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Hello, I’m Naamua Delaney at the CNN center in Atlanta. And here is a look at what’s happening NOW IN THE NEWS.

CEOs from Ford1, Chrysler and General Motors are making their case for a 25- billion-dollar emergency loan. They want Congress to tap into the 700- billion- dollar Wall Street bailout approved last month. Many Republican critics point to financial mismanagement at the Big There and argue the companies don’t deserve any help. Most Democrats2 disagree, saying the auto3 industry is too important to the overall economy to fail.

Treasury4 Secretary Henry Paulson says dipping into the government’s 700- billion- dollar financial bailout fund to rescue the auto industry is not a good idea. Still, Paulson says something should be done to help the Big Three because this is not a good time for an auto company to fail.

Carlifornia Governor Amold Schwarzenegger is urging President Bush to declare southern California a federal disaster area. Schwarzenegger says the state needs help cleaning up after wildfires burnt more than 65 square miles and destroyed almost 1000 homes. Fire fighters continue to take advantage of the dying Santa Anna winds and hope to have the wildfires under control in the next few days.

The U.S. Navy says pirates in the Gulf5 of Aden have seized another ship, this one a Hong Kong cargo6 vessel7. The latest attack comes just days after a crude oil tanker8 was seized far off the coast of Kenya. That area had been considered relatively9 safe until now. The company is now working to secure the release of the crew. The ship is filled with oil worth as much as 100 million dollars.

And in space, two astronauts are venturing outside space shuttle Endeavour. This will be the first in a series of spacewalks outside the international space station. During today’s spacewalk, two astronauts will focus on cleaning and lubricating the space station.

Well, those are the headlines this hour. Do stay with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.


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1 Ford KiIxx     
n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过
参考例句：
  • They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
  • If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
2 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 auto ZOnyW     
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
参考例句：
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
4 treasury 7GeyP     
n.宝库；国库，金库；文库
参考例句：
  • The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
  • This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
5 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
6 cargo 6TcyG     
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
7 vessel 4L1zi     
n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管
参考例句：
  • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
  • You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
8 tanker xqawA     
n.油轮
参考例句：
  • The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
  • Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
9 relatively bkqzS3     
adv.比较...地，相对地
参考例句：
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

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