CNN 2012-01-22

 Hi,everyone.This is CL and this is CNN Student News.We are back from a long weekend and ready to bring you a ten-minute commercial-free news.Then we starting the day off the coast of Italy. 

That is where the rescue efforts to going on right now after a cruise ship went into a rock last Friday night.There were around 4200 people on board the coast Giglio when it run aground.At Monday afternoon, at least 6 people have died, at least 20 others injured and 29 people haven't been accounting² for.These incredible pictures show you what happened.After the cruise ship hit the rocks,it rolled onto it side.Passengers scrambled³ for life boats.Investigators⁴ have ruled out technical areas.As the costs of the wreck⁵, they say the captain of the ship made a grave area.The captain has never been involved in an accident before.And his lawyer says the captain was able to save many lives by performing a difficult emergency maneuver⁶ and getting the ship into a shallow waters.Authorities are waiting to recovery the ship's data recorder so they can get more information from that.

 

 

Now Den¹ River is in Italy at the side of this wreck,He filed this report on rescue operations and the potential impact this could have on the environment. 

This picture says it all about how  precarious,dangerous and difficult their rsearch and rescue operation is proving to be.Earlier on fire,officers have been witched off the superstructure of th2 Costa Concordia,as she started shifting in the sea.Now they have been getting to resume that research operations of being some 2,000 cabins inside.Meanwhile,the chief executive  of Coast Cruises has defended the action of the crews following this disaster but says the captain's actions probably contribute to this wreck.The other unknown is whether the 2300 tons of fuel on abroad can re-prevented from spilling out into these pristine⁷ waters.Italian Environment Minister said that very urgent action is needed to avoid an environmental catastrophe⁸ here.DA,CNN,on Giglio island,Italy.

 

 

On US politics now.We are checking some headlines from the race of the Republic presidential nomination⁹.South Carolina,the home of the next primary contest that is this coming Saturday but there will be one fewer candidate to choose from.Yesterday,former Utta governor,Jon Huntsman announced he is suspending his campaigns that means dropping out of the race.During his announcements,Governor Huntsman endorsed¹⁰ Mitt¹¹ Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who won the first two Republican contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.There are still five main Republic candidates competing for the party's nomination.But experts say that number can get smaller after South Carolina,depending on the results of Saturday Primary,some analysts¹² expect more candidates to drop out.Whoever does get the Republic nomination will face off against with President Obama in the general election since he is the likely Democrat¹³ nominate.

 

 

See if you could ID me?I was born in Atlanta,Georgia 1929.I was the first African-American to be TIME magazine, to be man of the year.When I was about 5 years old ,my father changed my first name from Michael to Martin.

 

 

I'm Dr.Luther King Junior.,one of the leaders of the US civil rights movement.

 

 

Every year America pays tribute to Dr.King in his work for peace and equality.Martin Luther King Day was first celebrated¹⁴ in 1986.In 1994,Congress also designated the holiday "the Day of Service".It is the only federal day of service.We told you about that in our show last Friday.You can check out at CNN student news.com.

 

 

President Obama says everyone can find a way to serve and that include him,the president and the first family spend part of MLK holiday helping¹⁵ out at the Washington area school.The president Obama said the best way to honor Dr.King's life is to help others.

 

 

This was also the first Martin Luther King Day when people could visit the civil leader's national memorial center in Washington just opened last year.Park rangers¹⁶ plays wreaths at the memorial on Sunday,it's part of the ceremony on what could have been Dr King's 83rd birthday.

1 den   

n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室

参考例句：

• There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
• The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。

2 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

3 scrambled   

v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

6 maneuver   

n.策略[pl.]演习；v.(巧妙)控制；用策略

参考例句：

• All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver.在军事演习后，所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。
• I did get her attention with this maneuver.我用这个策略确实引起了她的注意。

7 pristine   

adj.原来的，古时的，原始的，纯净的，无垢的

参考例句：

• He wiped his fingers on his pristine handkerchief.他用他那块洁净的手帕擦手指。
• He wasn't about to blemish that pristine record.他本不想去玷污那清白的过去。

8 catastrophe   

n.大灾难，大祸

参考例句：

• I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
• This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。

9 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

10 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

12 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

13 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

14 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

15 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。

16 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册