CNN 2010-07-03

Any Senators wishing to vote or to change your vote? If not, the yeas are 99, the nays¹ are 0, and the nomination² is confirmed. Under the previous order, a motion to reconsider is made and laid upon the table, President will be immediately notified of the Senate, and the Senate will resume legislative³ session.

 

But this thing's been wobbling back and forth⁴ for the past couple of hours, trying to turn a little bit farther to the north. You can just kind of see a northward⁵ drift to the eye. I don’t believe that has anything to do with any type of turnback toward the oil field. Just don’t think that's going to happen. It will eventually turn left again and get on to the shore in Mexico later tonight. This is impressive. I just want to tell you for this early in the season, we talked about storms or arms of this, all the way down to the Yucatan Peninsula, and then arms all the way back over here toward New Orleans. That is a largest, almost spilling the entire western half of the Gulf⁶ of Mexico.

 

Even though we’re talking about almost 400 miles from the eye to where this really this effort is taking place, there is still an awful lot of wave action going around here. Yet I think this is 80-mile or 90-mile-per-hour storm. The waves are going to be coming in this way for days.

 

A VA hospital may have exposed more than 1,800 vets⁷ to hepatitis and HIV. St. Louis hospital has sent letters to those vets. The patients may have been exposed to the viruses through contaminated dental instruments.

 

They were actually doing additional work in order to protect their kind of delicate instruments. Sometimes policies don’t always get followed, because people have very good intentions but the end result is that the policy that was supposed to be followed wasn't followed.

 

The hospital has sent certified⁸ notification letters to the affected⁹ patients. And Missouri Congressman¹⁰ Russ Carnahan is calling for a full investigation¹¹ into what went wrong.

 

It's funny to think that, you know, 30 years into this. I’ve made a living teaching non-arm people how to use their arms.

 

Em, dead strike.

 

It’s so hard to do what he does.

 

I've only been hit, I'll hit with my driver three times.

 

Put your hand in your pocket ‘cause you no longer have one. And now put your right arm here, and now you're playing like me. Nice shot!

 

Watching him hit that ball right now. That thing is, I hope I can hit my, that good, and he's got no arms. I mean it, that's amazing.

 

All right, man, nice try.

 

I got brag¹² in eyes today.

 

I think it's fun to be an underdog.

 

You'd never said I break 100, I did it. You'd never said I break 90, I did it. 80, I did it. Anytime someone says I can't.

 

That's like put fuel on my tank. I just fill it up, I'll go for it

1 nays   

n.反对票，投反对票者( nay的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The tally was two ayes and three nays. 投票结果是两票赞成，三票反对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The tally was three yeas and two nays, so the yeas have it. 投票结果是三票赞成两票反对，投赞成票者胜利。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

3 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。

4 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

5 northward   

adv.向北；n.北方的地区

参考例句：

• He pointed his boat northward.他将船驶向北方。
• I would have a chance to head northward quickly.我就很快有机会去北方了。

6 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。

7 vets   

abbr.veterans （复数）老手，退伍军人；veterinaries （复数）兽医n.兽医( vet的名词复数 )；老兵；退伍军人；兽医诊所v.审查（某人过去的记录、资格等）( vet的第三人称单数 )；调查；检查；诊疗

参考例句：

• I helped train many young vets and veterinary nurses too. 我还帮助培训了许多年青的兽医和护士。 来自互联网
• In fact, we've expanded mental health counseling and services for our vets. 实际上，我们已经扩大了退伍军人的心理健康咨询和服务。 来自互联网

8 certified   

a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的

参考例句：

• Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
• The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。

9 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

10 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

11 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

12 brag   

v./n.吹牛，自夸；adj.第一流的

参考例句：

• He made brag of his skill.他夸耀自己技术高明。
• His wealth is his brag.他夸张他的财富。