CNN 2011-10-13

 Hi, to the students of Brown middle school. Hello to all of our viewers around the world. Broadcasting from the CNN news room, I am Carol Luzus. 

Our first story today takes to Egypt. The north Africa nation is dealing¹ with violence worse than it has seen in month. Dozens of people were killed over the weekend. Hundreds more were injured. All of this happened in fighting between army forces and Coptic Christians³. This is an ancient branch of Christian² entity⁴. Its members make up about nine percent of Egypt’s population. Coptic Christians and Ma*** who support them have been holding protest like this one. They are demanding that Egyptian military offer equal protection for their places of worship. Egypt pre-minister wants to investigate what started the fighting over the weekend. He said the violence has brought the country back to level of tension it had before its political revolution earlier this year. Pre-minister said quote instead of getting forward we found ourselves scrambling⁵ for security. 

 

Parts of Mexico are bracing⁶ for a hurricane that is expected to make a landfall today. Hova is the name of the storm with baring down on Mexico’s west coast yesterday, and it has strengthened into a category three hurricane. Some experts thought this thing might get stronger before hits land. So emergency officials were rushing to get ready before the storm. They opened shelters, they distributed food and supplies. Here that the Hova is expected to hit is a vacation spot. A lot of tourists have cleared out that had a potential danger. Authorities have warned boaters to watch out for heavy rain, wind and waves.

Today shout out goes out to meet Toijala’s global issues class at Lakeland Union High School and ***. A fleet refers to a group of what? You know what to do? Is it a bison, ships, pumpkins⁷ or trees. You got three seconds, go. A fleet is a group of ships, usually under the same command. That is our answer, you shout out. 

And a fleet week is a celebration that honors the US militaries’ nautical⁸ services. The event takes place in different cities. And San Francisco fleet week just rapped up. It included the parade of ships, military vessels⁹ sailed under the Gold Gate Bridge and in the San Francisco bay this year’s fleet week also made spectators look up. That is because the big scene is the one hundred birthday of naval¹⁰ aviation. And shows like this one, this is awesome¹¹, look at this. The navy’s blue angle of flight team. Wow, the crowds came out to the event. People also had the opportunity to take tours no some of the ships that are part of the fleet week. This is the thirtieth year of San Francisco had host the event.

The occupy War Street movement started on line. Website asked people to flood New York financial district for a few month. Now the grassroots campaign has expanded from protest in different cities and in college campuses. There are a lot of different ideas what exactly people are protesting. Mary Slow talks with a few focus why they are there.

1 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

2 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

3 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

4 entity   

n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物

参考例句：

• The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
• As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

5 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 bracing   

adj.令人振奋的

参考例句：

• The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
• The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。

7 pumpkins   

n.南瓜( pumpkin的名词复数 )；南瓜的果肉，南瓜囊

参考例句：

• I like white gourds, but not pumpkins. 我喜欢吃冬瓜，但不喜欢吃南瓜。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put lights inside. 然后在南瓜上刻出一张脸，并把瓜挖空。 来自英语晨读30分（高三）

8 nautical   

adj.海上的，航海的，船员的

参考例句：

• A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。
• It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。

9 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

11 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.