CNN 2008-04-15
时间：2019-01-26 作者：英语课 分类：商业报道2008年(四)月
Good afternoon, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.
A Texas judge will begin trying to decide what to do with more than 400 kids taken from a polygamist compound. An attorney for Texas Child Protective Services says the children were sexually abused. Today's proceedings 1 will determine which custody 2 cases will be addressed first. The actual custody hearings take place on Thursday.
Senator Barack Obama fired back at Senators Hillary Clinton, John McCain and others who accused him of being elitist. The criticism arose over a comment Obama made about small-town Americans being bitter about their economic situation. Obama says Clinton and McCain are just playing politics and not addressing the real economic concerns of Americans. He does admit his choice of words may not have been the most appropriate.
A British journalist kidnapped two months ago in Iraq is thanking Iraqi soldiers for his release. They found Richard Butler Monday during a house search in Basra. Butler calls the Iraqi military's work (quote) "brilliant".
American Airlines is back in the air today after last week's inspections 3. The FAA cleared it to return all of its 300 grounded MD-80 jets to service over the weekend. The nation's largest airline cancelled 3000 flights to perform inspections, stranding 4 hundreds of thousands of passengers. On top of that, American Airlines' pilots are planning to protest in 9 cities across the country tomorrow. They wanna bring attention to the airline's poor performance and customer service.
Time is running out I'm afraid. The deadline for Americans to file taxes is tomorrow. If you don't think you're gonna make it, you can get a six-month extension from the IRS. The IRS says more than ten million people will file for an extension this year.
Well, those are the headlines this hour. Stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
- Regular inspections are carried out at the prison. 经常有人来视察这座监狱。
- Government inspections ensure a high degree of uniformity in the standard of service. 政府检查确保了在服务标准方面的高度一致。 来自《简明英汉词典》