CNN 2010-08-26

His name is Rolando Mendoza. He's a 55-year-old former police officer. He was sacked from his job last year following an investigation¹ by the ombudsman on charges of extortion. Around 6:00 p.m. local time, the situation deteriorated² dramatically, and that is when the exchange of gunfire began. That's when the SWAT team surrounded the bus, and that's when they tried to storm that bus. The police officers shot the gunman in the head.

Rescue crews have been frantically³ drilling since the cave-in on August 5th. And yesterday, they were finally able to lower a probe into the mine, then the miners tied a note to it saying that they're alive.

For family members and rescue workers, you can just imagine, complete jubilation⁴.

I had a call while at home and I was told that Frankie  was gone. But I said, "No, no, Frankie is alive. They are alive. And God's going to get him out of there."

One day he will get them out alive. And now all, all of them are alive. Thank God!

A health recall on eggs expands to a staggering number, some 550 million eggs are now being recalled as part of the Salmonella outbreak, and the tainted⁵ eggs have been traced back to a second producer in Iowa. The Food and Drug Administration says that some 1,000 people nationwide have gotten sick. And the problem is not just limited to the Midwest. The eggs were shipped to a total of 17 states across the country.

While our warriors⁶ that remain there, 50,000, are as capable as any armed services of the world, they know how to fight if they have to, their mission has changed. They are now there to help the Iraqis help themselves. General Petraeus, now, only now has all the resources that the strategy called for. So all this talk about the inability to succeed, is premature⁷. Only now, this month that General Petraeus finally gotten what the military told the President, and me they need, to succeed in that mission.
 

1 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。

2 deteriorated   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化，不久便去世了。
• His condition steadily deteriorated. 他的病情恶化，日甚一日。

3 frantically   

ad.发狂地, 发疯地

参考例句：

• He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
• She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。

4 jubilation   

n.欢庆，喜悦

参考例句：

• The goal was greeted by jubilation from the home fans.主场球迷为进球欢呼。
• The whole city was a scene of jubilation.全市一片欢腾。

5 tainted   

adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏

参考例句：

• The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
• He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

7 premature   

adj.比预期时间早的；不成熟的，仓促的

参考例句：

• It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
• The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。