CNN news 2011-06-03 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Cross-country now.In Brevard County, Florida, Memorial Day turned into a war against jellyfish.

turn into (使)变成
例句：Her bitter experience has turned her into a stronger person.
痛苦的经历使她变得更坚强了。

2. Brevard County Ocean Rescue says more than 800 people were stung from Cocoa Beach to Cape Canaveral.

sting from因…感到疼痛
例句：My eyes are stinging from the smoke.
我眼睛被烟熏的疼痛。

3. Maricopa County, Arizona, the man who built himself as America's toughest sheriff may run for the Senate, U.S. Senate that is.

run for竞选
例句：He decided to run for President.
他决定竞选总统。

4. It's something I'm looking at.

look at看, 注视
例句：He looked at me with scorn.
他轻蔑地看了看我。

5. And it comes up all the time.

come up发生
例句：I expect something to come up soon.
我预料很快就要出事的。
all the time一直
例句：I have been busy all the time.
我一直很忙。

6. So, I'm not going to make my decision yet.

make a decision决定下来,作出决定;下决心
例句：They have to make a decision now.
他们现在得做个决定。

7. They will be raising money for charity.

raise money募捐，筹款
例句：Several alumni have agreed to help raise money.
几位校友已同意帮助筹资。

8. This week, we are going in depth on medication nation.

in depth深入地, 全面地
例句：This is a new subject and needs to be explored in depth.
这是个新课题, 需要深入的研究。

9. Americans have been led to believe by doctors and advertisers in the pharmaceutical industry that there's a pill to cure just about everything.

lead to导致；引起
例句：Heart failure led to her father's death.
心力衰竭导致她父亲的死亡。

10. Ultimately, he was hooked on a prescription drug cocktail.

be hooked on沉迷于
例句：Mary is hooked on football.
玛丽特别喜欢足球。

11. As soon as one was shut down, another would open.

shut down完全关闭，倒闭，停止运转
例句：The shop has shut down because of lack of trade.
那商店因生意萧条而停业。

12. It establishes a drug-monitoring database where pharmacies will enter information on painkiller prescriptions aimed at stopping doctor shopping.

aim at以…为目标
例句：The visit was aimed at expanding the relations between the two countries.
访问的目的是扩展两国的关系。

13. And on the federal level a bill has been introduced that doubles from 10 to 20 years the prison sentence for anyone convicted of running a pill mill.

convict of宣判(某人)犯有(某罪)
例句：The criminal was convicted of murder.
罪犯被判决犯有谋杀罪。