CNN 2012-02-08

 Back from the weekend.I am CA and this is CNN students news.You probably ordered fast food not like the guy you are gonna hear in the video.

 

First up.We are heading to Nevada.It's a state Mitt¹ Romney has to be pretty happy right now.The former M governor finished in first place in Nevada's Republican presidential caucus² over the weekend.And these caucuses³ are different from primaries where each person casts a single vote.During a caucus,groups of people meet and declare which candidate they prefer.As the vote started being counted on Saturday,CNN predicted that the former governor Romney would win Nevada.A lot experts have predicted since he won the state caucus four years ago as well but there all is changing the Republican p[residential field of candidates,former House Speaker Newt G,US Representative RP and former Senator RS have all promised to stay in the race.The next round of context is tomorrow,caucuses in M and Cardoza and primary in M.

 

 

Looking at that an economic headline that some experts calling a nice surprise.The us unemployment dropped to 8.3% in January,that is the lowest percent in nearly three years and the economy added 243,000 jobs in January that was nearly double what experts were predicting.Most economists⁴ say there is still a long way to go here and there is no guarantee that the job growth released recently will continue.President Obama had a similar message during a speech on Friday.He said these numbers will probably go up and down, while the current news is good.The president said there are too many Americans who need jobs or need one that pays better than the one they have now.

 

 

See if you can ID me?I am a group of members from different countries.I change president every month.I have 15 members and 5 of them are permanent.I am part of the United Nation.I am the UN Security Council.My main responsibility  is to maintain global peace and security.

At this time,the Security Council is not taking action when it comes to Syria.There's been a region in that middle east country for months.The Council was considering a resolution that would demanded the Syrian president stop fighting in his country but China and Russia voted against the resolution.Those countries say they want the violence in Syria end but they said the language of the resolution would make the situation more complicated.

 

 

US Secretary of State,Hillary Clinton responded to the no-vote.

 

 

What happened yesterday in the United Nation was a travesty⁵.Those countries refused to support the Arab League plan,they bear full responsibility for protecting the brutal⁶ in regime in Damascus.

 

 

In Australia,authorities are using military helicopters and a giant cargo⁷ plane to help evacuate⁸ areas that were being hit by flooding.The area being affected⁹ the most is the state of Queensland.Weeks of heavy rains caused river level to rise up and officials are predicting recorded breaking floods there.Thousands of people have been told to get out of the path of waters.Food and medical supplies are being flown in the area that more isolated¹⁰.And the town you see right here.The water is started go down after days' major floods.Authorities have lifted the evacuation orders and residents are gradually making their way back but they have been warned to stay away from the waters. 

1 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。

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 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 travesty   

n.歪曲，嘲弄，滑稽化

参考例句：

• The trial was a travesty of justice.这次审判嘲弄了法律的公正性。
• The play was,in their view,a travesty of the truth.这个剧本在他们看来是对事实的歪曲。

6 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

7 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

8 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

9 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

10 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。