CNN 2011-03-03

This really is a scene of desperation and chaos¹ with the Tunisian authority's really struggling trying to maintain semblance² control, they have managed to sort of control, contain, the crowds here the masses that have bee really pushing, trying to get through the border. Many of these people have been waiting in no man's land between Tunisia and Lybia for days, and they are desperate. We have seen food and water being thrown over to the masses bread, milk. We have heard a nightmare story. One man we spoke³ to on the verge⁴ of tear saying please I have one message just save us.

I'm a winner; their lives look like they are ruled by looser. They just put it in black and white terms. I don't want their lives they want mine. They want to criticise⁵ the hell out of me you know. Now they run the gammon from like Ok he's not loaded now what? Oh, he's manic. I don't even know what that means. I guess what that imply is there is gonna be a crash. When that's coming, maybe you can cover it when it does.

People had strong feelings before and against this budget repair bill, but they have been civil and they have been focused, and I think it is an appropriate time for those 14 states centers, at least some of them to realize what they set out to accomplish was to inform the public, to slow down the debate, to put more attention on what we are doing at the state capital, and they have succeeded and now, in the interest of all of us in the state of Wisconsin who certainly don't want to see these dire⁶ consequences had they fall through, it's time for them to come home.

He does of in a extremely hardy⁷ laugh where you almost wonder if he has stopped breathing until you saw he started laughing again we think OK he's ok. At that moment I thought ok this is a really great clip. 

In hand that was the letter, and this is the video dad Marcus McArthur made and promptly⁸ posted on youtube. With more than 210,000 views it's a video gone viral. One ten-month-old Mica⁹ may laugh at that later. Show future girlfriend? I don't know.... Just may continue to make us laugh. Lighting¹⁰ up people's day that's what we care about.

1 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。

2 semblance   

n.外貌，外表

参考例句：

• Her semblance of anger frightened the children.她生气的样子使孩子们感到害怕。
• Those clouds have the semblance of a large head.那些云的形状像一个巨大的人头。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

5 criticise   

v.批评，评论；非难

参考例句：

• Right and left have much cause to criticise government.左翼和右翼有很多理由批评政府。
• It is not your place to criticise or suggest improvements!提出批评或给予改进建议并不是你的责任！

6 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。

7 hardy   

adj.勇敢的，果断的，吃苦的；耐寒的

参考例句：

• The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。
• He is a hardy person.他是一个能吃苦耐劳的人。

8 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

9 mica   

n.云母

参考例句：

• It could not pass through material impervious to water such as mica.它不能通过云母这样的不透水的物质。
• Because of its layered structure,mica is fissile.因为是层状结构，云母很容易分成片。

10 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。