CNN 2011-07-07

 Good morning. Hi, good to see you there, thank you, bye. Hey, guys, how are you doing? How are you. Great to see you. 

 

We have a very event-filled mission ahead of us. We have 12 days. We'll be very, very busy. You can tell we have an abridged¹ crew. And when it's all over, I think I speak again for everyone when I say we'll be very proud to put the right-hand bookend on the space shuttle program.

 

Five, four, three, two, one, begin.

 

But there can only be one champion of the world. There's only one true champion, and with 62 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes it's Joey Chestnut². Joey Chestnut, 62 hot dogs and buns this evening. There he is, there he is, ladies and gentlemen.

1 abridged   

削减的，删节的

参考例句：

• The rights of citizens must not be abridged without proper cause. 没有正当理由，不能擅自剥夺公民的权利。
• The play was abridged for TV. 剧本经过节略，以拍摄电视片。

2 chestnut   

n.栗树，栗子

参考例句：

• We have a chestnut tree in the bottom of our garden.我们的花园尽头有一棵栗树。
• In summer we had tea outdoors,under the chestnut tree.夏天我们在室外栗树下喝茶。