CNN 美国有线新闻 2014-10-06

 Fridays are awesome¹. So are jobs, chocolate and football. They are all feature today on CNN Student News.

First up, the US will be getting a new attorney general. E. announced yesterday he'll resign from his job. The attorney general leads the US department of justice. It's the highest legal job in the land. Holder² became the first African American attorney general in 2009. Opinions of his work are strongly partisan³. Democrats⁴ generally think he did a good job saying he made an achievement in civil rights. Republican mostly want him out saying he disregarded the US constitution. Hold's strongly supported  the same sex marriage and he prioritized issue relating to voting rights. He also became the first US cabinet member to be held in contempt of congress after he refused to turn over documents related to a fail government program involving gun and Mexican drug cartels.  

The latest target in the US led war against the ISIS terrorist group, oil refineries⁵ in Syria, ISIS has been using theses to pay for its operation getting up to 2 million dollars a day from them. The US wants that stop even though the US military official says the group has a billion dollars in the bank. ISIS stands for Islamic state in Iraq and Syria. The terrorist group wants its own country in this region based on its own interpretation⁶ of Islam. ISIS has slaughtered⁷ civilians⁸, soldiers, journalists and American defense⁹ official says the fight against ISIS will likely last for years. It won't be cheap.    

Expending¹⁰ military strikes into Syria come with an expending bill to pay for the effort. US military forces and its coalition¹¹ partners want air attacks in the country with the blunk force of 47 t. missiles across northern and eastern Syria. Those weapons which carry thousand pound war head and can be reprogrammed in flight have a heavy price tag, 1.5 million dollars a piece. And that's just the beginning. For the first assault, the Pentagon said 4 dozen fighter jets took off from both land and sea loaded with 200 pieces of munition¹². Now, between fuel and maintenance, the cost for flying these jets on an hourly bases ranges from 22000 to 62000 with the air forces newest and most stealthy aircraft, the F 22 R. topping the least. As for these bombs jets are carrying, outside military experts point to the J., the joint¹³ direct attack munition which be launched miles away from the target. Its manufacturer Boeing calls it  the war fighters of weapon of choice. It goes for about 29000 dollars and the SDB, the small diameter bomb which is dubbed¹⁴ the all weather solution. It goes for about 21000 dollars. Now, it's easy to see how the bill for these operations adds up. The last time we heard from the Pentagon, the cost were averaging about  7.5 billion dollars a day but the back of the envelope basement for the T. alone is 70 million dollars. Grantley, these missiles are the US and its partners have their arsenals¹⁵. But those would likely to be replenished¹⁶. Bottom line, the average daily cost has to be significantly higher today than it was just a few weeks ago.

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

2 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

3 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

4 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》

5 refineries   

精炼厂( refinery的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The efforts on closedown and suspension of small sugar refineries, small saccharin refineries and small paper mills are also being carried out in steps. 关停小糖厂、小糖精厂、小造纸厂的工作也已逐步展开。
• Hence the sitting of refineries is at a distance from population centres. 所以，炼油厂的厂址总在远离人口集中的地方。

6 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

7 slaughtered   

v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

9 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

10 expending   

v.花费( expend的现在分词 )；使用（钱等）做某事；用光；耗尽

参考例句：

• The heart pumps by expending and contracting of muscle. 心脏通过收缩肌肉抽取和放出（血液）。 来自互联网
• Criminal action is an action of expending cost and then producing profit. 刑事诉讼是一种需要支付成本、能够产生收益的活动。 来自互联网

11 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

12 munition   

n.军火；军需品；v.给某部门提供军火

参考例句：

• The rebels bombed the munition factory.叛军轰炸了兵工厂。
• The soldiers had plenty of arms and munition!士兵们有充足的武器和弹药！

13 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

14 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 arsenals   

n.兵工厂，军火库( arsenal的名词复数 )；任何事物的集成

参考例句：

• We possess-each of us-nuclear arsenals capable of annihilating humanity. 我们两国都拥有能够毁灭全人类的核武库。 来自辞典例句
• Arsenals are factories that produce weapons. 军工厂是生产武器的工厂。 来自互联网

16 replenished   

补充( replenish的过去式和过去分词 )； 重新装满

参考例句：

• She replenished her wardrobe. 她添置了衣服。
• She has replenished a leather [fur] coat recently. 她最近添置了一件皮袄。