CNN 2011-12-15

 Well it wasn’t too bright for a little while on Saturday night, back the moon seemed to disappear from side all to together. That’s what happens during a lunar eclipse, to when the earth is directly between the sun and the moon, and the earth’s shadow makes the moon disappear. And an iReporter caught the entire thing in a time elapse video from Portland Oregon. This is kind of cool. Experts say the U.S.A west coast had the best view of the eclipse, if you missed it you don’t have to wait for too long for a repeated performance, the next lunar eclipse is scheduled to happen in 2014.

Earlier at Saturday volunteers worked on a project called wreath across America. It’s been going on for 20 years, volunteers keep get together to lay holiday wreath on the head stones in Arlington National Cemetery¹ in Virginia and more than 500 other cemeteries² around the United States and oversees³. Family members, military veterans, cop, scout⁴ troops anyone can do this. The organization that coordinates⁵ the wreath laying has three goals: remembering the lives that have been lost; honoring the people who have been serving in the military right now; and teaching young people about the sacrifices made by the veterans and their families.

Representatives from the world have agreed to keep fighting the challenges of climate change. They reached a deal during a conference at South Africa this week, some critics say the new agreement won’t do enough to address the issue, most the officials who were at the conference are happy with it. R K fills us in on the details. 

It started with a pleat and a prayer, “and whether you’re rich or poor this is the only home, and if we destroy this home, we already had it.” “Climate justifies⁶ itself! Climate justifies itself! Climate justifies itself!…” A weekend at protesters marched outside the climate change conference, activists⁷ rallied for deals to be signed that will limit carbon emissions⁸ to less dangerous levels. Fro two weeks now, delegates from nearly 200 countries have been talking about climate change, they haven’t been here on the beach, they’ve been locked up in meeting rooms in the conference hall, and now they come to a decision. “We’re indeed saved tomorrow, today…” For the first time, the world biggest polluters have signed up to a global pact⁹ on climate changes. “First of all we are committed to get in a long term overreaching agreement in place by 2015, it will kick in by 2020.” Also the Kyoto Protocol¹⁰ was renewed which increased its certainty for the carbon market and provides incentives¹¹ for new green technology, and progress was made on creating a green climate fund channel around a hundred billion dollars to vulnerable nations to help them deal with the impact of climate change. “It’s extraordinarily¹² complex negotiation¹³ with a lot of moving parts, upon till the last minutes there was every reason to think it could will have fallen apart, so I think the fact that it came together is another self-success even if the outcome doesn’t fully¹⁴ satisfy anybody, and it’s just enormous amount of work ahead of us.” Activists say the deals aren’t ambitious enough, but after years of failure, many believe is now a historic global commitment to tackle climate change. R K CNN, //, South Africa.

Alright we’re gonna wrap things up with some lighted handed hummer today. this is an awesome¹⁵ display of lights and decorations, it’s hard for the neighbors to compete so they didn’t. The creators of the Ditto display said they’re not being sarcastic¹⁶ they just can’t keep up with the hand painted decorations and holiday music. They say their Ditto is designed to pay tribute to the neighbor’s hard work, might not have taken as much time but it still a pretty bright idea, and // for which we ditto them some recognition, ditto did oh, some of you’re gonna say that was pretty dime¹⁷ but you’re off the hook, that’s gonna do for us today. Enjoy the rest of your Monday for CNN Student news, I’m Carl Azuz.

1 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

2 cemeteries   

n.（非教堂的）墓地，公墓( cemetery的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like. 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• In other districts the proximity of cemeteries seemed to aggravate the disease. 在其它地区里，邻近墓地的地方，时疫大概都要严重些。 来自辞典例句

3 oversees   

v.监督，监视( oversee的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She oversees both the research and the manufacturing departments. 她既监督研究部门又监督生产部门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Department of Education oversees the federal programs dealing with education. 教育部监管处理教育的联邦程序。 来自互联网

4 scout   

n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索

参考例句：

• He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
• The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。

5 coordinates   

n.相配之衣物；坐标( coordinate的名词复数 )；（颜色协调的）配套服装；[复数]女套服；同等重要的人（或物）v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的第三人称单数 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• The town coordinates on this map are 695037. 该镇在这幅地图上的坐标是695037。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 justifies   

证明…有理( justify的第三人称单数 )； 为…辩护； 对…作出解释； 为…辩解（或辩护）

参考例句：

• Their frequency of use both justifies and requires the memorization. 频繁的使用需要记忆，也促进了记忆。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• In my judgement the present end justifies the means. 照我的意见，只要目的正当，手段是可以不计较的。

7 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

9 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

10 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

11 incentives   

激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 )； 刺激； 诱因； 动机

参考例句：

• tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
• Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

12 extraordinarily   

adv.格外地；极端地

参考例句：

• She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
• The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨，大海出奇地宁静。

13 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

14 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

15 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

16 sarcastic   

adj.讥讽的，讽刺的，嘲弄的

参考例句：

• I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。
• She poked fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.她冷嘲热讽地拿别人的缺点开玩笑。

17 dime   

n.（指美国、加拿大的钱币）一角

参考例句：

• A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
• The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。