CNN 2010-07-14

And this victory means so much to these Spanish fans. For so many tournaments Spain have been considered among the favorites, but for so many years, they crashed and burned and the team came home completely dejected and utterly¹ disappointed. But they pulled it off this time, and for the fans, this is huge.

 

(It was) absolutely amazing, I mean, you know, with this hot weather and a lot of people all around us, it's just spectacular. I mean I never thought the day that Spain would win the World Cup. It's just a dream come true.

 

Well, we are gonna be in a position later on today to put a containment² cap over the well. And this containment cap will have the ability to actually close down valves and slowly contain all the oil.  Once we do that we'll know how much pressure is actually in the well.  That could lead to one of a few positive outcomes. It could tell us that the well is withholding³ the pressure, and we can actually shut the well in or just cap it, if you will. And if there is a need, then we could produce oil and have enough platforms up on the surface where we can contain all the oil and produce it, either way, those are two pretty good outcomes.

 

The Swiss authorities requested for court records from the United States. That request was rejected. And because of that, the Swiss authorities say, “considering the persisting doubts concerning the presentation of the facts of the case, the request has to be rejected.” This  is a big blow to the prosecutor's case in L.A.

 

I heard and felt a thump⁴. It was like a transformer blowing, but it was more felt through the legs. It's a very surreal vision. You don't see your car nose down, trunk up in a hole. It looks like, it looked like someone picked it up when   in a hole. And it was that fast. You were watching the car slowly sinking, it was spinning a little bit and then sinking a little bit, and it sunk that one time it moved probably 5 feet to drop 5 feet

1 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

2 containment   

n.阻止，遏制；容量

参考例句：

• Your list might include such things as cost containment,quality,or customer satisfaction.你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制、产品质量、客户满意程度等内容。
• Insularity and self-containment,it is argued,go hand in hand.他们争论说，心胸狭窄和自我封闭是并存的。

3 withholding   

扣缴税款

参考例句：

• She was accused of withholding information from the police. 她被指控对警方知情不报。
• The judge suspected the witness was withholding information. 法官怀疑见证人在隐瞒情况。

4 thump   

v.重击，砰然地响；n.重击，重击声

参考例句：

• The thief hit him a thump on the head.贼在他的头上重击一下。
• The excitement made her heart thump.她兴奋得心怦怦地跳。