CNN 2010-10-16

In an unprecedented¹ rescue effort, success, as the first of the 33 miners emerged from the earth after being trapped underground in Chile for a record 69 days. Family members and the Chilean president were waiting anxiously to greet them. The miners are being hoisted² to the surface in a capsule through half a mile of rock. The capsule provides them with oxygen, a way to communicate with rescuers and within an escape hatch. The cage tube is only 21 inches in diameter.

“It's incrediable that there we were down 700 meters and they recovered us.”

Each round of trip is taking about 50 minutes with each miner spending roughly 15 in the capsule. If all goes well, the final miner is expected to reach the surface sometime on Thursday.

"We have lived a magical night, a night that we will remember throughout our lives, a night, when life defeated death, in which hope defeated anxiety. This has been a night that makes us feel more human, more brotherly, with more strengthened will to face what the future will bring. I know that last night there were tears in every single home in Chile, tears of joy. I would like to thank many many people because the truth is that these miners have given us an example of how to face adversity, but also rescue workers have given us an example of how to be together. How are engineers, technicians and workers have given an example to the whole world as to how to carry out a rescue operation that seemed impossible.“

The only solution to the Israel-Palestine and creating lasting³ peace in the region is to identify the rights of the sovereignty and rule of the people of Palestine, the returning, the Palestine refugees to their homeland and the return of occupiers back home. It'll be to the benefit of the Zionist officials to return to their own homes and to give back Palestine to its true owners and this storm of the anger infuriate the people of Palestine and freedom lovers, they will be destroyed.

If we want Americans--and America itself-- to succeed in the 21st century, we need to offer all of our young people the best education in the world has to offer. At a time when the umemployment rate for folks who've never gone to college is almost double what it is for those who have gone to college, when most of the new jobs being created will require some higher education, when countries that out-educate us today, will out-compete us tomorrow, offering our children a world-class education isn't a just moral obligation, it's an economic imperative⁴.

Right now, "don't ask don't tell" is no longer the law of the land. And that plus to every man and woman in the US uniform, no matter where they are in the world. The group that brought this sue against the government, the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay rights group. There's still advising service members do not come out yet. That's because the US government still has 60 days to appeal this ruling and in effect, a Justice Department spokesman tells us they are reviewing the ruling right now.
 

1 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

2 hoisted   

把…吊起，升起( hoist的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He hoisted himself onto a high stool. 他抬身坐上了一张高凳子。
• The sailors hoisted the cargo onto the deck. 水手们把货物吊到甲板上。

3 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

4 imperative   

n.命令，需要；规则；祈使语气；adj.强制的；紧急的

参考例句：

• He always speaks in an imperative tone of voice.他老是用命令的口吻讲话。
• The events of the past few days make it imperative for her to act.过去这几天发生的事迫使她不得不立即行动。