CNN 2009-10-11

Now President Obama has another meeting this coming week on a developing strategy for Afghanistan. He met for three hours yesterday at the White House with top advisors¹. President says he wants to indentify objectives in Afghanistan before he decides whether to commit more troops. Commanding general in Afghanistan wants as many as forty thousand troops soon.

Well, gunmen attacked a Pakistani Army Headquarters’ checkpoint in Rawalpindi today. Four gunmen, six army guards, all killed. Two gunmen escaped. A military official says the Taliban are claiming responsibility for that attack. It was the third major attack this week. A suicide car bomber² killed at least forty-nine people yesterday in Peshawar. And on Monday five workers were killed in an attack at, on a UN Food Program office in Islamabad.

Well, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a six-day trip to Europe, including a stop in Russia. Today she will attend a signing ceremony normalizing relation with Turkey and Armenia. Now the center piece of this trip will be her visit to Moscow where she will discuss nuclear disarmament.

Authorities questioned two more men about the alleged³ terror plot involving an Afghan national, 24-year-old Najibullah Zazi. He is accused of conspiring⁴ to use weapons of mass destruction. Remember him? New York. Well, CNN has learned that police searched the apartment of a Bosnian immigrant in Queens, New York. Investigators⁵ also questioned a taxi driver living in that same apartment about this alleged plot.

Many Americans say they are not sure about that H1N1, you know, swine vaccine⁶.
Yes, swine flu vaccine, yeah.
Despite the fact that Health officials say it’s safe, check out this recent Harvard study.
Yeah, so although we‘ve seen long lines for the vaccine at health clinics this week, here are the numbers for you. Forty percent of adults say that they are not absolutely sure that they will get it. About half of the parents surveyed say they don’t know if they are gonna give the vaccine to their children.

1 advisors   

n.顾问，劝告者( advisor的名词复数 )；（指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• The governors felt that they were being strung along by their advisors. 地方长官感到他们一直在受顾问们的愚弄。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• We will consult together with advisors about her education. 我们将一起和专家商议她的教育事宜。 来自互联网

2 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

3 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

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 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》

6 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。