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1.Chaos at an Ohio high school.A gunman opened fire in the Cleveland school.At least 5 people including 3 teenagers were taken to the hospital.Police say the gunman is dead in the appears to have shot himself.
一个枪手在俄亥俄州克里弗兰高中开枪引起混乱,至少有5人受伤被送往医院,其中包括3名少年.警方说枪手已经开枪自杀了.
2.Freight train cars carrying toxic chemicals derailed this afternoon, setting off a huge fire.It happened as the train passed through Painesville, Ohio.Authorities have evacuated the surrounding area.No one was injured.
一列满载有毒化学物品的货运火车今天下午在经过俄亥俄州的Painesville时出轨并引发大火.政府已经疏散了周围的群众.没有人员伤亡.
3.Autoworkers walked off the job at Chrysler plans.Talks broke off between the carmaker and the union.Health care is one of main sticking points.It's the first United Auto Workers' against the company the in the decade.
克莱斯勒工厂的汽车工人开始罢工.汽车制造商和工会的谈判破裂,健康保护是这次谈判的关键.这是汽车工人联盟10年来首次和公司对立.
4.The next time your teen gets behind the wheel of a car, parents might be able to see exactly what they do.Several auto insurers have started offering in-car cameras or global positioning equipment to parents to monitor teen driving habits. It 's an effort to cut down on teen driver crashes.
下次你的孩子偷偷开车的时候,你就能清楚的看见他们做什么了.一些汽车保险公司开始提供车内摄象机和全球定位装置,以便家长监视孩子开车.这是为减少青少年交通事故而做的努力.
1.freight n.货物，货运 vt.运送(货物)，装货于
2.toxic a.有毒的，因中毒引起的
3.derail v 脱轨:
4.evacuate vt.转移，撤离，疏散
5.walk off 突然离去；罢工；(on)抛弃，不履行(协议)
6.sticking point 关键，症结
7.insurer vt.给…保险；保证，确保
8.autoworker n <美>汽车工人
【音频及整理稿链接】2007-10-11
【整理】
1. Chaos at an Ohio high school. A gunman opened fire in the Cleveland school. At least five people including three teenagers were taken to the hospital. Police say the gunman is dead and appears to have shot himself.
2. Freight train cars carrying toxic chemicals derailed this afternoon, setting off a huge fire. It happened as the train passed through Painesville, Ohio. Authorities have evacuated the surrounding area. No one was injured.
3. Autoworkers walked off the job at Chrysler plants. Talks broke off between the carmaker and the union. Health care is one of the main sticking points. It's the first United Auto Workers' strike against the company in a decade.
4. The next time your teen gets behind the wheel of a car, parents might be able to see exactly what they do. Several auto insurers have started offering in-car cameras or global positioning equipment to parents to monitor teen driving habits. It's an effort to cut down on teen driver crashes.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online
1. derail: verb. 出轨
if a train derails or something derails it, it goes off the tracks
2. break off: 中断
If you break off when you are doing or saying something, you suddenly stop doing it or saying it.
3. sticking point: 关键，症结
A point, issue, or situation that causes or is likely to cause an impasse.
【参考译文】by a_emily
1.,俄亥俄州的克利夫兰一所高中一片混乱，一名持枪者在校园内开枪，包括三名学生在内已至少五人被紧急送往医院。警方表示持枪者已经死亡，怀疑很可能是开枪自杀。
2.今天下午，一辆装毒性化学物品的货运火车在穿越俄亥俄州的Painesville时出轨，引发大火，令人庆幸的是这次事故中无人受伤。政府也已经疏散了周边的居民。
3.克莱斯勒汽车工厂的工人们进行罢工。制造商与工会之间的谈判现已中断，医疗保险是双方僵持的主要问题之一。这次罢工是10年来联合汽车工人工会抗议克莱斯勒公司的首次罢工行动。
stiking point: something that a group of people cannot agree on and that stops them from making progress
4.今后父母可以清楚地掌握孩子的驾车情况。一些汽车保险公司已开始为父母提供车内摄像设备或者全球定位系统，借此父母可监督孩子的驾车习惯。这项举措旨在减少因青少年驾车而引发的车祸。
