CNN 2012-05-02

 I am Carl Azuz, this is CNN Student News, our first headline today takes us from the Netherlands to Africa.Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberian has been found guilty of aiding and abetting¹ war crimes in neighboring Sierra Leone, there is a lot of information behind the headline, here is why it's significant. This is the 1st time since 1946 that international court has convicted a former world leader of war crimes, last time this happened, it involved Nazis² leaders right after world war II, from 1997 through 2003, Charles Taylor was the president of Liberia, it's a western African country that is along the ocean, Taylor's policies, how he ran Liberian, left the country in the multiple problems, there was no power or running water for many Liberians. Rebels tried to overthrow³ Taylor's government, the United Nations put sanctions, punishments on Liberian, Taylor was forced out power in 2003, he was arrested 3 years later and he has been on trial since 2007, the charges against Taylor are connected to a civil war in Sierra Leone, that's one of the countries that borders Liberian, Taylor was accused of funding and giving orders to rebel fighters in Sierra Leone, the war crime charges also involved murder, slavery and forcing young teens to fight in the war, Taylor's trial took place at the Hague in the Netherlands, that's where the international criminal court is located. Taylor claimed he was innocent and pledged not guilty, but the court convicted him on all 11 charges against him, when it did, it meant Taylor, the first former head of state in more than 60 years to be convicted war crimes by international court, there is no death penalty in international criminal law, a sanity⁴ hearing for Charles Taylor is schedule for the middle of next month.

 

 

Today's first shoutout goes out to Mrs Ingram's journalism⁵ classes, at Gianesville middle, Gainesville Virginia. The word bovine⁶ refers to which of these animals?  here we go, is it alligators⁷, bears, cows or dogs? you've got 3 seconds, go! Bovine in Latin word refers to cows or oxen, that's your answer and that's your shoutout.

 

 

So if you hear about bovine spongiform encephalopathy, you might be able to figure out it has to do with cow, that's the technical name for mad cow disease, a case that was recently discovered in California and has some people worried about the possibility of humans getting sick. Scientists made a connection between eating contaminated meat and developing a deadly brain disease, public cows official say the risk is pretty low in this case, the animal in question had a rare form of mad cow disease, official also say it never entered the human food chain, one south Korean company is suspending the sale of American beef because of this discovery, this is the 4th case of mad cow that's ever been confirmed in the US, some critics say the government needs to do more testing for this disease.

 

 

A new study about teens and destructing driving says girls are more likely to engage in dangerous or destructing behaviors by almost 15%, the girls who were surveyed say some of the biggest destructions including reading texts, eating behind the wheel and having other passengers in the car, experts say 17 year olds have higher crash rates than drivers of any other age, but the number of teen drivers involved in fatal accidents is decreasing. 

1 abetting   

v.教唆（犯罪）( abet的现在分词 )；煽动；怂恿；支持

参考例句：

• On Earth, unknowingly abetting a criminal doesn't merit this kind of punishment. 在地球上，不知不觉地帮助罪犯并不构成这种惩罚。 来自电影对白
• "By aiding and abetting murder, the Taliban regime is committing murder." 援助和唆使谋杀的塔利班政权与杀人犯同罪。 来自互联网

2 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 overthrow   

v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆

参考例句：

• After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
• The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。

4 sanity   

n.心智健全，神智正常，判断正确

参考例句：

• I doubt the sanity of such a plan.我怀疑这个计划是否明智。
• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。

5 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

6 bovine   

adj.牛的；n.牛

参考例句：

• He threw off his pack and went into the rush-grass andand munching,like some bovine creature.他丢开包袱，爬到灯心草丛里，像牛似的大咬大嚼起来。
• He was a gentle,rather bovine man.他是一位文雅而反应迟钝的人。

7 alligators   

n.短吻鳄( alligator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Two alligators rest their snouts on the water's surface. 两只鳄鱼的大嘴栖息在水面上。 来自辞典例句
• In the movement of logs by water the lumber industry was greatly helped by alligators. 木材工业过去在水上运输木料时所十分倚重的就是鳄鱼。 来自辞典例句