美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-11-22

 A change to its population policy for  the world’s most populated country. That’s where we start this new week on CNN student news. 

 

China introduced its so called one-child policy in the late 1970s. It has been credited with helping¹ to control china’s population growth. It has also been criticized for forcing parents to make difficult personal choices or in some cases face huge fines. The policy says that in urban areas parents could only have one child and of course there were some exceptions. The new rule says that if either parent is an only child then they are eligible² to have two children of their own. One reason for the change: economics. In China, many people care for  their elder relatives. So the single child could end up being financially responsible for their parents and grandparents. This new policy could help with that. Another reason China says it wants to improve human rights. That is also why, it says, it is getting rid of its labor³ cuts. Since 1957, Chinese authority can hold people with these cans without a trial. Now China’s governments are expected to shut the cuts down now. 

 

In the Philippines, some the people have not had shelter or electricity  for more than a week since typhoon Haiyan slammed into the island nation. Watch this, you are going to see a wall of water come rushing in. That was the storm surge from Haiyan. The sea water that comes rushing onto shore. Officials say with storms like this, typhoons and hurricanes, storm surges are usually the biggest threat of property. Many Philippines are in desperate need for food and supplies. The US, UK, and other countries, are part of the relief efforts. Now some of that aid is finally reaching to victims. 

 

In middle of chaos⁴ lasting⁵ a week or so, there are signs now that the relief operation could be on the way in earnest. For about three hours now, line has been forming now several hundreds meters long of people that have from different surrounding areas. Some of them walk up for an hour. They say they have to walk because of bus fares transport fares have increased five folds in some cases. And they are coming now for the first time to receive some food aid. 

A developing story when we putting show yesterday. Severe weathers are ripping through part of the middle west of the US. One meteorologist says 26 states and more than a hundred million people could have been affected⁶. In northern Indiana, National weather service sends out this message. The worst decision you could make today is to ignore a severe or tornado⁷ warning. The storm will be nasty. You can see why in some of this videos winds got up to  86 miles an hour in some spots. Nearly 50, five zero, 50 tornadoes⁸ were reported on Sunday afternoon. At least 1 person was killed as a result of the severe weather and the storm left behind extensive damage. A  storm chaser told CNN that the storm was moving so fast that it was hard for him and his crew to keep up.

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

5 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

6 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。

7 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

8 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网