CNN news 2011-04-06 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Casino management says all servers let go were given a hiring preference for other positions.

let go 放开，释放
例句：Joanna let go of the deer, and it bounded off between the trees. 
乔安娜放走了小鹿，小鹿在树间跳跃着跑开了。 

2. That really what this story means is the casinos are trying to force them to dress in that sexy way and many of them were too old to dress that sexy way and they were got rid of.

force sb to do sth 强迫某人做某事
例句：You shall never force him to suppress the facts of his life. 
你绝对不能强迫他把过去生活中的那些事实隐瞒起来。
get rid of 除掉，去掉，摆脱
例句：I have rather a bad cough that I can't get rid of. 
我咳嗽得相当厉害，老也不好。

3. Police in Sacramento, California are on the lookout for this 18 wheeler, which is hiding in plain sight.

be on the lookout for 正在寻找…
I was on the lookout for someone to take me. 
我正在注意物色一个人选把我带去。

4. Looking at recent stats nearly a quatrer million kids got corporal punishment in the 2005 school year.

corporal punishment 体罚
例句：The headmaster and teachers skirmished for a term over the question of corporal punishment. 
校长和教师为体罚的问题争论了一学期。

5. You can't just go around, saying that they're wrong and they're bad.

go around 到处走动
例句：These young characters who take dope go around all hopped up. 
这些吸毒的年轻家伙一个个都昏昏沉沉地到处走动。

6. Once you have built a relationship with them, you can establish expectations and they will respond to those expectations.

respond to 对…作出反应
例句：They were prompt to respond to our call for help. 
他们对我们的求助迅速回应。

7. Take it easy, Carol.

take it easy 不紧张，不激动，慢慢来
例句：Take it easy when you are on the stage.
上台时不要紧张。