CNN news 2009-11-10 加文本

1. his announcement comes a couple of days after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met privately with the family members of Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal.

  a couple of少数的，几个

  例句：He patched up a couple of old tires.

他补了几条旧车胎。

2. Forecasters say watch out for flooding, rough surf and possible tornadoes.

    watch out for戒备；提防；监视，密切注意

     例句：The police are watching out for the suspect.

警方正密切注意嫌疑犯的行动。

3. This morning Republicans said the measure in its current form is dead on arrival as it moves on now to the US senate.

   be dead on arrival

   例句：Rice said, adding,'Since the United States is a permanent member of the Security Council,this simply will be dead on arrival in the Security Council.

她补充称，我认为这是令人遗憾的，既然美国是安理会的常任理事国，俄罗斯此举绝对不会得到安理会通过。

move on 继续前进(向前进)

例句：What could she do but move on, find a new life and new dreams?

除了继续前进，寻找新的生活和新的梦想，她还能做什么呢？

4. And ceremony is under way right now marking the 20th anniversary since the Berlin wall came down.

     be under way正在进行(正在前进,正在运转)

     例句：So some sort of shift seems to be under way.

因此，某种变化似乎正在进行。