CNN 2012-02-11

 It's a great wait to launch today's show.From those students in Ohio to CNN news room here in Atlanta,G.We are welcoming our viewers from around the world.This is CNN students news.

 

First up.Strong words from the Gulf¹ Cooperation council about a crisis taking place in Syria.The Gulf Cooperation Council is a group of Arab counties and describe the violence in Syria as a massacre² against defenseless people.There are reports that dozens of people are dying in Syria everyday.Activists⁴ and other groups blame the Syrian government for launching attacks against citizens.The government says the violence is being caused by armed terrorists groups.Now it's hard for CNN to conform reports from either side in the story because the Syrian government has restricted how much access journalists have inside the country but we did hear from activist³ inside Syria.We talked about the conditions there,the world reaction and what's going on.

 

 

I just say on word.I think the entire world should be ashamed for what happening here.Everybody is just silent and looking at us being slaughter⁵ every moment.For our reason,just asking for our freedom.No power,no fuel still cold.There's too much I can't say.There's too much.

 

 

See,if you can ID me?I wan⁶ born in 1850s,some of my members who were elective presidents were William Taft, Calvin Coolidge and Teddy Roosevelt.I am the US political party whose symbol is the elephant.I am the Republic and am also known the Grand Old Party as or GOP.

 

 

There are four candidates hoping to be the Republican Nominee⁷ in this year's presidential election.To do that, to be the nominee,they need to win delegates in Primary and caucus⁸.Yesterday was the most recent opportunity to do that.We have caucus in Minnesota,Colorado and there was a primary in Missouri.The results have not been announced when we produced the show last night.We have several primary and caucuses⁹ already but yesterday was the first time, there had been more than one of those in the same day and according to some political analysts,besides the delegates,momentum was the big thing it still cares.

 

 

And these are the people who were hoping to get some of that moments.Starting from the left we have former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, then U.S. Representative Ron Paul, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt¹⁰ Romney and former Senator Rick Santorum.

Now if you go to the spotlight¹¹ section on our homepage,you will see a link for CNN election center ,that's the place where you can get all the latest news on the race for the White House including the full results from yesterday's contest.

 

 

And in California,there is a legal battle over the Proposition Eight.Proposition Eight was a referendum that voters passed in 2008.And what it did was abandon same sex marriage.Yesterday,a federal appeal court ruled that Proposition Eight  is unconstitutional.It said that the ban singles out that gays and lesbians for discrimination by denying their rights to civil marriage.The reaction you can probably imagine was split.People who support same sex marriage celebrated¹². People who are opposed to it,say they are upset by the court decision.They also say they are willing take the issue to the US Supreme¹³ Court by themselves.There won't be  any same sex marriage in California right now.They have been halted while this legal [plays out.The appeals court judge pointed¹⁴ out that their decision only refers to PRO-8 in California.They say other states would have to decide the same sex marriage themselves.

 

 

Having your houses over run by robots and rockets might not sound like the best thing,that what President Obama asked for.He hosted to the second White House Science Fair yesterday,honoring students who won the competitions in science math technology and engineering.More than 100 students had the chance to show off their research and inventions.Robots in the blue room,rockers in the red room and the state's dining room, the extreme marshmallow cannon,the thing works with compress air. Looks at the president had a bit of trouble pumping enough air into the machine but after he was able to get it filled up,he took a turn fire the marshmallow at the drapes.

1 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

2 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

3 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

4 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》

5 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

6 wan   

(wide area network)广域网

参考例句：

• The shared connection can be an Ethernet,wireless LAN,or wireless WAN connection.提供共享的网络连接可以是以太网、无线局域网或无线广域网。

7 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。

8 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。

9 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

10 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。

11 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。

12 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

13 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

14 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。