CNN 2009-10-01

Hello everyone, I'm Catherine Callaway at the CNN center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

 

The tsunami¹ watch has now been lifted following a powerful earthquake in Indonesia today. At least 75 people were killed and hundreds more injured. One Indonesian official warns thousands more may be trapped in collapsed² buildings. The 7.6 magnitude quake was centered around west Sumatra.

 

Thousands of miles away the island of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, now look like one large disaster area, following Tuesday’s earthquake and tsunami. A huge emergency effort under way now to provide food, medicine and other supplies to the people in the area. At least 111 people have died so far in that tsunami. The number is expected to rise.

Federal Agents and national police are searching for a newborn. He was missing from Tennessee. A four-day-year-old, Yair Anthony Carillo, seen here, was ripped from his mother’s arms late just today. Investigators³ believed the suspect showed up at the mother's home, posing as an immigration agent.

Toyota has issued its largest recall ever in the US for a potentially deadly problem with the top selling Camry and certain Lexus models; now the recall involves almost four million cars. Toyota says the floor mat on the driver's side can creep up and jam the accelerator pedal down, so the car suddenly speeds up.

Millions of H1N1 vaccines⁵ are on their way to undisclosed distribution centers according to at least three of the four vaccine⁴ makers⁶. The first vaccine shipped earlier than health officials had expected. They've said that some people will be able to get vaccinated⁷ by early next month, followed later by a large-scale vaccination⁸ program.

 

And those are headlines for you this hour, stay with CNN for more on these stories and other news of the day.

1 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

2 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

3 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

5 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

6 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 vaccinated   

[医]已接种的，种痘的，接种过疫菌的

参考例句：

• I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
• Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？

8 vaccination   

n.接种疫苗，种痘

参考例句：

• Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
• Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。