CNN 2011-01-07

The governor never even saw this coming. The police are telling us that he walked out of a grocery store right here in Islamabad, and as soon as he walked out, he was gunned down by one of his own elite¹ security guards, a man whose only job was to protect the governor. The doctors are telling us that this security guard shot the governor 26 times. The governor died instantly. And then the security guard just gave himself up to police. And the police are telling us when they asked him why he did this, he said it was because he felt that the governor had spoken out against Pakistan's blasphemy² laws, and he felt that was an insult to Islam.

We're now learning that Captain Owen Honors has been relieved of his command of the "USS Enterprise." Those racy and raunchy videos that came about after being taped under the leadership of this man, Captain Owen Honors. He says it was meant to be a skit³. As you know if you were a part of watching the story yesterday, they included a lot of F-bombs, anti-gay slurs⁴, totally not appropriately, obviously, for someone who commands an aircraft carrier.

Well, I'm feeling a bit of mixed emotions. I must admit that, there is a little anger, but there's also joy. And the joy overrides⁵ the anger. You know? I'm just so overwhelmed with the joy of just being free.

I think it was just a fair system. But, you know, I think that could have happened to anyone. And I'm just so unfortunate that it happened to me. And I just feel that the system needs to be corrected somehow. I just plan on, you know, looking forward and putting it back, you know, the things behind me and just enjoying my life with my wife. I'm now married, you know. Just living a joyous⁶, peaceful life.

1 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

2 blasphemy   

n.亵渎，渎神

参考例句：

• His writings were branded as obscene and a blasphemy against God.他的著作被定为淫秽作品，是对上帝的亵渎。
• You have just heard his blasphemy!你刚刚听到他那番亵渎上帝的话了！

3 skit   

n.滑稽短剧；一群

参考例句：

• The comic skIt sent up the foolishness of young men in love.那幅画把沉溺于热恋中的青年男子的痴态勾勒得滑稽可笑。
• They performed a skit to amuse the crowd.他们表演了一个幽默小品来娱乐观众。

4 slurs   

含糊的发音( slur的名词复数 )； 玷污； 连奏线； 连唱线

参考例句：

• One should keep one's reputation free from all slurs. 人应该保持名誉不受责备。
• Racial slurs, racial jokes, all having to do with being Asian. 种族主义辱骂，种族笑话，都是跟亚裔有关的。

5 overrides   

越控( override的第三人称单数 )； （以权力）否决； 优先于； 比…更重要

参考例句：

• The new rule overrides all the previous ones. 新规则使以前的所有规则失效。
• The application configuration file setting overrides the machine configuration file setting. 应用程序配置文件设置重写计算机配置文件设置。

6 joyous   

adj.充满快乐的；令人高兴的

参考例句：

• The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene.轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。
• They conveyed the joyous news to us soon.他们把这一佳音很快地传递给我们。