CNN 2009-05-04

For Dallas Cowboys, indoor practice facility is now an outdoor facility after winds tour through Dallas yesterday and rip¹ the roof off this place, you can see some of these videos here. Our photographer was inside at the time practice was going on. Those winds were told to us 60 plus miles an hour. 12 people hurt, at least one coach broke his back. I want you to take a look and take a listen to this. Our Don Lemon talk with the photographer who was taking this footage.

"I was looking at some of your images there, Arnold. And it looks like at times there were people who were trapped under this metal, you caught some of that on tape. Explain to us what the guys were doing. It appears that they were not only running for cover, but they were trying to help each other out and point out people who were trapped in the thing."

"No question. Well, initially², everyone was really trying to get out and I mean, players were about as frightened as anybody else, obviously. It just happened so fast, so once guys figured that they could actually get out, that’s when their attention immediately turned to helping³ their partners and calling out their names and their teammates and it was just a lot of screaming of names and they knew how many players were here and obviously the couching⁴ staff and a contingent⁵ of media people and at that point time it was not about football but people helping people. There was nowhere to go and obviously you had light fixtures⁶ falling, the metal, this holding the tarp up, all these stuff collapsed⁷ onto the field. And these guys could not go anywhere and the players were calling other players’ names because those were their partners their friends."

A tour bus crashed in southern California injured all 28 people on board, 8 of them critically. The bus had a median smash⁸ through a wall then came to a stop well in someone’s yard. It happened yesterday on interstate 215 in the city of Perris. The cause of that crash still under investigation⁹.

We wanna pass along now the latest numbers in this global flu scare, the World Health Organization says the number of cases worldwide is now up to a confirmed 787, that's the number we get today. 19 confirmed death in Mexico, 1 in the U.S., also a big jump in cases to 787, not new cases really, these were just suspected cases that have now been confirmed through laboratory test, so no reason to think this thing is spreading on a much wider scale, also can tell you that Iowa's governor has announced the first confirmed H1N1 flu case in that state. President Obama and Mexico's president Felipe Calderon spoke¹⁰ on the phone for 20 minutes yesterday. Both presidents shared information about efforts to contain this outbreak as well as the importance of close cooperation during this flu scare.

1 rip   

n.拉裂，破绽，激流，浪荡子；vt.撕裂，激昂地说，贬损；vi.裂开，仓促地冲过...

参考例句：

• He had seen the rip in the book.他看到了书里的裂缝。
• I tried not to rip the paper as I unwrapped it.我把纸打开的时候，尽量不把它撕破。

2 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 couching   

（白内障手术方法之一）针拨白内障；贴绒缝绣；贴线缝绣

参考例句：

• This week's gem is not a product, life couching (and possibly saving) survival tip. 这周的珍宝不是一个产品，生存技巧或逃生窍门。 来自互联网

5 contingent   

adj.视条件而定的；n.一组，代表团，分遣队

参考例句：

• The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
• Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。

6 fixtures   

（房屋等的）固定装置( fixture的名词复数 )； 如（浴盆、抽水马桶）； 固定在某位置的人或物； （定期定点举行的）体育活动

参考例句：

• The insurance policy covers the building and any fixtures contained therein. 保险单为这座大楼及其中所有的设施保了险。
• The fixtures had already been sold and the sum divided. 固定设备已经卖了，钱也分了。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

7 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。

8 smash   

v.粉碎，打碎；n.轰动的演出，巨大的成功

参考例句：

• We heard the smash of plates breaking in the kitchen.我们听到厨房里盘子破碎的声音。
• The gifted author wrote one smash after another.这个天才作家创作了一篇又一篇轰动一时的作品。

9 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。

10 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。