CNN 2011-05-15

The Mississippi river remains¹ near-record stayed across West Tennessee，Arkansas and here in Mississippi as well, swamping residencies, farmland and businesses. A lot of these people don't have flood insurance,and they may have nothing left."In prepare for the hot water to come, hopefully through work for nothing, but better to work for nothing to save our house."If we chose for living in  this area,and it's some we put up with." " our property, I didn't really blame ,I didn't even worry about."

"Do you think that your subsidy² is more important than the finanical aid we give to students to go to the college, could you answer that yes or no?" "it's difficult question, it's two different totally question."But we have to weigh those things, Mr Mover. We have to weigh because we have to get the deficit³ level down to a certain level,"" raising taxes of one form of energy to encourage production of another, we will reduce the industry capability⁴ to keep up growing US energy demand. The results could be lessen⁵ investment, lessen production, tighter energy markets,and over time potentially higher prices for consumers."

Our heritage as a nation of memories,the part of what as  always made American stong, out of many want, that's our creed⁶, and we are also a nation of laws, a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws, when I went down to El Paso to say is that we are enforcing our laws and we're securing our borders. It is a testament⁷ to remarkable⁸ service commitment to this country after ten-year term during one of the most difficult periods in this nation's history, and during the total reorientation of the FBI towards its counter-terrorisms and threats to the demurrage⁹ in the wake of 911 that he's been willing to serve for an additional two years. The president is very much appreciated that,and thinks that's  a kind of annuity¹⁰, it's a welcome development and he looks forward to Congress,both House and Senate to proving the substantial.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 subsidy   

n.补助金，津贴

参考例句：

• The university will receive a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence.那个大学将得到一笔人工智能研究的补助费。
• The living subsidy for senior expert's family is included in the remuneration.报酬已包含高级专家家人的生活补贴。

3 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

4 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

5 lessen   

vt.减少，减轻；缩小

参考例句：

• Regular exercise can help to lessen the pain.经常运动有助于减轻痛感。
• They've made great effort to lessen the noise of planes.他们尽力减小飞机的噪音。

6 creed   

n.信条；信念，纲领

参考例句：

• They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。
• Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。

7 testament   

n.遗嘱；证明

参考例句：

• This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
• It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明，编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。

8 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

9 demurrage   

n.滞期费，逾期费

参考例句：

• Chatterer must be responsible for demurrage.租船人必须对滞期负责。
• The bill is inclusive of the cost of demurrage.账单包括停滞期费用。

10 annuity   

n.年金；养老金

参考例句：

• The personal contribution ratio is voluntary in the annuity program.企业年金中个人缴费比例是自愿的。
• He lives on his annuity after retirement.他退休后靠退休金维生。