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CNN STUDENT NEWSMarch 20THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: There are many theories about what happened to a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, but confirmed information is hard to come by. We`ll tell you what we know today on CNN STUDENT NEWS.It`s been 13 days since the flight with 239 people aboard vanished over Southeast Asia. There are 26 countries involved in the search. The area is almost 3 million square miles from Eastern Europe to the Southern Indian Ocean. It even extends to the pilot`s house. A flight simulator was there, and yesterday, Malaysian officials said some files have been deleted from its hard drive. Investigators are trying to recover those to see if they hold any clues, though it could be just another dead end. U.S. officials say the aircraft`s most likely location is the bottom of the Indian Ocean.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The big complete area is still enormous. You are still talking about an area around the size of the United States. But the area they are focused on most today is about the size of Arizona. Remember, we`ve talked about these two arcs out here, the northern and southern arcs. This is along the southern arcs. And they are specifically focused on this area about 1400 miles or so away from the West Coast of Australia. This is a moving target, by the way. This was bigger yesterday. You put it on the floor now. And it was a little bit further to the West, but because of drifting patterns and things like that, they adjusted with the hours. This is all based on something from mathematics called Bayesian theory, which is basically saying, as all of your parameters change hour to hour, day to day in a search, you adjust the probability of where you will find it. And now that equation has led them to focus most on this area.And one of the reasons we know they are focusing on it so far or so hard right now, is this, this airplane. This is the P8 Poseidon, it`s made by the Navy, or the Navy has them out there. This is the result of a $35 billion program. Each plane costs around a quarter billion dollars. And many people consider this the most effective sub-hunting plane in the world now because when it looks down at all this water, which you and I would look at with our eyes, we would see sunlight glinting off, and making it hard for us to see things. And we might see white caps. And all sorts of things that make it visually hard to see something. It uses radar to scan many, many, many miles of this. Thousands in a day to spot even little tiny items. So, the fact that this plane, this quarter billion dollar plane has been moved down to search that specific area, shows you that their sense of probability that it could be one of the more important search areas has reason substantially. It doesn`t mean they aregoing to find anything, but it means they think they might fight debris on the surface. But remember, even if you find something on the surface, even if all the calculations by NTSB and everybody else says it should be down here somewhere, if you find something, the bigger challenge lies ahead, because this plane vanished over about 200 feet of water. But if you fly into this part of the Indian Ocean, and you keep going down below the surface, look what you get - you get the kind of topography that you would get on the surface. A geography of hills and ridges and valleys and all sorts of places where that pinger that they might search for could be difficult to locate.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: The families of the missing are in anguish. They are frustrated with the lack of search progress. Some accused the Malaysian government of withholding information. There is some technology that was launched too late to help with this incident. But astronaut Chris Hadfield describes how it could help in the future.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)CHRIS HADFIELD, RETIRED CANADIAN ASTRONAUT: Five weeks ago, the space station released 28 little tiny satellite cameras that are now orbiting the world. They are about the size of a long skinny shoebox. And each of them goes around the world every 90 minutes, and they can see things down maybe to about the size of a car.The beauty of those will be, they will take a picture of basically every second, and you go five miles a second. So, every five miles they will take a picture of the world and continuously stream that information back to us, giving us a look at the planet like we`ve never before.(END VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Time for the "Shoutout." What`s the world`s oldest currency still in use? Is it, the British pound, Indian rupee, Japanese yen, or Swiss franc? You`ve got three seconds, go!The British pound was established more than 1,000 years ago when Anglo- Saxon kingdoms began using sterlings or silver currency. That`s your answer and that`s your "Shoutout."AZUZ: There`s a new pound in town, at least there will be in 2017, and here it is. 12 sides, two metals, two tone. The United Kingdom made the change in hopes of confounding counterfeiters. This is supposed to be the world`s most secure coin. Britain`s Royal Mint estimates that three percent of the pound coins currently in circulation are fakes. That would total out to about 46 million pounds or $76 million. Making the new coin will cost the country. New machinery will be needs. And wending machine operator will have to altertheir machines to accept the new coin. And that will cost them. But one expert says, it`s also wending machines that tend to be ripped off the most by fakes.The current pound coin was introduced 30 years ago. At today`s exchange rate it`s worth about a $1.66.Now, if converting currency or doing any kind of math for that matter really, really bothers you, it just might be in your genes. As in genetics. A new study out of Ohio State University looked at people`s anxiety levels when it comes to math. It found that the genetics aren`t the main reason why some people dread numbers or angles or solving for X. But it may account for 40 percent of the reason. That if your parents or your siblings struggle with math, you might two. Other reasons for math anxiety may be even bigger reasons include environment. So, if you don`t get enough support at school, for example it may make you anxious. And if others in your family get that way about math, it could make the problem worth.Why does this matter if you`ve still got to learn and then do math? Researchers say that the more aware educators are about students anxiety, the more prepared they`ll be to tailor their lesson plans to help.There`s plenty of math in figure skating from the triple axels and quad touloups (ph) we saw in the Sochi Olympics to angular momentum and vertical velocity. Physics, that`s factored in to those jumps. But there`s a broader reason why Sharon Cohen is getting young people involved. She`s working to help a group of girls in Harlem, on and off the ice. She`s a CNN Hero and a woman improving other women`s life this women`s history month.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I love the crispy feeling of the air. The sound of my skate crunching on the ice. Skating relieves me from everything. I just want to fly, I just don`t want to stop.SHARON COHEN: I heard that there were some girls who wanted to figure skate in Harlem. Growing up I was a competitive figure skater and I knew that skating was not a diverse sport. There was not access for kids in low-income communities. They were so eager to get started I began teaching them and it was really inspiring to me. Now, we serve over 200 girls a year.Wow! Look at those spins! You did it!The best part about skating is that it gives you qualities that you use for the rest of your life. They gain discipline, perseverance.Step, cross. Step, cross. Excellent, girls.They fall down and they get back up and they learn they can do that in anything. It`s a building block. Skating is the hook, but education comes first.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is that how you spell when?UNIDENTIFIED GIRLS: Oh.COHEN: Before they even get on the ice, they have to get their homework done, they get tutoring. The minimum of three afternoons a week.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So that`ll be Z minus 12.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Algebra was not my best subject and I failed it. Ms. Sharon hired a special tutor for me that felt like, hey, you have to get back up.It was that simple?Now, I`m doing way better in school.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ladies and gentlemen, Harlem Ice.COHEN: We want girls to believe and know they can do anything they put their hearts and minds to.(APPLAUSE)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It`s not all about skating. Miss Sharon is teaching us to be the best we can be in life.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: We are headed west for today`s CNN STUDENT NEWS roll call like really far west. In the Pacific state of Hawaii, we`ve got the bulldogs on today`s roll. They are watching from Le Jardin Academy in Kailua (ph). Back in the continent, hello to Roosevelt Junior High School in Roosevelt, Utah. That`s Roosevelt isn`t teddy because these are the rough writers. And one state south, it`s all about the bears and grizzlies. They are online in Shonto Preparatory Middle and High School in Shonto, Arizona ...Probably, you can`t get college credit for this, especially from the professors who wrote some of these books. But a group of students in Poland did get a Guinness world record for knocking them down like dominoes. They lined up 4998 books, don`t know why they didn`t just go for an even 5,000, but with one quick tip they toppled the previous record of4845 books. And earned themselves a place in the record. Book. Might not be the most productive chapter in their lives, but the experiment didn`t put them in a bind, it fell together nicely, it moved at a steady page. They were domino problems, even though they had a lot of ground to cover. I can read your thoughts from here. We`ve reached the tipping point with these puns. So, we`ll close the book on today`s show and hope you`ll book ten minutes with us again on Friday.END作业地址/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=21&extra=page%3D1。
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1 College Diet大学食谱With all their classes, tuition bills and homework, many college students don't make eating right a priority. 大学生们上课、交学费、做功课，却不把正确饮食当回事。
When I have a lot of tests, or I have to do a lot of studying, I have to get something fast.For lunch, it's really whatever I can grab. I usually snack. 我的确是抓到什么吃什么。
经常吃零食。
Fast foods like French fries, chicken tenders and hamburgers, are college dining halls most popular items, according to recent surveys. Carol Kelley, a nutritionist at Emory University, gave us a lesson in college diets, 101. 据最新调查发现，象法国炸薯条、嫩鸡肉和汉堡包那样的快餐是大学食堂最受常见的食品。
爱莫利大学的营养学家卡罗尔·凯利给我们上一堂大学饮食的初级课。
Students will choose foods that are quick and easy to eat, on the run, and sometimes that comes at the expense of having more balance with their diet.卡罗尔·凯利学生，总会选些快而简单的食品来吃，边走边吃，但有时候，这是以饮食失衡为代价的。
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CNN Student News April15,2015CARL AZUZ,CNN STUDENT NEWS HOST:Hope your Wednesday's going well so far.I'm Carl Azuz.It's great to have you watching CNN STUDENT NEWS today. First up,Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi,the leader of Iraq,visited the White House yesterday.One major focus of his visit:funding.Iraq is facing a budget deficit of22 billion dollars this year.President Obama pledged200million dollars to help Iraqi communities and the people who are struggling.But Prime Minister al-Abadi is seeking much more and meeting with other international officials to request it.In addition to recovering from years of war,Iraq is fighting ISIS:Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.It wants to form a new country in the region based on its severe interpretation of te last week,ISIS attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery and said it took control of part of it.Iraqi forces denied that claim,saying they were in full control.Most of Iraq's revenue comes from oil sales,but low global oil prices are hurting its economy.We're moving now to East Asia.Since1953when fighting ended in the Korean War, North and South Korea had been divided by the demilitarized zone.It's actually the most heavily militarized border in the world,with forces built up on each side of it. An international group of female activists is hoping to walk across it from North to South.Their intention is to promote peace in the Korean peninsula and bring divided families together.North Korea says it supports to march,but the U.S.is repeating its warning for American citizens not to travel to North Korea.A communist dictatorship with a bad human rights record.If and when the activists reach the demilitarized zone, here is what they can expect to see.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE:So we're going here onto the actual line to go into North Korea and I actually have to walk this way.We can't shoot left,we can't shoot right. We can only shoot forward.There's a lot of restrictions on our cameras.But to get here,we have to go through three checkpoints,we passed some anti-tank explosives and now we're about to go into these blue rooms and into the North Korea line.So the North Koreans and the South Koreans still meet in this room? UNIDENTIFIED MALE:Yes.The last known visit was2008.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE:Literally,these microphones on the table are what defines the line.So North Korea on this side,South Korea on that side.It seems so easy.It's just one step.But when you think about all of the miniaturization and what you go through and the barbed wire,it's certainly far from easy.This concrete slab is literally the border.We're shooting it from the northern side. Seventeen inches by five inches.Concrete.That's it.That marks the border.It's been here since1953.And now the way that they pass messages,it's pretty amazing.They don't use email,they don't actually even use a phone.There is a phone but it rings and rings,the North Koreans don't answer it.They actually,by bullhorn,communicate to the North Koreans.When we were inside the building,we could walk onto the North Korean side of it. But if I were to do that outside the building,to actually step over that line here,what would happen to me?UNIDENTIFIED MALE:What would happen is all of these soldiers here would make an attempt to stop you.Especially me.And once you get over there,there is-no longer anyone to help you.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE:What would the North Koreans do?UNIDENTIFIED MALE:Probably run down there and grab you.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE:For the South Korean soldiers,this is the most prestigious assignment there is.To serve here,in the DMZ,they have to be at least 5'9",which is taller than average,and every single one of them has a black belt in Taekwondo.So North Korean and South Korean soldiers stand here every single day and stare at each other.The South Korean soldiers are right behind me,and then you can see that concrete building.That's where North Korean tourists can come to visit the DMZ. And apparently,a lot of Chinese actually come through the North Korean side as well.And then there's that soldier.He stands there every single day,but the South Koreans and the Americans don't know his name so they just refer to him as"Bob."(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ:Best way to get on our Roll Call,make one request every day on our transcript page at .You've got to be at least13years old to do it. Meadows Valley schools made a request yesterday.In New Meadows,Idaho,say hello to the Mountaineers.Philip W.Sugg Middle also popped up on yesterday's transcript.In Lisbon Falls,Maine,can you keep up with the Greyhounds?And from Southeastern Asian,we heard from the Singapore American school yesterday.They're online in the island-nation of Singapore.It was two years ago today that tragedy struck at the Boston Marathon.Terrorist bombs killed three people on April15,2013and injured more than260others.Some of the victims lost arms or legs.It was the worst act of terrorism on U.S.soil since the attacks of September11,2001.The two brothers who carried out the bombings later killed a police officer.One of the attackers was killed in a shoot-out,the other was convicted and is waiting to find out whether he'll get the death penalty or spend the rest of his life in prison.Some of the victims of the bombings said they were relieved by the conviction.1,000have attended memorial services since the attacks.Parts of Japan are still recovering,or still devastated from the2011earthquake and tsunami that killed almost16,000people.The natural disasters leveled parts of the country.They swept millions of tons of debris out into the Pacific Ocean and they caused nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan's northeast.Decommissioning that plant will cost an estimated50billion dollars and take years to do.Here's why.(VIDEO CLIP PLAYING)AZUZ:Time for the Shout Out.The Blue Angels are part of which branch of the U.S. Military?If you think you know it,shout it out.Is it the Army,Navy,Air Force or Marines?You've got three seconds.Go!(COUNTDOWN)(BELL RINGING)It's B.The Blue Angels are officially the U.S.Navy flight demonstration quadroon. Though the Marines are eligible to fly with them,that's your answer and that's your Shout Out.Case and point.U.S.Marine Corps Captain Katie Higgins(ph),she just became the first female pilot in the69-year history of the Blue Angels.Captain Higgins flies the Angels'C-130Hercules,the largest winged performer of the group.She told CBS news that her inclusion,quote,"shows little girls and guys that women can do whatever they put their mind to."She had already flown hundreds of combat hours, supporting operations in the Middle East,Europe and lions of people have seen the Blue Angels perform.(MUSIC PLAYING)In other airborne news,we've covered a lot of the ups and downs of drones,showing you legal video from them,reporting on the illegal use of them in Paris,even covering a time when a golfer took one out with a shot that was a little off target.Before we go today,this will be the first time we've shown you a drone getting attack by an angry ape.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE:How many chimps does it take to down a drone?One plus a branch.Watch a middle-aged female named Tushi get off her tush and whack that sucker at Burgers'Zoo in the Netherlands.UNIDENTIFIED MALE:She hit it spot on and well,it collapsed. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE:Zoo spokesman Bas Lukkenaar saw it happen and was flabbergasted.He was shooting an episode for a TV show about the zoo.The chimps in the tree didn't just happen to be holding branches.Zoo officials said they armed themselves against the drone.Tushi is notorious for having a good arm for throwing things.The drone,worth a little over2,000bucks,was demolished.UNIDENTIFIED MALE:That was a bummer.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE:But it wasn't a bummer for the chimps on the ground who took some ultra close-up selfies,"chimpen-selfies,"(ph)as the zoo calls them. But the chimps got bored with the camera a lot faster than humans do.Tushi reminded us of yet another ape being buzzed.King Kong eventually lost his perch,but Tushi-UNIDENTIFIED MALE:Well,these chimpanzees have out-clevered the humans. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE:It's hard not to drone on about how smart she is. (END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ:Of course,it did involve high sticking.Some might have called that a chimp shot.And the drone wasn't exactly chimp change,but it made for some grape(ph) video in the droner didn't seem too treed off about it.I'm Carl Azuz for CNN STUDENT NEWS.(MUSIC PLAYING)。
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STUDENT NEWSA Deal in D.C.; Two Girls Arrested for BullyingAired October 17, 2013 - 04:00 ETTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: A deal in D.C. after weeks of accusations and negotiations, news broke yesterday that Democrats, Republicans and the president had more or less agreed on the plan. It would end the partial U.S. government shutdown that started on October 1st, and it would avoid the country hitting the debt ceiling, which experts said would happen today. The deal came from the U.S. Senate, where Democrats hold a majority, though it was a bipartisan agreement there. The Senate was expected to vote on a deal last night that would be followed by a vote in the Republican-led House of Representatives. Yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner urged his fellow Republicans to support the plan. If it passes both Houses of Congress, the president still has to sign it.And one thing to keep in mind: this is an interim deal, it`s temporary. It would fund the government through mid-January, raise the debt ceiling until early February. So, this is not a long term solution. Teachers, as always, you can get the latest details at .Our next story today is about a tragedy that allegedly started with bullying, both in person and online. It led to a 12-year old in Florida committing suicide and later the arrest of two other girls.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: Police say Rebecca Sedwick was bullied for a year. It apparently started when a 14-year old began dating a boy that Rebecca had dated beforehand. The bullying got worse over time. Police found social media messages to Rebecca that said things like you should die and why don`t you go kill yourself. Rebecca`s mom transferred her to another school, but that didn`t stop it.TRICIA NORMAN, REBECCA SEDWICK`S MOTHER: I remember telling her, you know, you don`t listen to them, you`re beautiful, they are just jealous of you and she would say -- you are my mom, you have to say that.AZUZ: Eventually, the middle school student killed herself. But police say the bullying didn`t stop afterward. They say the 14-year old who`d been doing some of it, posted on Facebook, essentially saying, yes, I bullied Rebecca and she killed herself, but I don`t care. They arrested the 14-year old and another girl, a 12-year old, charging them with felony, aggravated stalking. The lawyer for the older girls says she didn`t have access to Facebook at the time the message was posted.ANDREA DEMICHAEL, ATTORNEY: She denies them. She says that this is not as clear cut as it seems. That these things that were posted on Facebook recently were not by her.AZUZ: But Rebecca`s mother says that the arrest means justice is being served.NORMAN: Something is finally being done about these girls that were bullying her. That`s all she ever wanted was somebody to listen and do something about it.AZUZ: Police had been arresting minors more often because of cases like this, the goal is to cut down on cyber bullying.SHERIFF GRADY JUDD, POLK COUNTY, FLORIDA: Well, I can tell you we`re all devastated by this. And I can tell you all of us that worked that case and worked around that case, we lost sleep over that child dying needlessly.(END VIDEOTAPE)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)ANNOUNCER: Is this legit? Thanksgiving is always celebrated on the last Thursday in November. Not true. Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday in November, which is usually the last one. But not always.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: When that fourth November Thursday rolls around, you can also count on the Macy`s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Millions of folks show up in New York or watch on TV to see the parade and its giant balloons. Macy`s hosted the Thanksgiving event for nearly 90 years. What the retail giant hasn`t done, is open its doors on Thanksgiving. Holiday shoppers have had to wait until midnight to get in. But for the first time in the company`s 155 year history, that`s changing. Macy`s said, this Thanksgiving its stores will open at 8 P.M.It`s not the first company to let customers start their Black Friday shopping on Thanksgiving. Stores have shifted their holiday hours to offer a jump, offer deals, bring in businesses. But some of those stores have gotten a backlash, especially from employees who say they`d rather spend Thanksgiving with their families than at work.Today`s "Roll Call" is a pitch (ph) and a badger (ph), and a corn husker. At least those are the stateswe`re heading to. First on the map, Locust Grove Georgia and a big hello to the wild cats from Locust Grove High. We`re bringing up, and not shut down the Gilmore Griffins in Racine, Wisconsin. And our corn husker contributor comes from Sidney, Nebraska, the Sidney High School Red Radars put their city on the "Roll Call" map.There`s a picture getting shared on social media. It was taken of U.S. Corporal Josh Hargis in the hospital room in Afghanistan. Two things we want you to notice here: first, the purple ribbon on Corporal Hargis`s chest. It`s a purple heart awarded for wounds he received in action. The other thing you notice, his hand -- it`s saluting. Everyone in the room during Corporal Hargis`s medal ceremony thought he was unconscious. A commander said Hargis`s determination to give that salute spoke volumes about Josh`scourage and character. He described it as "the single greatest event I have witnessed in my ten years in the Army. Corporal Hargis is now recovering at a medical center in Texas.Next up, sea serpents stay show up and legends, but some scientists say those legends might have been inspired by oarfish. What is an oarfish? Don`t know much about them except that they are big. You`ve got a minnow, a bass, a tuna, for an oarfish, my arms just don`t go far enough. Some of them are up to 56 feet long, and a diver just hold one up off the California coast.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This one is 18 feet long, it took 25 of us to pick it up. It`s a once in a lifetime opportunity.AZUZ: Rare and mysterious, that`s not overselling it as oarfish largely uncharted territory for scientists. Jasmine Santana of the Catalina Island Marine Institute made the discovery of the recently deceased oarfish on Sunday at a depth of about 15 feet on the island`s Toyon Bay (ph). One of her counterparts from the Avalon-based Tole Mour was there, and spoke with us via Skype from Catalina.MARK WEDDINGTON, CATALINA ISLAND MARINE INSTITUTE: She was snorkeling, see this giant fish on the bottom of the ocean, swims down, grabs it by the tail and swims it to the beach.It was awesome. There were people sprinting to go and see this fish.AZUZ: Louisiana State University`s Dr. Mark Benfield, the marine biologist shared this rare video with KTLA, it was shot in the Gulf of Mexico a couple of years back. And it is one of a kind as the giant oarfish spends most of its time slithering throughout the ocean`s deepest depths beneath tropical waters and is rarely seen at the surface.Back in 1996, a group of Navy SEALs found that 23 footer off Coronado. Meanwhile, experts at U.C. Santa Barbara have already expressed interest over this Catalina find and so tissue samples are on the way.WEDDINGTON: Right now it`s on ice. It`s preserved as best we can. I`m pushing to bare it and wait for it to be naturally clean, so that we can then take the skeleton and articulate it and have it for on display. That`s what`s I`m hoping will happen.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: Last month we talked about a teenage manager`s act of kindness at a fast food restaurant in Minnesota. The same place is back in the news for a different, but equally awesome good deed. This one started with the family of a long time customer.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)LINDSEY STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The Dragis family has long known the secret ingredient to a fulfilling life.KATIE DRAGOTIS, DAUGHTER: We`re here to pay for the papou (ph). Do you recognize our dad?UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I do. I definitely do.KATIE DRAGOTIS: Papou, that`s Greek for grandpas.STEWART: It`s what Dr. David Dragotis practiced every day.DAPHNE CHAPMAN, DAUGHTER: We`ve heard stories about people crying in the waiting room, because he is not here anymore.STEWART: Dr. D. was a long time family doctor in Chesco. Six months ago esophageal cancer put him in the same hospital he often practiced at. Even there, he wrote prescriptions for his patients up until his death.KATIE DRAGOTIS: Because he always brought us to get ice cream if somebody was bad, so.STEWART: So his daughters decided their grief could be eased by a gesture after his own heart.KATIE DRAGOTIS: So, what we`d like to do is pay $100 and pay for Papou, and with that ...UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And it`s actually all paid for already, you need to sign right here.STEWART: Dr. D. continues to heal.JAMIE CARTER, CUSTOMER: It was beautiful, that was awesome. I saw like I could say -- and their dad will be proud of them. And I think of my dad and that`s great.STEWART: Every Wednesday Dr. D. would drive nearly 30 miles to come to this Dairy Queen, even though he passed several others along the way. And of course, every week, the doctor would order the same sweet treat.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The pecan (inaudible)STEWART: And now others can enjoy.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s awesome.STEWART: What he prescribed for the sole.JOEY PRUSAK, DQ MANAGER: It`s called to (inaudible) pay it forward.STEWART: In less than an hour, inspired customers added hundreds more dollars to Papou`s fund.CARTER: They`re sharing it with everybody in his favorite place. That`s cute.STEWART: And thanks to Dr. D., kindness is still at service.KATIE DRAGOTIS: What would happen (inaudible) if he thinks of us doing this?UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He would be honored.STEWART: In the sweetest of ways.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: You might know about 3D printers, machines that take a computer model and then use materials to kind of print a three-dimensional version of something. In this case, the printed product is pizza. Dough, sauce, cheese, 12 minutes in the oven. May not like the best slice you`ve ever seen, but the company that makes it, says it is edible, although no one is allowed to actually taste test it until the food printer gets FDA approval. So, we`ll have to wait and see whether it`s declared delicious, or whether this pizza is panned. In the meantime, the company will keep printing pizzas just be crust it can. For CNN STUDENT NEWS, I`m Carl Azuz. Have a great day.END。
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CNN10学生视频文本CNN 10 - November 30, 2017CNN 10North Korea Test-Fires ICBM; Scientists: Unusual Asteroid has Entered Solar System; Origami Uses in EngineeringAired November 30, 2017 - 04:00 ETTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: On this last day of November 2017, we thank you for watching CNN 10, your objective explanation of world news. I`m Carl Azuz at the CNN Center.U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday. And the American leader said that more sanctions, penalties on North Korea were on the way. China factors in because it`s North Korea`s only major ally.What triggered this?North Korea test-fired an ICBM, an intercontinental ballistic missile early Wednesday morning. It was the first time in two months that the communist country had tested a major weapon. But it`s done this several times before. Despite internationalsanctions and the fact that the United Nations says its weapons programs are illegal.Something was different this time around, though. The ICBM reached an altitude as high as 2,800 miles. That`s higher than any other weapon North Korea has ever launched. And though it`s splashed on off the Japanese coast, North Korea said it was capable of hitting the entire U.S. mainland.Some scientists agree, but one analyst said it probably wouldn`t have gone as far with the heavy nuclear warhead on it.North Korea said the missile did have a, quote, super large heavy warhead attached. Either way, the U.S. is pushing China to do everything it can to convince North Korea to end its nuclear and missile programs. American officials say these programs endanger world peace, peace in the region and the U.S., and that America has a long list of additional economic sanctions it can place on North Korea.The Asian country sees its weapons as a deterrent, a strength that would discourage other countries from attacking and it says that no force on earth can stop North Korea`s advance.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)SUBTITLE: Inside North Korea: What it`s really like.WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: I`ve been to North Korea 11 times over the last few years. And everytime you come here, you hear the tensions between the U.S. and North Korea are high. But I have to say that this is the most tense that I have seen it during anytime that I visited the country.Whenever I come here, I always get a sense that there are two very different worlds. There`s the world inside North Korea, and the world outside.Inside, everything in this society revolves around the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and beforehand his father and grandfather. This is a society that is built up around its leadership. They hold their leaders up to the highest possible esteem.And that`s very much in contrast with the view from the outside world that North Korea is erratic, unpredictable and moving on a dangerous path as they continue to nuclearize.In some ways, Pyongyang resembles many other cities, has an increasingly modern skyline. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made it one of his initiatives to build more skyscrapers and public amenities in the city.In other ways, though, it`s radically different.(MUSIC)You hear music playing on loud speakers throughout the city all day, in the morning to wake people up, in the evening to put them to bed at night.There is patriotic music. People are marching, they`re practicing for this huge, mass celebrations that they often do for national holidays, where they celebrate the achievements of their leader.And, of course, North Korea is one of the only places in the world where no matter who you ask, at least publicly, you will never hear political dissent. Everybody will say that they are 100 percent behind their supreme leader. But given Kim Jong-un has absolute power in this country, what else would they say?(END VIDEOTAPE)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): Ten-second trivia:Which of these celestial objects is called a "minor planet"?Pluto, asteroid, moon, or Sirius?Asteroids are also called minor planets, not to be confused with dwarf planets like Pluto.(END VIDEO CLIP)(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)SUBTITLE: This is an interstellar asteroid. And it`s now in oursolar system.PAUL CHODAS, MANAGER, NASA`S CENTER FOR NEAR EARTH OBJECT STUDIES: This object is simply a piece of another solar system that was expelled and it has been traveling through interstellar space for hundreds of millions of years, billions of years, we don`t know.SUBTITLE: Astronomers have never seen anything like this enter our solar system from outside.It`s 10 times as long as it is wide.With a shape unlike any of the other asteroids in our solar system.CHODAS: We don`t see that in our solar system. None of the asteroids in our solar system look like that. So, it`s very puzzling how it could have obtained this shape.SUBTITLE: It was first discovered by a telescope in Hawaii.And was given the official name of Oumuamua, which loosely means in Hawaiian "a messenger that reaches out from the distant past".That means this visitor could carry the secrets to how other solar systems have formed.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: Origami, which comes from the Japanese words "fold" and "paper" is increasingly being used to solve complicated engineering problems. On a "10 Out of 10" segment last month, we cover an MIT project on origami robots. They included a small machine and a plastic exoskeleton that folded into a predetermined shape when it`s heated.Well, a former NASA physicist has folded his love for origami into his career as a mathematician.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)ROBERT LANG, PHYSICIST & ORIGAMI ARTIST: One of the most one of the most important attributes of origami is once we have studied and understood the way paper folds and unfold s, we can apply those patterns the things that are very different from paper.I hope by bringing the tools of mathematics into my origami design, that I can then fold something that`s beautiful and it`s unexpected.My name is Robert Lang and I`m a physicist and an origami artist.SUBTITLE: The master of folds.LANG: Origami is the Japanese name for the art of folded paper, and most origami is folded from a single sheet of paperwith no cuts or tears.I have loved origami entire life. I pursued it ever since I wasa kid, but my study was science and engineering. I work for NASA, doing research on lasers. But throughout that whole time, I had been pursuing origami, developing designs and writing books.So in 2001, I quit my job to try to make a career out of origami.I`ve worked on a couple of different folding patterns that were round and with wrap into a cylindrical geometry to fit in a rocket. And I developed an air bag in a car that inflates from a small folded bundle. So whenever an engineer creates something that opens and closes in a controlled way, they can make use of the folding patterns of origami.Over the years, math has allowed me to realize as an artist shapes and creation that I couldn`t achieve any other way.Traditional origami was relatively simple. The designs would have taken maybe 20 or 30 steps at most. But today, origami pieces can be so complicated that they can have tens, hundreds, maybe even a thousand steps.When I`m folding, it`s like working with an old friend. It`s like dancing with a partner whose moves I know. If I move this way, I know my partner`s going to move that way and so, I explore the math, develop the equations, solve the equations, create the folding patterns, and then I find out what it looks like. And asoften as not, it is beautiful.For me, the driving force is that there`s always something new to try a new problem, a new subject, a new shape that I didn`t think I was able to create before but now I think I know how to realize it. And each time I solve the problem, you get this wonderful feeling and you want more of those feelings.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: Less than a month from Christmas, Santa Claus is getting huge, bro. This particular Santa is Albie Mushaney, aka Big Bad Santa. He squats 708 pounds and dead-lift 728 from the floor. He calls his training partner the world`s smallest elf, the Swelf.Their workshop: the gym. Santa raises heavyweights and money for the children of wounded veterans, and he`s not only training for Christmas, he plans to compete in the world`s strongest man competition.I don`t think I can top Swelf. That pun slays me. But if you`re ideal Santa pulls his own sleigh, bench presses a reindeer and powerlifts back up the chimney, Mushaney`s mega mass puts him in the clause all his own.I`m Carl Azuz with another Santastic edition of CNN 10.。
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STUDENT NEWSTropical Cyclone Phailin Hits India; U.S. Federal Government Remains Shut Down Aired October 14, 2013 - 04:00 ETTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: Hi, welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS. It`s Monday. It`s Columbus Day. We`ll have more on that coming up. It`s a new week of CNN STUDENT NEWS. In the U.S., we talk about hurricanes. In the Indian Ocean, these storms are called cyclones, and parts of India are recovering from the strongest cyclone to hit that country in 14 years. Tropical Cyclone Phailin hit India`s eastern coast. It was the equivalent of a category 4 hurricane. At least 14 people were killed. Before the storm hit, officials evacuated nearly a million people. They say that effort helped limit the number of casualties. Getting people back on their feet could be challenging. The cyclone damaged property; it flooded highways; it knocked down trees and power lines.In parts of the Pacific Ocean, cyclones are called typhoons, and at least 13 people were killed when Typhoon Nari hit the Philippines this weekend. More than 43,000 people were forced out of their homes by that storm.Back in the United States, some of the parks and monuments closed by the partial government shutdown are starting to reopen. New York made a deal with the National Park Service to fund operations at the Statue of Liberty. State and local funds will help reopen Grand Canyon National Park out in Arizona. And in South Dakota, Mount Rushmore is set to reopen first thing this morning thanks to a similar deal.But there was no deal in Washington this weekend on either the shutdown or the debt ceiling. That deadline is just three days away, and there is talking between the White House, the Republican-led House of Representatives and the Democratic-led Senate. There is also some serious finger pointing.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Lawmakers scurrying out of Washington even though there is no deal in place to end the partial government shutdown and avoid a possible default this week.REP. STEVE SOUTHERLAND, R-FLORIDA: My staff has every plane ready, every plane flight on our schedule. We`re ready to come back as soon as there is a vote. SEN. DAN COATS, R-INDIANA: This thing is so fluid and so many things are changing. All I know is we got a president who does not want to negotiate.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Perhaps a hint of defensiveness with talks between the WhiteHouse and House Republicans having collapsed and both sides blaming each other. Now all eyes on the Senate and whether Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell can work out a compromise.SEN. HARRY REID, D-NEV., and MAJORITY LEADER: The conversations were extremely cordial, but very preliminary, of course. Nothing conclusive. But I hope that our talking gives some solace to the American people and the world.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But Reid is still sticking firm to key Democratic demands.REID: They`re not doing us a favor by opening the government, reopening the government. They`re not doing us a favor by extending the debt ceiling. Those - that`s part of our jobs.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Meantime, Republicans accuse the president of pulling a bait and switch.REP. JOHN FLEMING, R-LOUISIANA: The president apparently was not negotiating in good faith. All he`s really said is, whatever you offer, I`m not interested in it. He`s hoping to cut a deal with the Senate, which would I think be a terrible deal, to undermine the house.(END VIDEOTAPE)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It`s time for the shoutout. The Swat Valley is located in what country? If you think you know it, then shout it out. Is it in Egypt, France, Pakistan or the United States? You got 3 seconds, go.The Swat Valley is in the northern part of Pakistan. That`s your answer and that`s your shoutout.AZUZ: Malala Yousafzai was 10 years old when the Taliban arrived in the Swat Valley and started imposing its harsh rules. For example, no girls allowed in school. Malala became a target after she spoke out for education rights. She is still speaking out, and in an interview with CNN`s Christiane Amanpour, Malala talked about the attack on her life and about her cause, which she says a bullet could never end.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)MALALA YOUSAFZAI, ACTIVIST: He asked, who is Malala? He did not give me time to answer his question. And my friend told me, my best friend, Maniba (ph), that at that time, you just squeezed my hand, and you just pushed it with force, and you do not say anything, and then in the next few seconds, he fired two bullets. One bullet hit me, the left side of my forehead, just above here, and it went down through my neck andinto my shoulder. And I think I was hit by only one bullet, and it also affected my eardrum, so now I have problem in listening as well. It also cut down my facial nerve. But still, if I look at it, it`s a miracle. My brain is saved, my spinal cord is safe, everything is fine, I am alive, and I still can talk. I can smile. So I thank God for that.Before the terrorists, we were going to school. It was just a normal life, getting a heavy bag (ph) and doing homework daily, and being good and getting high marks. We could not understand what we are doing, why are we going to school. But then later on, when the terrorists came, when they stopped us from going to school, I got the evidence, and they showed me a proof that, yes, the terrorists are afraid of education, they are afraid of the power of education. And if a woman gets education, then she becomes more powerful. And we all know that the terrorists are afraid of the power of women as well. So now, at that time, we realized that yes, education is important, because it was snatched from us.So I would like to tell every girl in UK and America, in the countries, in the developed countries where education is available to them, go to schools, and realize its importance before it is snatched from you, as we have been suffering from that situation.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Today`s roll call starts with two northern neighbors before we head down to the Gulf. Let`s go to the map. Call it the Peace Garden State, the Flickertail state, the Roughrider state. We call it North Dakota, home of the Vikings from Kindred High. Right next door is Montana, where the Sidney Eagles are checking out CNN STUDENT NEWS. And finally, we hit the capital of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, to say hello to the Panthers from Woodlawn High School.He sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Of course, he mistook the Caribbean for Asia, but leading the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus did traverse the Atlantic, and for that, he got his own holiday on the second Monday in October. Columbus was Italian, so some folks celebrate Italian American heritage on Columbus Day. One view is that Columbus was a heroic explorer, bridging Europe with the Americas. Another view looks at the effects that later had on those native to North and South America, the diseases brought from Europe, the destruction of some Native Americans` way of life. That`s part of the reason why different celebrations in parts of Latin America, like Dia De La Raza (ph), leave out Columbus himself.La`Shanda Jones got interested in the U.S. Coast Guard when she was in college. Jones says that when she was growing up, she was used to people telling her what she couldn`t do. That that gave her more motivation to succeed. Now she`s a lieutenant, and she`s breaking ground in the sky.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)LT. LA`SHANDA JONES, U.S. COAST GUARD: It`s a dream job. Flying, how cool is that?The power within to me means that I know where I came from, and I appreciate it. It means that I can go out and run a mission and be confident and be direct.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Meet Lieutenant La`Shanda Jones. She`s the first black female helicopter pilot in the United States Coast Guard. But her story could have turned out much differently. When she was 2, her mother committed suicide, forcing her to live in a home that would later turn out to be abusive.JONES: The Department of Social Services took me from my home and put me in foster care. At that time, I was just turning about 16 years old, and it`s hard to find placement for kids when you`re that age.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Despite the odds, La`Shanda graduated at the top of her high school class. She then went on to attend Spellman College in Atlanta, and eventually became interested in the Coast Guard.JONES: Primarily, we do search and rescue. Flying is an inherently dangerous job.The pilot in command is responsible for the safe and efficient mission completion. I wish my mother was here. I with a lot of things were different, but at the end of the day, I am very proud for the woman that I had been allowed to become.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: Magicians may not like to share tricks of the trade, but the one in this YouTube video is happy to share tips of the trade. He starts by offering delivery drivers five singles, then he makes a little presto change-o, and ends up handing them five 20s. That`s $100 tip. The sleight of hand is not taken slightly.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You know how it works, so there you go. 20, 40, 100 bucks.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That`s awesome.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah, it is pretty awesome.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (inaudible).UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, no, don`t - I`m sure you can use it.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: If you want your magic tricks to get noticed, putting them on social media will definitely tip people off. So no matter how you slice it, that`s notoriety for the tipper. And for the pizza delivery guys, just a little extra dough.It`s going to eat up all our time for the day, but we`ll reappear tomorrow, just like magic. See you all then.END。
CNN英语听力：911事件10周年举行纪念活动悼念逝去人们
Hello and welcome to this CNN special edition of Student News from CNN center in Atlanta, I'm Carlo Auz.欢迎收看亚特兰⼤的CNN新闻中⼼的本期CNN学⽣新闻特别版,我是卡尔阿祖兹。
Today's show is dedicated to remembering the events of September 11, 2001 and honoring those lost.今天的节⽬是为了铭记2001年发⽣的911事件及悼念所逝去⼈们。
Yesterday marked the 10th year since the 911 attacks, when terrorist targeting the US and killed nearly 3000 people.昨天标志着911袭击事件迎来了10周年纪念⽇,在10年前恐怖分⼦针对美国展开袭击并酿成了近3000⼈死亡的惨剧。
In Friday's Show, we walked you through the event of that day and you can find the video for that at CNN Student .在周五的节⽬中,我们带领你追溯那⼀天所发⽣的事情,你可以在CNN Student 中找到相关的视频。
Today, we look at how the nations spent the10th anniversary of the attacks.⽽今天,我们看看整个国家在10周年上如何纪念。
Commemorations were held at the sides of New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.在纽约、华盛顿和宾⼣法尼亚州举⾏纪念活动。
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【中英文本中英文本】】I'm Carl Azuz, and Fridays are awesome, especially when they start with a former NFL star. What's up? I'm Warrick Dunn, and this is CNN Student News. Check it out!我是Carl Azuz ，周五是了不起的一天，特别是当以NFL （美国国家足球联盟）明星开始时。
发生什么事了？我是Warrick Dunn ，这里是CNN 学生新闻。
下面我们来看看吧。
Scenes of celebration turn to shouts of anger as the crisis in Egypt takes a new turn . This political unrest in the North African nation started late last month. Thousands of protesters marching in the streets, calling for a change in leadership . Their main target: long-time President Hosni Mubarak. These protesters want him out of office now. Yesterday, a huge crowd showed up in the downtown square where a lot of these protests have been going on. The people there were cheering, getting ready for a speech that President Mubarak was scheduled to make, and the rumors were that he was going to step down . During his speech, Mubarak said that he will keep his promise to leave office in the fall after new elections. He said that he's delegating power to the vice president. And he said that he will respond to protesters' demands. What he did not say was that he would immediately leave office. The response from the crowd in the square was immediate, and it was angry. Crowds began chanting "get out" as the president spoke. This is a dynamic situation; things are changing; they're developing all the time. We want you to go to for the latest updates .埃及的危机发生了转变，而喜庆的场景也变成了愤怒的呼声。
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CNN 新闻100 篇CNN News Item 1 政治：美国因安全问题关闭在也门的大使馆The U.S. government closes its embassy in the Middle Eastern country of Y emen, and that is because of security concerns. One official says that a group called al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula might be planning an attack against the facility. That same group said it was behind an attempted plot to set off an explosive onboard a plane heading to Detroit, Michigan. That took place on Christmas day. The suspect allegedly brought the explosives on the plane in his underwear. The plan failed when the device he tried to use didn’t detonate correctly. Some people have asked how the suspect made it past security. One U.S. official says it’s because of human error. President Obama has promised that everyone involved in the attack will be held accountable for it. But some critics argue that the president’s response to the situation hasn’t been fast enough, hasn’t been aggressive enough.CNN News Item 2 政治：印度石油工人结束三天的罢工It’s back to work for Indian government oil worker s after a three-day strike that crippled Indian commerce. Some 45,000 oil workers walked off the job after the government refused their demands for higher pay. The labor standoff ended after days of intense government pressure, including threats of job loss and even arrest to strikers. Meantime, talks with a second group of nationwide strikers may soon be underway. The Indo-Asian News-Service says India’s transport minister is ready to discuss demands from truckers. Many across India have parked their rigs, calling for reduction in diesel and tyre prices.CNN News Item 3 政治：备受争议的安全港法案修正案获得通过Lawmakers in Nebraska have approved a big change to the state’s controversial safe haven law. Under the new measure, children older than 30 days can not b e dropped off at state hospitals. 35 children, many of them, preteens or even teenagers, have been abandoned in hospitals since the original law took effect in July. State lawmakers say it was intended to prevent newborns from being dumped in trash bins or even worse. The new law is expected to go into effect at midnight.CNN News Item 4 政治：欧美担心伊朗建国会发生暴乱The nation of Iran marking a milestone later on this week. On Thursday, the country will celebrate the anniversary of when it became an Islamic republic. This goes back to 1979, when supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini, a religious leader, overthrew the country’s government. Khomeini became the supreme leader of Iran, and the nation officially became an Islamic state. The United States and the European Union are worried about potential violence during Thursday’s celebrations. U.S. and Euro pean Union are urging the Middle Eastern nation to “end its abuses against its own people.” Iranian leaders have denied any accusations that the government has abused citizens.CNN News Item 5 政治：伊拉克全国选举投票结束Iraqis put democracy into action today in elections held across the country. The polls have closed and a vote-counting has begun. Voters went to 6,000 polling stations to pick from among 14,000 candidates including 4,000 women. Security is very tight though, voters were searched before they entered the polls. The borders with Iran and Syria were sealed and a curfew has been put into place. Now even the United Nations was involved in monitoring those elections.CNN News Item 6 政治：伊朗前总统将参加六月份总统竞选Iranian media reports former President Mohammad Khatami has announced he will run in the June presidential elections. T oday’s announcement ends weeks of speculation. Khatami is considered a reformist and overwhelmingly won the presidency in 1997 but h e couldn’t bring about religious and democratic freedoms because of strong opposition from the country’s religious establishment. Khatami was succeeded by current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad four years ago.CNN News Item 7 政治：奥巴马行程Meanwhile U.S. President Barack Obama is taking crisis talks to an international level. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is traveling to the United States on Monday to push for global solutions to the economic crisis. He will be the first E.U. leader to meet the new president in Washington and Mr. Obama will meet the remaining E.U. leaders at a special summit in Prague in April. That will be his first trip to Europe since taking office. Also on that trip, the G20 summit on the economic crisis and a NATO meeting. CNN News Item 8 政治：英国航空公司机舱服务员罢工计划Strike is off, the judge says plans for a walkout by a British Airway’s Cabin Crew cannot happen. As we reported yesterday, this strike which would have last through the holidays could have effected a million passengers’ holiday t ravel plans. But the judge has blocked it from happening. Now the airline says it hopes the Cabin Crews Labor Union would take some time to think about its next steps. The union representatives say this dispute is not over and unless the two sides can come to a solution,they could vote to strike again, but after Christmas.CNN News Item 9 政治：泰国内乱Heading overseas to Thailand where grenade attacks in the capital city of Bangkok have killed at least three people. A Thai official said the grenades came from an area where people who were protesting the government were gathered together. The protesters say they are not responsible. They have been fighting with police for a while here you can see them throwing rocks and other things at police. They support the country’s former prime minister and they want the current leader to leave office. After these recent attacks, Thailand’s prime minister called an emergency meeting to figure out how to deal with the situation.CNN News Item 10 政治：十字架纪念碑争议获最高法院裁定U.S. Supreme Court says that a memorial out in the Mojave Desert does not violate the U.S. Constitution. The memorial is a large cross. It was put up in 1934 to honor fallen soldiers. But it’s located in a national park, and some people argue that it’s a religious symbol that goes against the concept of separation of church and state. The cross was boarded up because of the legal battle. Y esterday’s Supreme Court decision was close: 5 to 4. Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kenned y said that this cross represents “far more than religion.” But in opposition, Justice John Paul Stevens argued the government can’t lawfully endorse a religious symbol as a way to pay tribute to veterans.CNN News Item 11 政治：三名美国人质关押五年后获自由Freed at last after five years in captivity, three Americans held hostage by leftist rebels in Colombia are back on U.S. soil and will be reunited with their families. Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell were among those rescued during an incredible operation yesterday. Columbian secret agents tricked leftist rebels into handing them over without a single shot being fired. The men are now undergoing tests at an army medical center in San Antonio, T exas.CNN News Item 12 政治：奥巴马总统的医疗改革案阻力重重Health care reform enters a new era in about two hours. President Obama is scheduled to sign that bill into law. Then, he is going to travel around the country to sell the plan to skeptics. But Republicans say that battle is on to get ready for legal challenges, nearly a dozen states plan to argue that it’s not constitutional. As early as tomorrow, the debate moves to the Senate where lawmakers will consider a companion measure, and Republicans plan, parliamentary objections that could change that bill and force it back to the House. Now, even before the first votes were cast in the health care debate, Barack Obama’s overall approval rating dropped to his lowest level ever recorded.CNN News Item 13 政治：美国参议员和众议员本月会面商讨医改终案Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives will be meeting this month to put together a final health care reform bill. The Senate passed its version on Christmas Eve. The House had already passed its bill. But there are some pretty big differences between the two. One of them: cost. The Senate bill checks in at $871 billion. The House version: Over $1 trillion. Another issue: the so-called public option, a government-run health insurance program. House bill includes it; S enate bill doesn’t. So, some compromises need to be made to come up with a final bill. And since that then has to be approved by both Houses of Congress, there are some concerns about whether it will pass.CNN News Item 14 政治：津巴布韦总统遭遇国际压力Another day of international pressure levied against Zimbabwe’s embattled President Robert Mugabe. British officials have announced they are stripping Robert Mugabe’s honorary knighthood title. Nobel Prize winner Desmond T utu is also speaki ng out about the election mess there. He’s urging the nations of the world to intervene. The calls come after opposition leader Morgan T svangirai withdrew from the election, citing violence against his party. The Zimbabwean Electoral Commission ruled today that the presidential election will go on as planned.CNN News Item 15 政治：茶党出炉支持和反对的候选人名单The T ea Party movement is getting ready for the mid-term elections coming up in November. The group has released a list of heroes and targets. The heroes on the list are candidates that the T ea Party plans to support in the elections. The targets are anyone that the group would like to see voted out of office. Of course lists are not the only way that the T ea Party gets its message out. Rallies are the group’s bread and butter. This one in Washington DC yesterday was a wrapping up of a three-week tour across the U.S. The timing? No coincidence. Y esterday, of course, was tax day. And the group is opposed to what it sees as the government overspending.CNN News Item 16 政治：奥巴马欲与伊朗冰释前嫌T oday marks the 30th anniversary of the Iranian hostage crisis. And President Obama said that he wants to move beyond the past and build a relationship with Iran based on mutual interest and mutual respect. U.S.-Iran relations had been hostile since the day that Islamic students stormed the U.S. embassy in T ehran and held 52 Americans hostage for more than 400 days. Iran’s governmentholds rally every year to celebrate that event. T oday there’s something different though, anti-government protesters are also on the streets. We are also getting some reports of clashes with those police. No word about any injury yet.CNN News Item 17 政治：参议员考虑医疗保健立法的部分替代方案Senators are considering alternatives to part of their healthcare legislation, specifically, the so-called public option, government-run health insurance program. Senate republicans and some democrats and independents are against that plan. A group of Democratic Senators was working to come up with some other ideas they could replace the public option. And late last night, they said they had reached an agreement. If the Senate passes its healthcare bill, that does not make it law, woul d still need to be combined with Health bill and then that final version would need to pass both the House and the Senate.CNN News Item 18 经济：施瓦辛格呼吁立法者关注加州财政赤字Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he refuses to borrow money to keep his state running, he wants legislators to focus on the state's 24 billion dollar deficit or the state could be forced to cut thousands of jobs, eliminate health care for a million low income children. Meanwhile lawmakers are debating hundreds of other bills including creating a state blueberry commission. Banning toy cigarette lighters and mandating a larger font size for medical worker name tags.CNN News Item 19 经济：丰田汽车公司感谢美交通部长对召回事件的澄清Ray LaHood, the head of the U.S. Transportation Department, is weighing in on T oyota’s recall of millions of vehicles due to a faulty gas pedal. But what Mr. LaHood is saying might be causing some confusion. During a hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday, Secretary LaHood said that anyone who owns one of the cars affected by the recall should “stop driving it and take it to a dealer.” That scared and frustrated a lot of owners, and later in the day, LaHood corrected himself. T oyota rele ased a statement thanking Secretary LaHood for clarifying his remarks. They also said, “We want to make sure that our customers understand that this situation is rare and generally does not occur suddenly. If you experience any issues with your accelerator pedal, please contact your dealer without delay. If you are not experiencing any issues with your pedal, we are confident that your vehicle is safe to drive.”CNN News Item 20 经济：油门事件让丰田汽车公司蒙受损失T oyota says that a glitch in the electronic brakes could c ause a delay when you step on the pedal. They say it only affects 2010 models sold last year. And it’s those very same cars that are being credited with T oyota’s cash cow. New numbers just out say they made $1.7 billion last quarter, but it won’t last for long. For the first time, T oyota is admitting it’s going to take a huge beating due to this gas pedal nightmare. $2 billion for repairs and lost sales.CNN News Item 21 经济：美国国际集团发放高管奖金AIG is trying to prevent a new wave of backlash over paying out bonuses to its top executives. The Washington Post reports the company has asked the Obama Administration to approve millions of dollars in promised bonuses. The payments are s cheduled to go out next week. AIG doesn’t actually need approval. Because the payments were linked to contracts from last year before received aid from the federal bailout funds. But the Post reports executives still are reluctant to pay without official approval. An earlier round of 2008 AIG employee bonuses drew widespread criticism earlier this year. CNN News Item 22 经济：医疗保险改革方案之争The raw politics of health is heating up in the Senate. Just before air last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced a group of 10 liberal and conservative Democrats had reached a deal to replace the hotly debated public option with a package of alternatives. Senator Reid offered few details. But today, President Obama praised the emerging compromise. Now, the public plan deal came just hours after the Senate killed a controversial amendment to restrict abortion coverage in its health care bill to ensure that no federal funds go toward covering any kind of abortion in this new reform. Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson had introduced that amendment. He called it a deal-breaker. He’s also one of the 10 senators to hammer out the deal to drop the public plan.CNN News Item 23 经济：欧洲一些国家经济前景堪忧Over in Europe, the financial outlook for a few countries isn’t looking too good. The investment ratings for Spain, Portugal and Greece all went down this week. Greece might be the worst situation. Exper ts are using the word “junk” to describe that nation’s investment rating. Basically, they’re saying that it’s very risky to put your money there. Greece has a massive debt, nearly $400 billion. That’s bigger than the country’s economy. Greece is developing ways to cut spending, but Greek workers aren’t too happy about some of those plans, and they’ve been protesting about it. Greece is also asking for financial help from the European Union: a bailout of more than $50 billion.CNN News Item 24 经济：新加坡经济前景黯淡W ell moving around to the East of Asia now, Southeast of Asia, a gloomy forecast out of Singapore. The government says its economy will likely shrink by between 6 and 9% this year. The announcement comes as the city-state’s first quarter GDP f ell almost 12% from the, from a year ago. In seasonally adjusted terms it was even more brutal than that actually. Singapore is reducing its output for the third time this year, as demand for its exports continues to fall amidst a worsening financial crisis. It previously predicted just a 5% contraction for the full year.CNN News Item 25 经济：九大金融机构将收到政府的资金援助The T reasury says the country’s largest banks will start receiving 125-billion dollars this week. Beginning the biggest government bailout in history, the money is being sent to 9 major financial institutions including Bank of America, Citigroup and JP Morgan chase. The government is also in talks with a group of more than a dozen regional banks about sharing part of an additional 125-billion dollars. T reasury Secretary Henry Paulson says 250 of the 700-billion-dollar bailout package will be spent by the end of the year.CNN News Item 26 经济：奥巴马就小企业贷款问题会见美国银行巨头In the United States, President Obama is scheduled to sit down today with the heads of some of the country’s biggest banks to talk about small businesses, ones that have 500 or fewer employees. Many of them are having a hard time getting loans from banks. But banks argue that the policies put in place because of this financial crisis have affected how they can offer the loans.CNN News Item 27 经济：高盛集团新表现Goldman Sachs surprised investors on Monday with an early release of its quarterly profits, which were way better than analysts had expected, twice as good, in terms of earnings per share. Now profits for the first 3 months of the year came into a total of $1.81 billion. Goldman also announced plans for a $5 billion share sale to help back its, help pay back rather, its so called T ARP loan from the U.S. government. $10 billion under the troubled assets relief program.CNN News Item 28 经济：两党会面以解决7000 亿美元救助法案的分歧Lawmakers say they’re close to a deal on the 700-billion-dollar package to rescue the troubled financial system. A bipartisan group has been meeting today to hash out differences. Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, chairman of the joint economic committee, says he hopes to reach a deal by this afternoon. Among the details being hammered out, how much the plan will cost? The most common amount being talked about is 700-billion dollars; another key point in the negotiations is whether the government will actually become a shareholder in troubled companies. One part of the plan that seems certain to become a law will be a provision to limit executive pay and bonuses at companies that sell assets to the T reasury.CNN News Item 29 经济：奥巴马就增加就业和拯救经济发表演讲During a speech yesterday, President Obama offered some ideas on how to create new jobs and help out the country’s economy. Offering tax breaks to small businesses, expanding some of the government’s stimulus programs, and spending mor e money on infrastructure projects things like roads, bridges and water systems. The thing is, all of that costs money and that’s where the T ARP comes in. That’s the T roubled Asset Relief Program, the financial industry bailout passed last year. The bailout ended up not costing as much as expected and President Obama thinks the extra could be used to help out in other ways.CNN News Item 30 经济：欧佩克石油产量再减OPEC is going ahead with another oil production cut. OPEC has agreed to cut production by 2.2 million barrels a day. U.S. crude for January delivery dropped to just over 42 dollars a barrel after the announcement. Crude oil prices have dropped nearly 70% since July. OPEC cut production in September and October, but those cuts didn’t have much impact on prices.CNN News Item 31 经济：美国克莱斯勒公司重组协议Chrysler and Italian automaker Fiat has signed off on a deal brokered by Uncle Sam to become what’s k nown as Chrysler Group. Fiat will initially take a 20 percent stake. It can’t take a majority stake until the new Chrysler pays back the 15.5 billion dollars it took from the T reasury Department. The UA W holds a 55 percent stake, leaving an 8 percent stake for the U.S., 2 percent for Canada. The Supreme Court cleared the way for the deal yesterday, after delaying the sale pending review of a case brought by Indiana state pension 6 funds.CNN News Item 32 经济：通用汽车公司面临危机Major concerns now about the U.S. auto industry, these numbers are just out, and T oyota finally overtook GM as the world’s biggest automaker in terms of sales for all of last year. That’s a title GM has held for nearly eight decades. Even wor se than that, a GM executive warns the company will run out of cash by March 31st if it doesn’t get that second installment of government funds soon.GM is supposed to get the five-billion installment within a matter of days.CNN News Item 33 经济：对伯纳德•\u40614X道夫的保释听证会今日取消Some new developments in the Wall Street investment fraud case, the bail hearing for Bernard Madoff has been canceled for today, meaning he will remain free for the time being. Meantime, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission is criticizing his own agency for failing to spot the investment scheme by former NASDAQ Chairman Bernard Madoff. SEC Chairman Christopher Cox says there were many instances over a decade that should have been flagged.CNN News Item 34 经济：美国三大汽车公司CEO 办理贷款事宜CEOs from Ford, 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 mismana gement at the Big Three and argue the companies don’t deserve any help. Most Democrats disagree, saying the auto industry is too important to the overall economy to fail.CNN News Item 35 经济：中美财长会晤中国北京China is where U.S. T reasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was yesterday. During a week-long trip to Asia that he is taking, Secretary Geithner stopped over in Beijing and meet with his Chinese counterpart. One issue they were expected to talk about was the value of the yuan; that’s China’s currency. Some U.S.officials claim that China is undervaluing the yuan; they’re accusing China of saying that the yuan is worth less than what it should be. China denies that. This matters because the yuan and the dollar are connected. And if the value of the yuan is down, it could encourage people to spend more on Chinese products than on American ones.CNN News Item 36 经济：7870 亿美元的经济刺激法案之争将结束The battle over the 787-billion-dollar stimulus bill officially ends after President’s Day. President Obama says he will sign the bill into law in Denver On T uesday. He is calling the measure “a major milestone in the recovery of the U.S. economy.” Administration officials say the President wants to get away from the politics of Washington and sign the bill in an area hit hard by the recession. They say Denver is a place that will see the bill’s benefits in hiring workers.CNN News Item 37 军事：一名重要的恐怖分子丧命One of the FBI’s most wanted terrorists is dead. Imad Mougniyeh was killed in an explosion in Syria this morning. Mougniyeh was a top Hezbollah commander. He was blamed for several high-profile terrorist acts that left hundreds of Americans and Israelis dead, including the 17-day hijacking of a TW A Flight in 1985. He was also suspected of masterminding the attacks on the U.S. embassy and Marine barracks in Lebanon that killed more than 260 Americans in 1983.CNN News Item 38 军事：伊朗进行为期三天的大规模军事演练Moving from Thailand to the Persian Gulf now, where Iran is running a massive military drill expected to last three days. An Iranian official says the goal is to show off the country’s military strength. It might look like a real battle what you are s eeing here is just practice. U.S. Navy says Iran has done this sort of thing in the past. This one is getting more attention because Iran talked about it ahead of time.CNN News Item 39 军事：奥巴马外政顾问出来辟谣No commitment by President-elect Barack Obama on a mi ssile defense program in Eastern Europe. That’s according to a senior Obama advisor. The statement comes after claims on the Polish president’s website —The two had a call on the matter and that Obama said he intended to continue the program. Obama’s seni or foreign policy advisor denied that claim. He said Obama talked with the Polish president about continuing military and political cooperation and possibly meeting in person some time soon.CNN News Item 40 军事：胡德堡枪击受伤士兵获紫心勋章Congress considers a new bill that would make some soldiers eligible for the Purple Heart. Representative John Carter introduced the new legislation yesterday. The Fort Hood army post is located in his home district in T exas. This bill is focused on the victims of the recent shooting there. The Purple Heart first created in 1782 is given to any U.S. service member who is wounded and killed while serving in action against an enemy or in a terrorist attack. Representative Carter says the Fort Hood victims deserved the Purple Heart because he considers the shooting to be an enemy attack.CNN News Item 41 军事：美国宣布停止制造新核武器The U.S. government says it will stop making new, nuclear weapons, and it’s reconsidering what to do with the weapons that already exist. The announcement came yesterday, two days before President Obama is scheduled to sign a treaty with Russia that would reduce how many nuclear weapons both countries have. It also comes one week before he hosts a global meeting on nuclear security. More than 40 countries are expected to attend that. But back to yesterday’s announcement. This newpolicy would stop production of nuclear weapons. It would also invest about $5 billion in extending the life of weapons that already exist. Seven countries are officially recognized as nuclear powers, meaning they have nuclear weapons. But there are other countries that are suspected of trying to make them. U.S. officials hope this change from America will encourage other countries —all countries —to help control the spread of nuclear weapons. U.S. has promised not to use its own nukes against anyone who does that. But as Defense Secretary Robert Gates pointed out, that doesn’t mean retaliation is out of the question in every situation.CNN News Item 42 军事：加沙遭遇四十年来最严重的人道主义危机Gaza is facing its worst humanitarian crisis in more than 40 years. A new report by aid agencies and humanitarian groups says things haven’t been this dismal since Israel’s 1967 occupation. It says the Israeli blockade has left more t han one million Palestinians isolated, dealing with poverty, dealing with unemployment, with little access to education and healthcare services. It found water and sewage systems are on the verge of collapse. Israel blames the hardships on Hamas militants who keep firing rockets into Israel.CNN News Item 43 军事：美俄签署核武器削减条约W e are getting things started with ST ART. It stands for Strategic Arms Reduction T reaty. It’s an agreement between the United States and Russia for both countries to reduce the number of nuclear weapons they have. President Obama also says i t’s part of the effort to “reset” the relationship between the two countries. Y esterday, he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev got together in the Czech Republic to sign off on ST ART. The agreement cuts the number of nuclear weapons that the U.S. and Ru ssia have by about a third. The White House is scheduled to hold a meeting on nuclear security next week. It’s something that President Obama says affects the entire world.CNN News Item 44 军事：伊朗炫耀其军事防御能力Just how far will Iran push the international community this weekend? W ell today, it reportedly tested two types of short-range missiles and a launching system. Iran’s military freely admitted it was showing off its defense capabilities. And it planned to keep up the missile exercises for 10 or 11 more days. In other news, the show-off force does come just days after words that Iran is building a second uranium enrichment plant. These satellite images supposedly show the location by the city of Qom. The U.S. and its allies quickly condemned this project. And T ehran says it’s just a civilian energy program, but U.S. official believed it was a cover for developing nuclear weapons. The Iranian say they will allow international inspectors into the plants.CNN News Item 45 军事：巴以冲突不停There is no letup of Israel’s assault on Gaza and Hamas’s rocket attacks into Israel. The fighting has entered a third week with mounting casualties on both sides. Israel says Hamas commander in charge of launching rockets into Israel from Gaza City was killed by ground fire. Also during a three-hour lull today Israel dropped leaflets warning residence to evacuate their homes. An United Stations spokesman says the pausing fighting was not longer enough to resume aid deliveries into Gaza. The humanitarian situation there is described as desperate and Palestinian medical sources say at least 800 people have been killed in Gaza since Israeli offensive began. 13 Israelies including 10 soldiers have also died.CNN News Item 46 军事：伊朗下月将进行大规模军事演习 A holy day in Iran marked by violence as protesters clashed with police forces about a week ago. Demonstrators have spoken out against the country’s government for months now, but the clashes on the Muslim holy day of Ashura were the worst so far. At least seven people killed in the violence, though protesters and security forces disagree on how those deaths happened. Meantime, Iran’s government says it’s getting ready to hold a “large-scale military exercise” next month. The country s ays the goal is to prepare its forces to fight against an attack by the nation’s enemies. There’s been a lot of tension based around Iran’s nuclear program. The country says the program is for peaceful purposes. Other countries, including the U.S., believe Iran might be trying to build nuclear weapons.CNN News Item 47 灾难：美国25 年来最严重的矿难Officials there are trying to figure out what caused the worst U.S. mining disaster in 25 years. It happened Monday afternoon at the Upper Big Branch South Mine: a massive blast inside the coal mine that killed at least 25 people, left 4 others trapped. Rescue workers are trying to drill their way into the mine, but they need to get 1,200 feet down inside of it, and that could take a while. Not only is the process slow, it’s dangerous. Crews are having to deal with potentially harmful gases. President Obama and other officials, including both of West Virginia’s U.S. senators, have offered their thoughts and prayers to the families of the miners. They’ve also said they’re dete rmined to find out what happened and how it can b e prevented in the future. One government official said, “Miners should never have to sacrifice their lives for their。
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2011年专四（TEM4）热点新闻回顾分享10-2-27 主题：阿富汗自杀式袭击类别：人祸Suicide bombers（自杀炸弹袭击者） have attacked in the heart of the Afghan capital Kabul , triggering a series of explosions and gun battles that killed at least 22 people.The Taliban has claimed responsibility, saying five suicide bombers targeted two residential hotels used by foreign citizens.Among those killed include 4 Indian citizens.The Indian government has condemned the attack, which is the first time the capital Kabul has been attacked since January.UN Secretary-general Ban Ki- moon has also condemned the attack.10-3-7 主题：奥巴马推进健康法案类别：外国内政U.S. President Barack Obama has urged（敦促） Congress（国会） to pass his health reform bill, which faces a tough fight on Capitol Hill.In his weekly radio address, Obama said Congress owed the country "an up-or-down vote" （一个直接的投票）on health reform, touting the reform would bring tax credits for small businesses to purchase covering and prevent insurance companies imposing lifetime caps or annual limits to the amount of care people receive.The health reform has divided Congress, with Republicans standing against it in a rock-solid position, making Democratic unity ever more important.10-3-28 主题：中国干旱类别：国内事务Southwest China's Yunnan Province intends to send more migrants（移民，农民工） to work outside the province as severe drought worsens.The provincial government says it will try to increase the number of migrant workers from Yunnan by 500,000 to 800,000 this year.A local government official says the authorities will organize more migrants to work in other parts of the country rather than let them wait at home for water.He adds this will help not only to tackle the drinking water shortages, but also to increase their income.The drought, the worst in 100 years in many parts of Yunnan, has affected over 3 million hectares of crops.10-4-12 主题：波兰总统卡钦斯基坠机身亡类别：空难Polish Health Minister Ewa Kopacz and two other senior officials have arrived in Moscow to help identify bodies of the victims of the presidential plane crash last Saturday.A Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman says two planes are now availablefor the victims' families.The coffin of Polish president Lech Kaczynski returned to Warsaw Sunday. Tens of thousands of mourners stood along the 10 km route that was taken by the hearse to the presidential palace."We heard it from the radio and it was a shock for us. Because so many people died and the president and his wife and many Polish parliamentarians and important people for us, so it's hard to say."A preliminary analysis of the plane has found that it was working fine when it crashed in western Russia, killing all 96 people on board.10-4-27 主题：冰岛火山爆发类别：自然灾害The European Commission on Tuesday outlined measures to help air industry overcome economic consequences of the volcanic ash crisis（火山灰危机）, which was estimated to be worth up to 2.5 billion euros (3.3 billion U.S. dollars)."We have taken all assessments and valuations of costs from all the different stakeholders and we are working with a number between 1.5 and 2.5 billion euros (2 and 3.3 billion U.S. dollars)," European Union (EU) transport commissioner Siim Kallas told reporters.The EU has been hit last week by an unprecedented crisis with the closure of airspace（机场关闭） due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland, leading to more than 100,000 cancelled flights and more than 10 million passengers unable to travel. Flights have been gradually returning to normal since Wednesday.10-5-3 主题：墨西哥湾原油泄漏类别：环保新闻US President Barack Obama has arrived in Louisiana to assess the damage of the massive oil spill （大量原油泄漏）which is wreaking havoc on the Gulf of Mexico.Obama says the leak could take many days to stop, but is vowing to do everything possible to contain crisis.It's believed around 5000 barrels of oil have been spilling into the Gulf each day since the explosion on a British Petroleum（英国石油公司） rig last week.The spill is threatening the region's ecosystem and fishing industry.10-5-4 主题：世博会类别：国内大事The total number of visitors to the Shanghai Expo has hit 565,000 after its first three days of operation, China's national media reports Tuesday.The pavilions （馆）of the Shanghai Expo welcomed over 132,000 people on May 3, a sharp drop when compared with figures from the previous two days. However, daily attendance（日参观人数） should hit a high on May 4, which is the first standard day of the Shanghai Expo, according tothe report.The China pavilion and the U.S. pavilion are the most popular, and all advance tickets for the China pavilion were sold out in five minutes a day before the first standard day. Statistics cited by the Chinanews report reveal that at least 40,000 people will visit the China pavilion on May 4.To reduce any inconvenience caused by the massive influx of tourists on that day, organizers have canceled book selling during the daytime, with nighttime tickets selling between 16:00 and 20:00. The visiting time for nighttime ticket holders begins at 17:00.The media suggests that visitors choose one or two of the most popular pavilions to visit and not miss various nightly performances in Pudong Ceremony Square. That way, they can make good use of the limited time available during the Expo's peak days.10-5-6 主题：希腊骚乱类别：政治动乱Rioting （骚乱） in Greece has left three people dead as protestors set fire to a bank during demonstrations against the country's austerity measures（财政紧缩政策）.The victims - two women and a man - were among 20 people working in the bank in central Athens.Around 100 000 people are thought to have marched in capital during the nationwide general strike which grounded flights, shut all services and pulled newscasts off the air.People are angry over government cutbacks which have slashed salaries and pensions, while hiking consumer taxes.10-5-12 主题：利比亚空难类别：人祸（空难）In what many are calling a miracle, a ten year old Dutch boy is the only known survivor of a plane crash at the Tripoli airport in Libya.The boy is now in hospital and is undergoing surgery for broken bones and other non-life threatening injuries.103 people were killed when the Afriqiyah Airways plane crashed as it tried to land. The Royal Dutch Tourism Board says 61 of the dead are tourists from the Netherlands.The Airbus 330's two black boxes （黑匣子）have now been recovered; the plane was arriving from Johannesburg, South Africa when it crashed.10-5-12 主题：布朗辞职类别：领导人更迭British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced he resigned as prime minister on Tuesday evening.In a statement outside Downing Street No. 10, Brown said he is to resign and suggests that Conservative Party leader David Cameron （新任首相：保守党领袖卡梅隆）should take over as the Labour party failed to reacha deal with Lib Dems.He said: "I wish the next prime minister well as he makes the important choices for the future. Only those who have held the office of prime minister can understand the full weight of its responsibilities and its great capacity for good."Brown said he had "loved the job" and it had been "a privilege to serve." Brown has tendered his resignation to the Queen after which he will be succeeded by Conservative leader David Cameron who arrived at Buckingham Palace later.10-5-15 主题：伊拉克爆炸类别：人祸At least 99 people have died across Iraq in a series of attacks, in what has been the deadliest day in the country this year.The worst attack took place in the city of Hilla: a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a textile factory where a crowd had gathered, after two car bombs had already exploded in the same area.A number of drive by shootings also targeted police and army officials in the capital, Baghdad.The government is blaming al-Qaida （基地组织）for the violence, saying the group is stepping up its attacks to exploit the country's political instability.10-05-19 主题：塔利班袭击驻阿联军类别：冲突Twelve Afghan civilians and six foreign troops have been killed in a Taliban suicide car bomb in Kabul. 47 people have also been wounded. The bomber struck during rush hour traffic close to the country's parliament.Brigadier General Josef Blotz, spokesman for the Nato-led international peacekeeping force Isaf confirmed that six of its soldiers had been killed. "This bomb killed six ISAF（International Security Assistance Force，国际安全援助部队部队，隶属北约） soldier, killed 12 afghan civilians and wounded three ISAF soldiers plus about seventeen Afghan civilians. It destroyed a whole lot of cars and I think this is a very very tragic incident which is very deplorable because... for four, five months we have not had such a tragic incident."The attack was the deadliest strike against foreign troops in the capital since September 2009, when six Italian soldiers were killed by a car bomb.10-5-23 主题：印度空难类别：人祸（空难）A total of 158 passengers and crew members were killed when a state-run Air India Express aircraft, with 166 people on board, overshot a runway （冲出跑到） during landing and crashed near Mangalore airport early Saturday. Eight people survived.Airlines officials said the passengers were all Indians.Indian Secretary of Civil Aviation Madhavan Nambiar said it is too early to speculate on the cause of the Air India plane crash in the southern city of Mangalore.He said the black box of the doomed plane is yet to be found.The Indian government has declared a two-day national mourning after the crash, which is the worst in some 14 years.10-5-29 主题：印度火车相撞类别：人祸（陆地灾难）At least 65 people were killed and over 200 others injured when a freight train hit an express train after the latter derailed following a sabotage （复仇）of the railway tracks by suspected extreme left-wing Naxal rebels in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal early Friday morning, said police.The incident happened at 01:30 a.m. when the Mumbai-bound Howrah-Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Gyaneshwari Super Deluxe Express was running between the Khemasoli and Sardiya stations near Jhargram area in the state.The two trains collided（相撞） after the blast hit the express train and flung five of its 13 derailed coaches into the path of the speeding goods train coming from the opposite direction.West Bengal Police chief Bhupinder Singh told the media in state capital Kolkata that the Naxalites（印共马列或称为纳萨尔派）were behind the incident.10-6-1 主题：国际救援船只遭到以军袭击类别：国际冲突The UN Security Council has held an emergency meeting after 9 people were killed when the Israeli military stormed a flotilla（救援船） of ships carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists on their way to the blockaded Gaza Strip. Dozens of activists and six Israeli soldiers have also been wounded.There has been worldwide condemnation with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon （秘书长潘基文）calling for a "thorough investigation". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed regret for the loss of life, but says the soldiers were defending themselves after they were 'clubbed, beaten and stabbed.10-6-5 主题：日本新首相类别：领导人更迭Newly-elected Democratic Party of Japan chief Naoto Kan （菅直人）has become Japan's new prime minister after being approved by the Diet. The ruling DPJ had earlier chosen Kan as their new party chief.The 63-year-old former Finance Minister has said his cabinet is likely to be launched on Tuesday.10-07-10 主题：俄罗斯欲交换间谍类别：国际政治According to one of the lawyers representing one of the alleged Russianspies arrested in the US last month, Russia is now trying to work out a spy swap（交换） to free its agents.The swap plans are reportedly said to include an exchange which would include Igor Sutyagin, a Russian nuclear expert sentenced to 15 years in jail for passing secrets to the West.His brother Dmitry Sutyagin says the prisoner may be sent to London. "In fact it meant it was the last farewell, after that they will send Igor tomorrow to Vienna, and from Vienna he will be sent to London. So in the near future we will not be able to see him anymore."No officials from either the Russian or American side have confirmed the possible swap.10-7-11 主题：世界杯类别：体育Spain has won the World Cup for the first time, after it beat the Netherlands in a 1-0 victory in South Africa.Midfielder Andres Iniesta scored the winning goal with four minutes left in extra timeFor the Dutch, it was a heartbreaking defeat, as the team was down to 10 men after John Heitinga was sent off in extra time. This makes for the Netherlands' third loss in a World Cup final-- 1974 and 1978 were the other unlucky years.Meanwhile, South African football fans have been reflecting on what the tournament has meant for their country:"This not about the World Cup only but it is about the countryitself, that we have managed to run the World Cup safely. There where no major incidents that happened. Financially wise, the economy has grown very much, so it going to help a lot of people in that way."the next world cup will be held in Brazil in 2014.10-8-16 主题：北京开始人口普查类别：国内时事Beijing has launched a one-month household registration survey to recount the total number of Beijing residents and provide accurate information for China's once-a-decade census（人口普查）, which begins this November.A total of 100 thousand census officials will collect data by going door-to-door in Beijing in the next 30 days.Experts say that many households do not unregister their deceased family members so they can continue collecting social insurance funds from the government.Also, some children born in violation of the country's "one child" policy have also not be registered.Cai Jun is with the census' Beijing office."After paying the social compensation fees, a child born in violation of the one-child policy can be registered and get a resident permit. The exact amount of fees will be left to family planning bodies at differentlevels to decide. "Foreigners and residents of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan living in Beijing will also be surveyed for the first time, except for those on short-term business or sightseeing trips.10-8-14 主题：舟曲泥石流灾害类别：自然灾难The death toll in the mudslide in northwest China's Gansu Province has risen to 1,144, with 600 still missing.Nine people were killed and twelve are missing in and around Zhouqu, after overnight downpours triggering new floods and mudslides to the already devastated town.The National Weather Centre has forecast heavy rains in the coming days. One resident says she is worried."Just now, when it was raining, I was a little worried that the same thing as what happened that day when landslide and floods hit the town would happen again. I was a little scared."The mudslides have leveled an area five kilometers long and 300 meters wide. Floodwaters up to three storeys high have submerged half the county. The scale of the disaster has made counting those killed all the more difficult.10-10-14 主题：智利矿工获救类别：国际时事All of the 33 trapped Chilean miners have been pulled to safety and freedom at last, after spending more than two months in a collapsed mine almost three quarters of a kilometer underground.The last one out is shift foreman Luis Urzua, who had been trapped underground for 70 days, the longest survivor of the historic rescue. Before him, no one ever in history has been trapped deep underground for so long and survived.The miners will now spend at least two days in hospital.Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, who was at the rescue scene, promised his government will strive to improve mine workers' safety.10-11-13 主题：中国盗版率下降类别：国内时事The release of the 2009 China Software Piracy Survey shows software piracy occurrence in China has dipped for a fourth consecutive year.The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology says in 2009, the value of pirated software in China accounted for about 130 billion yuan, about the same amount as the previous year. But the revenue of the entire software industry in 2009 stood at more than 950 billion yuan, increasing 25.6% year on year.Experts say software producers like Microsoft have been promoting their products through price-cutting, which has helped bring down piracy.。
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(CNN Student News) -- May 10, 2011Download PDF maps related to today's show:TranscriptTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDA TED.CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hello, everyone! This Tuesday on CNN Student News, we're taking you under the big top. First, though, we're headed down the mighty Mississippi.First Up: Flood Waters RisingAZUZ: That would be the Mississippi River, which is causing floods up and down its path through the United States. Want to take you down the river now to check out some of what's been going on.We're gonna start in southern Illinois, in the city of Cairo. Y ou see it right there on your screen. Flooding was threatening to wipe out the entire town. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers came up with this plan to help Cairo and some other communities nearby. And that brings us down into Missouri. What the Corps did was intentionally blow up a levee, a barrier that's designed to actually prevent flooding. That helped the towns up in Illinois, but it purposely flooded some parts of Missouri, some farms. And a lot of people, especially farmers, angry with this plan. One farmer said she felt like she was suffering for somebody else.The flooding has followed the Mississippi's path through Arkansas and down into Louisiana, as you see here. Y esterday, engineers opened a spillway north of the city of New Orleans. The goal here is to help ease the pressure on the river, hopefully lower the flood levels, keep the water away from New Orleans. But just to get an idea of how much water we're talking about, a commander with the Army Corps of Engineers offered an analogy. He said the water that's rushing through the Mississippi right now, in one second, could fill up an area the size of a football field 44 feet deep.We're also seeing flooding in states that the Mississippi branches off to, like Tennessee. Holly Firfer has more on the situation there.(BEGIN VIDEO)HOLLY FIRFER, CNN NA TIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Tennessee's largest city is in the cross hairs. Memphis now has the "most high-risk population" for flooding, according to the Army Corps of Engineers.On Tuesday, authorities expect the Mississippi to crest at 48 feet outside the city, less than a foot shy of the record level set in 1937. With the Mississippi swollen by a month of abnormally highrainfall, its tributaries are overflowing, with nowhere for their water to flow.At least 1,100 homes and trailers in and around Memphis have been evacuated. 400 residents of Shelby County are currently in shelters. On Sunday, officials went door to door to alert others that they may also need to leave their homes. The mayor of Memphis is confident that all those who need to escape the rising waters will be evacuated.MAYOR AC WHARTON, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: We'll get them out. Some are holding out to the last minute, but we think in the end they're going to come on out.FIRFER: Officials say while there is great pressure on the levees around Memphis, they are currently performing as expected.(END VIDEO)Is This Legit?TOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Is this legit? The United States and China have the world's largest economies. Legit! That means these countries have a lot of influence when it comes to global finances.Economic TalksAZUZ: Well, the global economy is one of the big issues ahead as representatives from the U.S. and China meet in Washington this week. This is the third set of meetings between the two governments. Last week, one Chinese economic official said, "To be frank, we have different views that make discussion necessary." Some of those different views have to do with the economic policies of the U.S. and China. Since they're the world's biggest economies, what each country does -- its economic practices, the decisions it makes -- can have a pretty big impact on the other nation. Some other subjects are likely to come up during the meetings. That includes human rights, concerns about North Korea's nuclear program, and the U.S. and China working together to fight terrorism.ReactorsAZUZ: Moving to Japan, where officials are shutting down a nuclear power plant. Not the Fukushima Daiichi plant, the one we've talked about since Japan's earthquake and tsunami in March. No, the one we're talking about today is the Hamaoka plant. The owner announced it's being shut down after Japan's prime minister warned that Hamaoka was vulnerable to natural disasters, like the ones that damaged the Fukushima plant. Hamaoka's owner says safety is his company's first priority. Meanwhile, workers went back inside one of the reactors at the Fukushima plant yesterday. They were checking on a ventilation system that was installed last week. The system is filtering out radioactive substances so that engineers can go in and shut down the reactor.ShoutoutMA TT CHERRY, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's Shoutout goes out to Miss Abromitis' class at the Sarah Rawson Smith School in Atlanta, Georgia! What is the scientific name for a fear of heights? Here we go! Is it: A) Agoraphobia, B) Aurophobia, C) Acrophobia or D) Arachnophobia? Y ou've got three seconds -- GO! Fear of heights is acrophobia, from the root word acro, which means height. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!Gamma Phi CircusAZUZ: That's also where we get the word acrobat, like tightrope walkers and trapeze artists; the kind of folks you'd see in a circus. Ted Rowlands visited a school in Illinois where students can train to be part of the show. It's not clown college. It's a regular university where the person sitting next to you in Chemistry 101 could be double-majoring in Circus Studies.(BEGIN VIDEO)UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is our identity going to become more external than it has been internal?TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Sarah Bowden is a sophomore at Illinois State University.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Boys and girls, children of all ages.ROWLANDS: She is also a circus performer. Sarah is part of Illinois State's Gamma Phi Circus, a school-sponsored circus team that dates back to 1929. It's the oldest of two college circus programs in the country; the other is at Florida State.SARAH BOWDEN, CIRCUS PERFORMER, ILLINOIS STA TE UNIVERSITY STUDENT: So, this is the basic way to get up into the lyric hoop.ROWLANDS: Sarah was a gymnast in high school, but like most of her teammates had no circus experience.What do your parents think of all this?BOWDEN: My parents are really supportive. Y ou know, the minute I joined the circus, they're like, "What, you joined the circus?"MARCUS ALOUAN, CIRCUS DIRECTOR, ILLINOIS STA TE UNIVERSITY: I think any one of us who has ever come through Gamma Phi Circus has had that conversation with their parents where they're trying to explain that it's still a part of the university, but it's something in addition to going to classes.ROWLANDS: Marcus Alouan, a former student at Illinois State and circus performer, is now the director of the circus program.ALOUAN: For the most part, we look for somebody who's strong, hardworking and coachable.ROWLANDS: And doesn't have a fear of heights?ALOUAN: That certainly helps. Although, actually, we have a lot of people who seek us out because they want to overcome that.ROWLANDS: Senior Nena Woo, who broke her arm in a trapeze fall, says after graduating, she wants to join a professional circus.NENA WOO, CIRCUS PERFORMER, ILLINOIS STA TE UNIVERSITY STUDENT: I'm graduating with a degree in public relations. If I can do that with a circus company or somewhere in entertainment, I'd love to do that.ROWLANDS: The circus team has about 75 members. They don't compete, but they do perform every spring. Dating back more than 80 years, Gamma Phi Circus puts on a series of shows at the university. This was Sarah's first performance.BOWDEN: Not in a million years did I think I'd be in a circus. So, I am so happy that I did it, though.ROWLANDS: Ted Rowlands, CNN, Normal, Illinois.(END VIDEO)Blog ReportAZUZ: A school without grade levels: We talked about this last Wednesday. Y ou're talking about it right now! Alexis starts us off: "It would help with discipline problems, but with everybody working at their own pace, some students won't get the push they need." A very is home schooled, but thinks students shouldn't be grouped by age but by knowledge. "Some students in a class grouped by age may be behind or ahead and thus ignored." Clive says it could be a good idea. "Teachers won't have to worry about leaving students behind who struggle or giving students who are ahead lessons on what they already know." From Meg: "A big part of school is the social part. All kids deserve to be with kids who are going through the same things." Celeste writes, "students who usually get caught behind will have a better chance to truly learn the material rather than sit in a class they don't understand." But Alex argues, "It could make kids feel like they aren't as smart as their classmates, which would degrade their work. Some might get picked on because they aren't at the same level."Before We GoAZUZ: Before we go, we want to show you some baby pictures. Never said they were gonna be human. This mini-me here is the newest addition to a safari park in Florida. Her name is Laini, and she's a southern white rhinoceros. It's usually not polite to talk about a lady's weight, but Laini -- who's less than two weeks old -- already weighs 50 pounds! One thing's for sure: she does not have a dry wit, or any kind of a sense of humor, really.GoodbyeAZUZ: Y ou can go ahead and ask her. Are you wry? No, serious. Rhi-no-cerus. It wasn't our best pun, but will it be our last? Rhi-no, no it won't. I'm Carl Azuz, and CNN Student News will be herding back your way tomorrow.。