CNN 2011-05-02

Now, this issue has been going on for two, two and a half years now. I think it started during the campaign. We had every official in Hawaii, Democrat¹ and Republican, every news outlet² that has investigated this ,confirmed that yes in fact, I was born in Hawaii, August 4th, 1961 in Kapiolani Hospital. We posted the certification that is given by the state of Hawaii on the internet for every body to see.

 

CIA director Leon Panetta has been tapped to become next secretary of defense³. Current Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is expected to be retiring this summer. U.S army general David Petraeus has been considered to replace  Panetta as the head of the CIA.

 

A shooter opened fire at Kabul airport today, killing⁴ 9 people, six of them U.S troops. Now officials say an Afghan military pilot started shooting after he got into an argument with the troops. The Taliban claimed that the shooter was an insurgent⁵ who infiltrated⁶ the Afghanistan military. But NATO says that is not the case.

 

A massive storm that one forecaster calls amazingly explosive is still turning south and east of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.There's wind damage, hail damage, flood damage, apparent tornado⁷ damage.In some combination from Texas and Kentucky to Georgia, worst of all, 11 people have been killed in these storms today alone

1 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

2 outlet   

n.出口/路；销路；批发商店；通风口；发泄

参考例句：

• The outlet of a water pipe was blocked.水管的出水口堵住了。
• Running is a good outlet for his energy.跑步是他发泄过剩精力的好方法。

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

5 insurgent   

adj.叛乱的，起事的；n.叛乱分子

参考例句：

• Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
• The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。

6 infiltrated   

adj.[医]浸润的v.（使）渗透，（指思想）渗入人的心中( infiltrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。
• Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。