CNN 2010-10-01

It happened about four in the morning when many people were still sleeping inside their homes.There's really not a whole lot known besides what the Oaxaca state governor¹ said this morning on the Televisa news station program  and he said there were between 100 and 300 people, oh I'm sorry, homes that have been buried and up to as many as 1,000 people who may be trapped under the mud right now.

 

I thought I heard four or five gunshots to my left, but I couldn't be sure. I saw students sort of scrambling² along 21st Street, right at University Boulevard on the campus³ as if there was the gunman.And then I looked to my left and in fact there was a man who was running with like a dress suit on, also had a ski mask on and had what appeared to be an assault⁴ rifle⁵ and had been firing shots.And then when I pulled in my car, he was sort of right in front of me and didn't stop running, but turned in my direction fired like three shots into the ground to the left of my car and kept running down 21st street towards the center of the campus.He appeared to be able to shoot me and others but wasn't choosing to do so.

 

The President Carter has been transferred⁶ to the MetroHealth Hospital in Cleveland.He experienced⁷ some unknown health issue.He was on a flight heading to Cleveland.According to Jackie Mayo, the personnel⁸ holding here public information officer of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the president was transferred to the hospital approximately 11:30 this morning after the EMS met former President Carter's plane upon arrival.

 

Kim Jong-un, the third and youngest son of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.He is not quite 30 years old yet and has very little military affairs experience.Still, he was promoted army general one day ahead of a rare and important national meeting of the Korean Worker's Party.The appointment of the young Kim as army general, experts say means that he's been lined up as his father's heir of power

1 governor   

n.统治者，地方长官(如省长，州长，总督等)

参考例句：

• The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters.这位州长是搪塞新闻记者的能手。
• He was elected governor of the state of California.他当选为加州州长。

2 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 campus   

n.大学校园，学校校园；大学　

参考例句：

• They spoke of the old days on the campus.他们谈起昔日的校园生活。
• The campus covers an area of twenty square kilometres.这个校园占地二十平方公里。

4 assault   

v.猛烈地攻击，袭击；n.突然而猛烈的攻击

参考例句：

• She appeared in court on charges of kidnapping and assault.她因受到拐骗和侵犯人身的指控而出庭。
• The trainees were put through an assault course.受训人员接受了突击训练课程。

5 rifle   

n.来复枪，步枪

参考例句：

• The soldiers keep a tight hold of the rifle.战士们紧握手中的枪。
• They armed him with a rifle.他们发给他一支步枪。

6 transferred   

转移，迁移( transfer的过去式和过去分词 )； 转让； 转移（感情）； 改变

参考例句：

• The remaining twenty patients were transferred to another hospital. 其余的二十名病人被转送到另一家医院去了。
• The farm has been transferred from father to son for generations. 这农场由父亲传给儿子，已传了好几代。

7 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。

8 personnel   

n.[总称]人员，员工，人事部门

参考例句：

• The personnel are not happy to change these rules.全体工作人员对改变这些规定很不高兴。
• Personnel has lost my tax forms.人事部门把我的税收表格给弄丢了。