thursday.

 

Any comments on Israel? We’re asking everybody today…

 

Tell'em to get the hell out of Palestine.

 

I think those remarks were offensive and reprehensible⁸. I think she should and has apologized. Obviously those remarks do not reflect, certainly, the opinion of, I assume, most of the people in here, and certainly not of the administration.

 

If you thought the Leaning Tower of Pisa was wild, check out the Capital Gate building in the United Arab Emirates. It is now the world's furthest leaning tower, according to the folks at the Guinness World Records. Now, what is most amazing about it, is it is supposed to be that way. It is not that they built it on sand and it started to shift. The 35-story building was engineered with an 18-degree slope. That's nearly five times greater than Italy's naturally tilting⁹ Leaning Tower of Pisa.
 

1 venting   

消除； 泄去； 排去； 通风

参考例句：

• But, unexpectedly, he started venting his spleen on her. 哪知道，老头子说着说着绕到她身上来。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• So now he's venting his anger on me. 哦，我这才知道原来还是怄我的气。

2 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

3 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

4 conspiring   

密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。

5 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

6 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

7 defendants   

被告( defendant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
• As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

8 reprehensible   

adj.该受责备的

参考例句：

• Lying is not seen as being morally reprehensible in any strong way.人们并不把撒谎当作一件应该大加谴责的事儿。
• It was reprehensible of him to be so disloyal.他如此不忠，应受谴责。

9 tilting   

倾斜，倾卸

参考例句：

• For some reason he thinks everyone is out to get him, but he's really just tilting at windmills. 不知为什么他觉得每个人都想害他，但其实他不过是在庸人自扰。
• So let us stop bickering within our ranks.Stop tilting at windmills. 所以，让我们结束内部间的争吵吧！再也不要去做同风车作战的蠢事了。