CNN 2009-06-07

65 years ago, in fact, 150,000 troops swarmed¹, waded² and parachuted on to the Nazi³ occupied soil of France. This is really a big day as we commemorate⁴ the 65th anniversary of D-Day and a lot of people as you look into the history will know that, in fact, D-Day was originally scheduled for June 5th but the weather did not cooperate. In fact on this day 65 years ago the invasion involved 5,000 ships, some 800 planes dropping over 13,000 men in parachutes. And over 100,000 allied⁵ troops in fact did make it to the shore on that day.

And on what they're coming into here, the president, it is going to be certainly an elaborate, extensive ceremony today. But the president there specifically to commemorate this anniversary, but also had some business to talk. World issues, big issues never too far from the president's plate, discussing, talking about Iran and North Korea, also Middle East peace today with the French president as the president.

We're going to turn to some other news in Mexico right now. This story just horrified⁶ a lot of people. It starts coming across our wires yesterday. About 29 children dead, more than 100 others injured, after a fire swept through a state-run day-care center in a town there in Mexico. Officials say it started in the warehouse⁷ next door, then quickly spread to that day-care center.

The children range in age from about a year old to 5 years old. Some are being taken to Shriners Hospital in California today for treatment.

Also, a high school senior facing possible felony charges after police say he set off at least a dozen homemade bombs in the trash cans around his school. San Diego police locked the school down for about an hour yesterday while they investigated. No one was hurt and there was no property damage.

1 swarmed   

密集( swarm的过去式和过去分词 )； 云集； 成群地移动； 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去

参考例句：

• When the bell rang, the children swarmed out of the school. 铃声一响，孩子们蜂拥而出离开了学校。
• When the rain started the crowd swarmed back into the hotel. 雨一开始下，人群就蜂拥回了旅社。

2 waded   

（从水、泥等）蹚，走过，跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river. 她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。
• He waded into the water to push the boat out. 他蹚进水里把船推出来。

3 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

4 commemorate   

vt.纪念，庆祝

参考例句：

• This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
• We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。

5 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

6 horrified   

a.(表现出)恐惧的

参考例句：

• The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
• We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。

7 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。