美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-04-28

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Today is Wednesday April, 24th 2013, a day one city says goodbye, and another still struggles for closure. It¡¯s the verge¹ of psycho-religious to, you know, leave a 6 hundred yards of landfill with potential human remains² and just leave it there year after year after year.

A day some states tell the Fed to step aside on some big issues.

Other states are moving forward on all these issues that you see great lock in Washington. And a day we introduce you to the brains behind the beats for JZ.

I remember J having a meaning and being waiting for me to get there just start to meet. That¡¯s when I was like, OK, he values my opinion.

I¡¯m Talmy Andreas, and this is CNN Radio News Day.

The somber³ tone of bagpipes⁴ and police in uniforms saluted⁵ MIT officer Sean Collier at his memorial service in Boston today. More than 10,000 mourners line the streets of MIT¡¯s campus to pay their respect. And though the crowd was massive, there were moments when the only sounds that could be heard were the breeze blowing, the faint chirping⁷ of birds, and the city contemplating⁸ one of the worst weeks in its history.

Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing⁹ to pay your respect for MIT police officer Sean Collier badge number 179.

Police officers from across the country came to pay their respects to the officer who investigators¹⁰ say was gunned down in this squad¹¹ car by the suspected Boston bombers¹².

Vice⁶ President Joe Biden was also on hand and delivered comforting words to the Collier family.

And mom, dad and Joe, my heart goes out to you. I hope you find some solace¹³ in this moment of extreme grief, looking around this field and listening to what has been said and written, the response of the people of this country and around the world about your son.

It was a day for a family to say goodbye, a city to start moving on, and a country to face a newly evolving reality, one that began to take root on September 11th 2001, that day 12 and a half years ago marked a turning point that every American felt. But believe it or not, many of families who lost loved ones on 9/11 still don¡¯t have a closure that the Collier family was given today. That's because the remains of more than 1,0009/11 victims are still missing.

After all these years, some family members of those victims hold out hope the construction debris¹⁴ collected from the sitein recent years will eventually yield something as small as a bone fragment.Something - anything that can finally bring them closure. CNN¡¯s Steve CastingBowen brings just their story.

It¡¯s been a long time since anything here at the World Trade Center site visually reminded people of the attacks that took place on 911. Construction continues here around the clock. In fact, one World Trade Center, the new skyscraper¹⁵ is almost completed. But the relatives of more than 1,000 victims of the terrorist attacks who never had any remain sreturned to them are dealing¹⁶ with a haunting reminder¹⁷ of what happened to their loved ones. Five hundred and ninety cubic yards of construction debris pulled from this site as recently as 2011 is yielding smallbone fragments. Twelve and a half years after the attacks took place, some people are wondering if their phone is about to ring, and someone is going totell them, that a tiny piece of their husband or wife, father, mother, son or daughter has been positively¹⁸ identified.

1 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 somber   

adj.昏暗的，阴天的，阴森的，忧郁的

参考例句：

• He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
• His coat was a somber brown.他的衣服是暗棕色的。

4 bagpipes   

n.风笛；风笛( bagpipe的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Yes, and I'm also learning to play the bagpipes. 是的，我也想学习吹风笛。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Mr. Vinegar took the bagpipes and the piper led the cow away. 于是醋溜先生拿过了风笛，风笛手牵走了奶牛。 来自互联网

5 saluted   

v.欢迎，致敬( salute的过去式和过去分词 )；赞扬，赞颂

参考例句：

• The sergeant stood to attention and saluted. 中士立正敬礼。
• He saluted his friends with a wave of the hand. 他挥手向他的朋友致意。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 chirping   

鸟叫，虫鸣( chirp的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The birds,chirping relentlessly,woke us up at daybreak. 破晓时鸟儿不断吱吱地叫，把我们吵醒了。
• The birds are chirping merrily. 鸟儿在欢快地鸣叫着。

8 contemplating   

深思，细想，仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 )； 注视，凝视； 考虑接受（发生某事的可能性）； 深思熟虑，沉思，苦思冥想

参考例句：

• You're too young to be contemplating retirement. 你考虑退休还太年轻。
• She stood contemplating the painting. 她站在那儿凝视那幅图画。

9 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

10 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

12 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 solace   

n.安慰；v.使快乐；vt.安慰(物)，缓和

参考例句：

• They sought solace in religion from the harshness of their everyday lives.他们日常生活很艰难，就在宗教中寻求安慰。
• His acting career took a nosedive and he turned to drink for solace.演艺事业突然一落千丈，他便借酒浇愁。

14 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

15 skyscraper   

n.摩天大楼

参考例句：

• The skyscraper towers into the clouds.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
• The skyscraper was wrapped in fog.摩天楼为雾所笼罩。

16 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

17 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

18 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。