Kicking off CNN students news on this Friday, May 23,I am Carol Azuz of the CNN center, welcome to the show.First up today, an attack in China, it happened at a market in Xin Jiang. This is a region1 of north west China, it's place where sees serious attacks recently. This one involved a number of explosions2.Chinese news media say two SUVs crashed into the market on Thursday morning.Explosives3 were thrown out of the vehicles, which eventually exploded themselves. At least 31 people were killed, more than 90 were wounded. China called this a serious act of terrorism. And the president Xi Jinping said people responsible would be severely4 punished. It's not clear who that it is. But China has blamed some previous attacks in this region on Islamic separatist group that lives there.
We are less than two weeks away from the official start of Atlantic hurricane season. This storms can form at any time, but they are most likely to spin up between June 1st and November 30th. Predicting them is like predicting the weather, it's the exact science. This is what super storm Sandy looked like as it approached the northeastern U.S in 2012. It may be late in that season on October 29. 2012 was very active for Atlantic storm, there were almost twice as many of them as the expert predicted.
The time around, the national oc? atmosphere
administration5 forecast things to be
relatively6 quiet. But the news is that there will be hurricanes. I can't tell you where it's going to hit, or how many will hit, but the number is three to six. Three to six hurricanes in the water in the Atlantic. The average is 6.4, last year we had 2, so major hurricanes one to two, we should have 2 to 6, last year is 0. Let's go Back to 2012, this number is 19, 10 and 1. This is the real number one, what is the number one? Sandy. So you only
technically7 need one storm to make a big season and there will be at least one. Near normal, 40% chance, below normal, 60% chance.Above normal, about 10% chance of that.So there is where this number come from, so it doesn't matter whether we get one, and it does matter which one it's landed and what land is.
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region
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n.地区,地带,区域;范围,幅度 |
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- The students went to study the geology of that region.学生们去研究那个地区的地质情况。
- It is unusual to see snow in this region.这个地区难得见到雪。
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explosions
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爆炸( explosion的名词复数 ); 爆发; 激增; (感情,尤指愤怒的)突然爆发 |
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- Soon afterwards five explosions were heard from the area. 此后不久从那个地方传来五次爆炸声。
- They were monitoring the upper air to collect evidence of atomic explosions. 他们正在检测高空空气以收集原子爆炸的证据。
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explosives
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n.爆炸物,炸药( explosive的名词复数 ) |
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- They caved in the roof of the underground passage with powerful explosives. 他们用强大的炸药把地下通道的顶部炸塌陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The slightest spark can set off the explosives stored here. 一点点火星就能够使储存这里的火药爆炸。 来自《用法词典》
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severely
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adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 |
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- He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
- He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
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administration
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n.经营,管理;行政,行政机关,管理部门 |
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- Who is in charge of the administration of your company?你们公司的行政工作由谁负责?
- The teachers are responsible to the school administration.教师向学校行政负责。
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relatively
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adv.比较...地,相对地 |
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- The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
- The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
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technically
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adv.专门地,技术上地 |
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- Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说,这是最先进的设备。
- The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说,西红柿是一种水果,尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。
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