美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-04-22

 Hi, I'm Carl Azuz. Hope your week is off to a good start.

 

First up today on CNN Students News, tragedy at sea. Last week, hundreds of people boarded a boat from Libya headed to Europe. It sent out an SOS on Saturday night and as a rescue ship approached, the migrants moved toward it, crowding one side of their own boat, causing it to capsize in frigid¹ waters. Italian Coast Guard officials say they've recovered some survivors², but hundreds of people are feared dead.

 

This years, there has been a series of disasters like this. Thousands of migrants have been rescued. Hundreds have died in dangerous Mediterranean³ crossings on unsafe ships. Some are looking for a better life in Europe. Some are running from violence and instability in countries like Libya. Some are being trafficked as slaves. European leaders are holding emergency meetings and increasing the number of patrol ships to address the problem.

 

For millions of Americans, the middle of April is a time of remembrance, reflection and recovery. Last week marked the anniversaries of the Boston Marathon Bombings and a shooting at Virginia Tech University. 

 

April 19th, 1993 was when the FBI led an assault using tear gas on an armed religious cult⁴ in Waco, Texas. It's not clear exactly how a fire broke out in the compound where the cult was gathered, but dozens of people died.

 

On April 19th, 1995, a massive bombing occurred at Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in the Oklahoma capital. The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum stands as a monument, with 168 stone and glass chairs representing each victim.

 

And on April 20th, 1999, there was a shooting attack at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. The Columbine Memorial, opened in 2007, pays tribute to the students and teacher who were killed.

1 frigid   

adj.寒冷的，凛冽的；冷淡的；拘禁的

参考例句：

• The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long.水冰冷彻骨，他在下面呆不了太长时间。
• She returned his smile with a frigid glance.对他的微笑她报以冷冷的一瞥。

2 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

3 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

4 cult   

n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜

参考例句：

• Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
• The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。