CNN 2012-02-19

 Hey,happy Thursday.I am CA.This is CNN students news.It's your passport to 10 minutes of global headlines.Today we spending time in north,central and south America but we start in the middle east.

 

The nation of Iran has a controversial nuclear program.Iran says the program is designed for peaceful uses but other countries including the US believe Iran is trying to build a nuclear weapon.One thing we know for sure is that this program is moving forward.This is Iranian president,Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the middle of your screen.He was part of the presentation yesterday where fuel were loaded into the core of the reactor¹.There were the first nuclear fuel ruds* made inside Iran so this is a big advancement² for the country's nuclear program.

United Nations and European Sanction have put sanctions, penalties on Iran and in part because of its nuclear program.Those sanctions have been affecting Iran's economy and its citizens.President Ahmadinejad responded to the latest sanctions yesterday,he said Iran will cut oil exports to 16b European countries.

 

 

Moving to the central American nation of Honduras,where officials are investigating a deadly fire in one of the country's prisons.It happened overnight on Tuesday and as the Wednesday afternoon,at least 272 inmates⁴ have died,defeat more than a hundred others were injured unknown.This was an minim security prison that hold about 850 prisoners.More than half of the facilities were affected⁵ by the fire.One survivor⁶ said he and other prisoner were sleeping when they heard screams.He said everyone ran for their lives.Authorities don't know how the fire started.They are looking into whether a short circuit might sparked it or whether a prisoner might have set a mattress⁷ on fire.

 

 

Well.Let's say you are China's vice⁸ president and you are vising the United States.Where do you want to go?Muscatine,Iowa.Chinese vice president,Xi Jingping insisted on a stop in the town yesterday.It's because he spent two weeks in Muscatine back in 1995 and he want to visit his old friends.Ted³ Rollan has more on Vice President XI and what his leadership could mean for the relationship between US and China.

Iowa governor,Terry Bryan Stat was serving his first state governor when Xi came in 1995.The two met against last fall in Beijing and Bryan Stat says the next Chinese leader said he wanted to come back.

 

 

He was so pleased with the warm and friendly welcoming this evening,really considering Iowa is old friend.

Experts say for years Xi was known mostly for his famous wife,a Chinese singer while he lineage runs deep in the Communist Party.He representative a new generation of leaders.Former Ambassador Jon Huntsman,believe Xi could be good for American business.

He's got out of this way in recent years to bomb up the economics and trade,knowing for well that these are issues that are going to determine whether or not United States  and China are able to get through the years to come.

 

 

China has been blamed for the loss of thousands of American jobs some of them hears but China buys soy beans,farm machinery⁹ and other products from Iowa.In fact from 2000 to 2010,the state enjoyed 1200% increase in exports to China.Governor Bryan Stat wants to expand their relationship and thinks Xi will help.

 

 

Personal relationships are really important to Chinese people.Having such a relationship with the next leader of China,I think it's very helpful to the state of Iowa.

 

 

People here are excited including the Mugliuns, who say they are honored that the man standing¹⁰ in their kitchen 27 years ago wants to come back.

 

 

Just a little time ,spend an hour and a half in the room,old friends,that's significant,that's significant,if he won the president.

1 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

2 advancement   

n.前进，促进，提升

参考例句：

• His new contribution to the advancement of physiology was well appreciated.他对生理学发展的新贡献获得高度赞赏。
• The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术。

3 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

4 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。

6 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

7 mattress   

n.床垫，床褥

参考例句：

• The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
• The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。

8 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

9 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

10 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。