CNN 2009-05-20

Good morning, from the CNN Center here in Atlanta, I m Melissa Long. It s Tuesday, May 19th. Here is a look at some of the stories happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

New cars have to get better gas mileage¹ in 3 years. Part of the plan by President Obama to improve fuel standards may not save you much money. Well, maybe it s not as much as you are hoping. As it stands, you won't spend much on gas, but yes, new cars will cost more.

The UN has had former President Bill Clinton to be a special envoy² to Haiti. A senior UN official says the announcement will be made today. Clinton has traveled to Haiti several times, most recently last March.

A New Jersey³ school is shutting down after a student was hospitalized with swine flu, he is expected to recover, but five other kids are also being tested for the virus. The school won t be open until next Tuesday. That means the parents of more than 1, 200 children have to find childcare. Some of them don't seem to mind.

I'm actually happy that they are taking precautions. It is better that they tell us what's going on, so we can take the necessary precautions.

California police nabbed a woman in a bathing suit who led them on a fifty mile car chase. It ended when a police car performed what's called a pit maneuver⁴. Watch, that s the pit maneuver. She was charged with DUI, evading⁵ police and hit&run. The woman said she ran from the cop because she was afraid her dog who was in the vehicle with her would be taken away. She was arrested.

You re up to date. Those are the headlines this hour. Do stay with CNN and CNN. com for more on these stories and other news that develops today.

1 mileage   

n.里程，英里数；好处，利润

参考例句：

• He doesn't think there's any mileage in that type of advertising.他认为做那种广告毫无效益。
• What mileage has your car done?你的汽车跑了多少英里？

2 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

3 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

4 maneuver   

n.策略[pl.]演习；v.(巧妙)控制；用策略

参考例句：

• All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver.在军事演习后，所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。
• I did get her attention with this maneuver.我用这个策略确实引起了她的注意。

5 evading   

逃避( evade的现在分词 )； 避开； 回避； 想不出

参考例句：

• Segmentation of a project is one means of evading NEPA. 把某一工程进行分割，是回避《国家环境政策法》的一种手段。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Too many companies, she says, are evading the issue. 她说太多公司都在回避这个问题。