CNN 2011-07-10

 I'm gonna make history here as the first president to live tweet， so we got a computer over here. All right.

 

Obviously Jonh is the speaker of the House, he is a republican, and so this is a slightly skilled question. But what is right about is that we have not seen fast enough job growth relative to the need.

 

What this government is doing is making sure that the fact of the public, and I feel so appalled¹ by what has happened. Murder victims, terrorist victims, who had their phones hacked² is quite disgraceful. That is why it's important. There is a full police investigation³ with all the powers that they need. That is why it's important we have those inquiries⁴ to get to the bottom of what went wrong and the lessons that need to be learnt. And that is why we also need to inquire how we improve the ethics⁵ and morals of the press in this country and make sure they improve the future. That's what needs to be done. That's what this government is doing.

 

The system already knows is that we were connected, and we already have a pipe open between us, so new absolute video chat can just flow across that. I mean, it's not the case like with traditional Skype where both people have to download skype beforehand. So we think this is awesome⁶ because we are using the best technology that's out there for doing video chat with the best social infrastructure⁷ that's out there in order to create some really cool new scenarios⁸.

 

The International Olympic Committee has the honor of annoucing that the 23th Olympic Winter Games in 2018 are awarded to the city of Peyongchang.

1 appalled   

v.使惊骇，使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的；丧胆的

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 inquiries   

n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 )；疑问；探究；打听

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释，等候进一步调查。
• I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

6 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

7 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

8 scenarios   

n.[意]情节；剧本；事态；脚本

参考例句：

• Further, graphite cores may be safer than non-graphite cores under some accident scenarios. 再者，根据一些事故解说，石墨堆芯可比非石墨堆芯更安全一些。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Again, scenarios should make it clear which modes are acceptable to users in various contexts. 同样，我们可以运用场景剧本来搞清楚在不同情境下哪些模式可被用户接受。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓