CNN news 2011-05-14 加文本

短语讲解：

1. You know, where the river is, has been diverted around this casino and over this parking lot.

parking lot停车场
例句：You can park on either parking lot.
两个停车场都能停车。

2. Because it's so susceptible to flooding, it's so much lower than downtown Memphis.

be susceptible to对…敏感, 易受…感染的, 易受…影响的
例句：Children are susceptible to various illnesses.
孩子易患各种疾病。

3. The financial impact of these casinos being closed for up to a month is huge, upwards of 80 million dollars in financial impact here.

upwards of ...以上, 多于...
例句：She is upwards of sixty
她已年过六十。

4. They'll get back on their feet.

get back回来, 回家
例句：What time will you get back?
你什么时候回来?

5. Well, it's asking president Obama to speak out directly and to say that, as he did the case of Mubarak in Egypt and Gadhafi in Libya very, very effectively that Basher Al.Assad no longer has legitimacy to govern in Syria.

speak out毫无保留地说出
例句：If you have any objections, just speak out.
如果你有什么反对意见, 就爽快地说出来。

6. A statement by the president would mean everything to the people of Syria and also would send a very threatened message to Assad.

send a message发送消息
例句：I charged him to send a message. 
我托他捎个信。 

7. And it's time for the president in on his statements to speak up forcefully and frequently.

speak up畅所欲言, 清楚地表明看法
例句：It's about time someone spoke up for these basic truths.
该是有人公开讲清楚这些基本事实的时候了。

8. Check out this French snowmobile rider is almost...could see his friends...

check out检查, 核对, 核实
例句：So you brought me in to check out what is bothering you. 
这么说，你带我进去是为了核实一下使你迷惑不解的事情了。 

9. So it's ... slily, finally he catches up to it. he can't stop it, his body can't stop it.

catch up追上, 赶上
例句：Prices will fall as soon as production catches up to demand.
一旦生产赶上了需求, 物价就会下跌。