CNN 2010-12-28

More winter misery¹ for Western Europe.Snow, ice and bitter cold are delaying travellers's racing² to get home before Christmas. Germany's Dortmund Airport has shut its doors, Dusseldorf Airport is back open but reporting cancellations. Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport is also reporting delays and cancellations. Only one run way is in use at Brussels's airport. Hundreds of flights at Charles de Gaulle  Airport in Paris have been cancelled. Authorities have also evacuated³ terminal 2E for those were familar with Charles de Gaulle to clear heavy snow from the roof.

Apparently⁴, they've gone through not only putting out warnings to their security screeners, but also to have special training for them. You know, this is, actually, in a funny way, Carol, this is good news. We're finally getting to a point where we gather intelligence, we incorporate it into our screening procedures before they attempt it.And so, we have to be honest. They haven't banned these insulated beverage⁵ containers. What they're saying is they're going to get additional scrutiny⁶, and we've trained our people to look at them and tell the difference between typical insulation⁷ and something that may be an explosive.

Russia's lower house of parliament has given a preliminary approval to a nuclear arms pact⁸ with United States. It would reduce the two nations's unclear arsenal⁹ to allow each other to inspect each others' nuclear stock piles. Two more readings that are necessary for the pact goals for the House, the US summits approved the treaty earlier this week.

This has been going on now for 25 years. It kind of just started up. I'm not really sure of the history of this.Oh! Stable there, Santa!Those are his reindeer¹⁰ in front of him. But people eat this up and love it. It's become a family tradition. You can't see from this picture, but there is a huge crowd gathered here to watch --Oh! Stabilize¹¹, there, Santa. Keep it together! But Santa -- it's called Water-Skiing Santa. That is the title of this thing. It started years and years ago.The Grinch, as you see there, on this particular jet ski, is a part of this celebration. Now you see on the other side there, huge crowds turn out for this. They have been doing this the past 25 years. If you can believe that, this is the water skiing Santa event.Now, as part of this event, Santa has elves and helpers. He has the Grinch out there. I think Mrs. Claus might make an appearance at some time. They started years and years ago and they have kept it up.

1 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

2 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

3 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 beverage   

n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料

参考例句：

• The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。
• Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。

6 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

7 insulation   

n.隔离；绝缘；隔热

参考例句：

• Please examine the insulation of the electric wires in my house.请检查一下我屋子里电线的绝缘情况。
• It is always difficult to assure good insulation between the electric leads.要保证两个电触头之间有良好的绝缘总是很困难的。

8 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

9 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。

10 reindeer   

n.驯鹿

参考例句：

• The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.那群驯鹿被一只狼群寻踪追赶上来。
• The life of the Reindeer men was a frontier life.驯鹿时代人的生活是一种边区生活。

11 stabilize   

vt.（使）稳定，使稳固，使稳定平衡；vi.稳定

参考例句：

• They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。