CNN 2011-07-08

 A police officer and father of two shot to death at the hotel in Memphis last night. Police say the officer Timothy Warren was responding to a report of shots fire at a hotel where responders had already found the body of one victim when shots started firing again. Warren was fatally shot and the shooting suspect is now in custody¹.

 

And take a look at this video. A speedboat crashes into another boat during a race that happened at a regatta on the Ohio River. It’s happened after another speedboat hit a rescue boat in the same area. Three people were injured in that crash, two of them seriously hurt.

 

The last American drafted to fight in the Vietnam war about to retire. Since Command Sergeant² Major Jeffrey Mellinger. He’s returning to civilian³ life after 39 years in the army. Shortly after he was drafted in 1972, the US went to an all volunteer force.

 

Yes. It’s become as American as Apple Pie, and today is Nathan’s famous 4th of July, Hot Dog Eating Contest. Senior correspondent Allen Chernoff joining us from the festivities. Now we understand you are saying you gonna actually show us the dog right? This is the secret to the hotdog eating supremacy⁴?

 

Absolutely. Keiro, I will tell you the mystery of exactly how Joey Chestnut⁵ was able to consume 68 of these in only ten minutes 2 years ago to set a world championship record. That secret may never be unraveled. It’s beyond man’s comprehension. But I can tell you the secret to competitive eating of hotdog. It’s dry, right? The bun is really dry. That’s the problem. How do you resolve that? You dunk it in water. And it goes right down. It’s very very easy. So you will see these competitors dunking their buns, eating their buns separately from hotdogs in many cases. In some cases, pardon me, in some cases, dunking all together. But it’s all in the dunk. That’s the secret.

 

Allen, nothing like to see you dunk your buns. OK. Big thing to talk about today of course. The women finally getting their own table, right? They had broken the hotdog glass ceiling. This is serious stuff for the females now.

 

Keiro, precisely⁶, this is a great day for female equality. Finally, a women’s only table and that’s set the plate for Sonia Thomas to actually get her own belt. It’s pink as opposed to the men’s muster⁷ yellow belt. She’s expected to do it. She holds the world’s record for women. It’s right up there. 41 dogs, so, doesn’t have that much competition we expect to win it. By the way, guess what Sonia Thomas does for living? You will never guess. She’s a Burger King manager which is a champion hotdog eater.

 

This is surprise. I remember interviewing her years ago and she said that it was really tough going on a date, because, you know, she would always outdo the guy at the all you can eat buffet⁸.  

1 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

2 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

3 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

4 supremacy   

n.至上；至高权力

参考例句：

• No one could challenge her supremacy in gymnastics.她是最优秀的体操运动员，无人能胜过她。
• Theoretically,she holds supremacy as the head of the state.从理论上说，她作为国家的最高元首拥有至高无上的权力。

5 chestnut   

n.栗树，栗子

参考例句：

• We have a chestnut tree in the bottom of our garden.我们的花园尽头有一棵栗树。
• In summer we had tea outdoors,under the chestnut tree.夏天我们在室外栗树下喝茶。

6 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

7 muster   

v.集合，收集，鼓起，激起；n.集合，检阅，集合人员，点名册

参考例句：

• Go and muster all the men you can find.去集合所有你能找到的人。
• I had to muster my courage up to ask him that question.我必须鼓起勇气向他问那个问题。

8 buffet   

n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台

参考例句：

• Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
• Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？