CNN 2010-10-10

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided¹ to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 to Liu Xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.

Today as we approach that two-year mark, I'm announcing that the Jim has decided to step aside as national security advisor² later this month. And that he will be succeeded by his very capable deputy Tom Donlion. The American people owe Jim an unbelievable debt of gratitude³ for a lifetime of service.

We are advancing pretty well in the Plan B. We've started the drilling process and We are hoping that we can get contact more or less this Saturday depending on whether we have to do a change in the hammer or not, it could be a little bit earlier, but we are projecting this date for Sunday,excusing,Saturday.

The government has now admitted that the problem here is so big that they are appealing to European Union for what help they can provide. And the environment commissioner⁴ for the European Union has indicated that some of that help may be coming.

It's obviously a serious environmental catastrophe⁵. We are in constant contacts with the Hungarian authorities, because we would like, of course, that this accident would be as elimitied as possible and that the accident would be managed.I think that's the most important thing which all of us should focus at this very moment. Later on, it will be the time when we will have to analyze⁶ what are the consequences which led to this unfortunate event.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

3 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

4 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

5 catastrophe   

n.大灾难，大祸

参考例句：

• I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
• This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。

6 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。