CNN 2011-02-12

This is no longer the time to negotiate unfortunately. We went on the street on 25th and we wanted to negotiate. We wanted to talk to our government.We were, you know, knocking on the door.They decided¹ to negotiate with us at night with rubber bullets, with police,police sticks, with you know, water hoses, with tear gas tanks and with arresting about 500 people of us.hanks. You know, we got the message. Now, when we escalated² this and it became really big, they started listening to us.

More snow in frigid³ temperatures. The planes in parts of the Midsouth are bracing⁴ for a powerful weather system.It's forecast for 8 states and could bring several feet of snow to the mountain west and up to 12 inches in parts of Oklahoma where there is still digging out from last week's storm. Parts of central Texas could see two to four inches of snow and sleet⁵. The system is also expected to bring rain and snow to the deep South later in the week before delivering a wintry mix along parts of the East coast on Thursday.

There is no question that we have made many important strides in securing our country from terrorism since 9/11, But the threat continues to evolve and in some ways the threat today may be at its most heightened state since the attacks nearly 10 years ago.

This is obviously a very important development. And it means a lot in terms of one's overall brain recovery. What we've known so far, Don, is all the milestones⁶ that she's been passing over the last month now, it's a month and a day that this happened. When someone is talking now and able to say something that has meaning -- in this case -- I just got off the phone with her office, what the meaning -- what she was saying was asking for toast, for example, that obviously indicates of her ability to communicate.

There's hippos hanging out at a lake in Kenya,where a female apparently⁷ felt a boat of tourists was getting just a little too close. So the hippo charges at full speed. Check her out. She can move, but not fast enough. Not fast enough to catch these tourists.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 escalated   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
• The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。

3 frigid   

adj.寒冷的，凛冽的；冷淡的；拘禁的

参考例句：

• The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long.水冰冷彻骨，他在下面呆不了太长时间。
• She returned his smile with a frigid glance.对他的微笑她报以冷冷的一瞥。

4 bracing   

adj.令人振奋的

参考例句：

• The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
• The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。

5 sleet   

n.雨雪；v.下雨雪，下冰雹

参考例句：

• There was a great deal of sleet last night.昨夜雨夹雪下得真大。
• When winter comes,we get sleet and frost.冬天来到时我们这儿会有雨夹雪和霜冻。

6 milestones   

n.重要事件( milestone的名词复数 )；重要阶段；转折点；里程碑

参考例句：

• Several important milestones in foreign policy have been passed by this Congress and they can be chalked up as major accomplishments. 这次代表大会通过了对外政策中几起划时代的事件，并且它们可作为主要成就记录下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Dale: I really envy your milestones over the last few years, Don. 我真的很羡慕你在过去几年中所建立的丰功伟绩。 来自互联网

7 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。