CNN 2012-03-17

 Do you know the difference between an official visit and a state visit?You'll have a better idea by the end of today's program.I am Carl Azuz.Welcome to CNN student news.

 

First up.A full breakdown¹ on Tuesday's Republican presidential contests.The biggest events were primaries in Alabama and Mississippi.Now we say biggest in terms of delegates.Former Senator Rick Santorum,on the right of your screen won in both states,Former Massachusetts won the caucuses² in Hawaiiand American Samoa.Candidates were awarded delegates from those events based on how many votes they got.So,for example,Senator Santorum got the most delegates in Mississippi because he got the most votes there.But he didn't get all of that states' delegates.It takes 1144 delegates to win this year's Republican presidential nomination³.Here's where things stand after Tuesday's contests,governor Romney with 498 delegates,Senator Santorum with 239,former House spearker Newt Gingrich has 139 delegates and US representative Ran Raul has 69.

 

Following up now on a story out of Afghanistan,the American soldier,who allegedly killed 16 Afghan civilians,has been transferred out of Afghanistan.A military official said this decision was based on a legal recommendation.

Yesterday,US defense⁴ secretary,Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan for a trip that had been scheduled before the shooting happened.There's been a lot of attention in Afghanistan because of the shooting and the recent incident when US troops accidentally burned copies the Quran.Afghan officials have been outrageous⁵ about this.The Taliban,a military group,the US and coalition⁶ forces are fighting in Afghanistan,have threatened violence against Americans,because of those incidents.Secretary Panetta addressed attention during his visit.

 

 

Each of these incidents is deeply troubling.And we have to learn the lessons from each of those incidents,so that we do everything possible to make sure that they don't happen again but none of these,none of these,is reflective of the overwhelming majority of troops,ISAF troops,Afghan troops,who day-to-day are doing the job of trying to protect this country.

 

 

The conflict in Afghanistan was one of the subjects that President Obama and British Prime Minister,David Cameron,discussed yesterday.The leaders said they are both committed to competing the military mission in Afghanistan and handing over security to Afghan forces by the end of 2014.

 

 

Prime Minister Cameron was at the White House as a part of an official visit,it included a joint⁷ press conference,and a state dinner last night.This wasn't a state visit.State visit is the title,used when heads of state comes to the White House.Prime Minister Cameron is the head of government,not state.The British head of the state is the Queen.

 

 

Today's Shout Out goes out to Ms.Truttman's geography class at Wittenberg Middle School in Wittenberg,Wisconsin.The warning,"Beware the ides of March",comes from what Shakespearean play? Here we go.Is it from Romeo and Juliet,Julius Caesar,Hamlet or Macbeth?You've got three seconds, go.

 

 

That famous warning was given in an end to Julius Caesar.That's your answer and that's your shout out.

 

 

Unfortunately,for Caesar,at least in the play,he didn't pay much attention to that warning that's the reason why the ides of March are so famous or so infamous⁸ today.

 

 

But we are getting a little ahead of ourselves.For starters,ides comes from a word that means to divide.On the old Roman and Julie calenders the middle of the month was called the ides.And it was supposed to coincide with the full moon.So today the 15th is the ides,and it was on the ides of March back in 44 BC when Julie Cesar was assassinated⁹.

 

 

We don't know who's actually warned about it,like he was in Shakespeare's play,but Shakespeare did make the day even more famous,when he included that partic

ular line,now,the ides of March is sometimes used symbolically¹⁰ to mean a specific day of major changes with

repercussion¹¹

s,so beware.

1 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

2 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

3 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。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 outrageous   

adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的

参考例句：

• Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
• Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

6 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

7 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

8 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。

9 assassinated   

v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏

参考例句：

• The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
• Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句

10 symbolically   

ad.象征地，象征性地

参考例句：

• By wearing the ring on the third finger of the left hand, a married couple symbolically declares their eternal love for each other. 将婚戒戴在左手的第三只手指上，意味着夫妻双方象征性地宣告他们的爱情天长地久，他们定能白头偕老。
• Symbolically, he coughed to clear his throat. 周经理象征地咳一声无谓的嗽，清清嗓子。

11 repercussion   

n.[常pl.](不良的)影响，反响，后果

参考例句：

• After being put out,service has received very good market repercussion.服务推出后收到了非常好的市场反响。
• The president's death had unexpected repercussion.总统的逝世引起出乎意料的反响。