CNN.ST.NOTES[10.20+10.21IN-THE-NEWS]

Finished on 10.30 & 10.31
Based on listening materials from Putclub.com
By Reta

好累啊..一个疲惫的周末
有机会的有时间的话真想看看Saturday Night Live
看看palin看看McCain的上镜
再看看Tina Fey's impersonation of palin..

[He has support from four fomer secretaries of state]//fff组合..

语音(误正)

suitor-->suited
serious-->series //老是错老是错
set-->said
first-->fourth
shuttle-->shot
data-->dead

拼写(误正)

com[]ittee-->committee //委员会,三个字，所以有三次双写

单词

endorse v.认可
summit 峰会
mandate 命令，要求
comedy 喜剧
collide 抵触
episode 剧集等的一出(或一集)
critique 批评
impersonation 扮演
stimulus n.刺激
protract 延长
blitze 闪电战
transfer-national //??
admiral 海军上将

词组

a shot in the arm = a stimulus
head off 阻止,拦截
dead heat 平分秋色
make one's visit to 访问...

[Apples in tree]

1. United States Secretary of State
   The United States Secretary of State (commonly abbreviated as SecState) is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. 国务卿是总统内阁成员，它的继位顺序很高，当总统副总统众议院议长参议院临时议长都死掉后,国务卿就可以当总统了。
2. Secretary of State for Defence
   The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence. It is a Cabinet position.
3. Swing State
   摇摆州它也等于battlefround state或purple state,总统竞选人的主战场.
4. Meet the Press 与媒体见面
   Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC.It is the longest-running television show in worldwide broadcasting history, having made its television debut on November 6, 1947.特别喜欢采访全国政界经济界外交政策和公共事务方面的领导人。