CNN 2012-02-04

 Hi, I'm Carl Azuz, broadcasting from the CNN center in Atlantic, Georgia. We welcome all of our viewers around the world to the first February edition of CNN Student News.

We are leading things off today in Florida with the race for the Republican presidential nomination¹. Three states have primary or caucus² events earlier last month, and a different candidate won each contest. So some experts were looking to see if the Florida primary would bring some clarity to the Republican field.

The goal of these primaries and caucuses³ is to win delegates. You need 1,144 then this year to be the Republican Party's nominee⁴ for president. There were 50 delegates up for grabs in Florida and yesterday's primary was winner-take-all, you win the primary, you get all 50 delegates. 

Representative Ron Paul and former Senator Rick Santorum moved on the campaign in other states because they didn't think they have much chance of winning Florida, that left former Massachusetts Governor Mitt⁵ Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich .

As the results came in last night, CNN projected that Mitt Romney would win the Florida primary.

Cnnstudentnews.com is where you can always get the latest details on developing stories, like yesterday's Florida primary. The Full results came in after we produced the show. You can find them. They are gonna be in the Spotlight⁶ section on our homepage.

We are staying in Florida now to talk about a series of car crashes that happened along a major highway over the weekend. At least 12 cars and seven tracker trailers were involved in this accident. You can see some of what happened in the pictures we are showing you right here. 

The highway was covered in smoke from the nearby brush fire, that made it very difficult for drivers to see. Ten people were killed in the rax. More than 12 other people were taken to hospitals. 

Chad Miles spoke⁷ with CNN's Anderson Cooper about why the smoke was covering the highway. They also talked about the conditions that led to these crashes over the weekend. Have a listen.

There was a fire in the sw*, in the f*, only 60 acres, not that big. But in a regular fire, smoke goes up and keeps going up. But in Florida, it didn't keep going up. The reason why is because there was a layer of warm air up here, so as soon as the smoke tried to go up, it hit the layer of warm air and came back down. It's called inversion⁸. 

The most infamous⁹ inversion ever was in northern Pennsylvania many many years age where people died because they suffered from the smoke, they just wouldn't live in the valley. *** But that's what happened, the smoke was trapped near the surface, it couldn't go away. People drove into the smoke and they were hitting car that already stopped in the roadway. 

And a lot of survivors¹⁰, I mean, they were seeing the smoke and fog, they couldn't see, you know, they couldn't even see the hazards. This is not common, isn't it?

It is not. What happened here, this smoke and fog got into a bowl. This bowl is just south of *. I've driven through this bowl many times. i 75. It's the pr* right through here. Literally¹¹, it looks like you are driving through the xxx. You look to the left, you look to the right, it's completely flat, but all around you are hills. When you drive this, you look for stress, because you think you are in Africa. It looks crazy. Higher elevations¹² here, higher elevations there, and right through there is gonna be a swampy¹³ area. And that air, that smoke settle right into that low area, into that bottom of that bowl. Ant that would cause the v* down to a literally zero.

And I guess one thing investigators¹⁴ have been looking into is could this be avoided, should there be warning or road closures.

Well, Anderson, there were road closures. The roads were closed for three hours and then the smoke was kind of clear, because the wind blew just a little bit. But then half an hour after they reopened the road, the crashes happened and ten people died. So, I guess you have to think the road probably should have stayed closed. There is not much you can do. Once you are in this smoke, you are in it. 

February 1st marks the beginning of Black History Month. It's a time to honor the accomplishments¹⁵ and contributions of African Americans. 

When Dr. Carter G. Woodson started this tradition in 1926, it was a week long celebration was expended¹⁶ into a month in 1976 by president Jero Ford¹⁷. Throughout our coverage¹⁸ black history month we are going to focus on some of the people the places the moment the have been significant in african american history. we are starting with a lunch counter, an event that happened fifty two years ago two day. A 24 black college student walked into a woowoo in Greenhouse North Carolina. They sat down at the white only counter to order lunch. They saving their seats after they were refused service and lanch a peaceful protect for civil rights. 

Woowoo lunch counter in greenboro was redegregated later on that year.

Some other events on February first in 1790 the US Suprim court met for the first time.  the first court had six justices, not nine like the US has now. In 1865 President AL signed the 13th amendment¹⁹ to US constitution which will abolish slavery the amendment was ratified²⁰ by the states later on that year. and in 2003 the space shuttle Columbia broke apart while re-entering the earth atmosphere. All seven crew members were killed.

1 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

2 caucus   

n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议

参考例句：

• This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
• It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

3 caucuses   

n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议

参考例句：

• Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。 来自互联网

4 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

5 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

6 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 inversion   

n.反向，倒转，倒置

参考例句：

• But sometimes there is an unusual weather condition called a temperature inversion.但有时会有一种被称作“温度逆增”的不平常的天气状态。
• And finally,we made a discussion on the problems in the cooperative inversion.最后，对联合反演中存在的问题进行了讨论。

9 infamous   

adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的

参考例句：

• He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
• I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。

10 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

11 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

12 elevations   

（水平或数量）提高( elevation的名词复数 )； 高地； 海拔； 提升

参考例句：

• Weight of the crust changes as elevations are eroded and materials are deposited elsewhere. 当高地受到侵蚀，物质沉积到别的地方时，地壳的重量就改变。
• All deck elevations are on the top of structural beams. 所有甲板标高线均指结构梁顶线。

13 swampy   

adj.沼泽的，湿地的

参考例句：

• Malaria is still rampant in some swampy regions.疟疾在一些沼泽地区仍很猖獗。
• An ox as grazing in a swampy meadow.一头牛在一块泥泞的草地上吃草。

14 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 accomplishments   

n.造诣；完成( accomplishment的名词复数 )；技能；成绩；成就

参考例句：

• It was one of the President's greatest accomplishments. 那是总统最伟大的成就之一。
• Among her accomplishments were sewing,cooking,playing the piano and dancing. 她的才能包括缝纫、烹调、弹钢琴和跳舞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

16 expended   

v.花费( expend的过去式和过去分词 )；使用（钱等）做某事；用光；耗尽

参考例句：

• She expended all her efforts on the care of home and children. 她把所有精力都花在料理家务和照顾孩子上。
• The enemy had expended all their ammunition. 敌人已耗尽所有的弹药。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

18 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

19 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

20 ratified   

v.批准，签认（合约等）( ratify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified. 条约没有得到批准，因此被宣布无效。
• The treaty was ratified by all the member states. 这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。