美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-10-16

 It was an incredible thing to see. We are going to tell you how it all turned out. I’m Carl Azuz. Welcome to a new week of CNN Student News. 

 

 

 

Last week, we reported on Malala Yousafzai. She’s a blogger and an activist¹ for education and women’s rights. She’s 14 years old. Last Tuesday, Malala was targeted and shot by the Taliban. That’s a militant² group that has a strong presence in the part of Pakistan where Malala lives. Lot of her country has rallied behind her, thousands of people turning out to be part of a demonstration³ in the city of Karachi this weekend. 

 

They were showing their support for Malala and speaking out against the Taliban and its strict policies.

 

Those include denying girls the chance to get an education, that’s something that Malala spoke⁴ out against. Pakistani officials say doctors are keeping a close watch on Malala. As of yesterday afternoon, she was unconscious and using a breathing machine, but authorities said she is making slow and steady progress. 

 

 

 

See if you can ID me. I’m an organization that was established after World War II. I currently have 27 member countries. A continent is a part of my name, and my currency is the euro. I’m the European Union. And I’m responsible for my members’ economic, social and security policies. 

 

 

 

The Nobel Committee says the European Union’s efforts to advance peace, democracy and human rights are why that organization, the European Union is this year’s winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The award was announced last Friday. It’s not the first time that an organization has won the Peace Prize instead of an individual person. The committee says the EU’s win is a message to the whole world about finding ways to solve conflicts. For more, we turn to Jonathan Mann. 

Look past all the protests in the streets of Spain and Greece. Look past all the high level talk and tangled⁵ finances. Look back to the centuries of war in Europe, a place where nowadays dozens of countries are so completely at peace that virtually no one notices. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize for 2012 to the European Union. Because born out of the ashes of World War II as a way to unify⁶ the continent and keep it from fighting again, the Nobel Committee says the European Union has worked. 

 

Over a 70 year period, Germany and France had fought three wars. Today, war between Germany and France had, is unthinkable. This shows of true well aimed efforts and while building mutual⁷ confidence, historic enemies can become close parties. 

 

The partnership⁸ now includes 27 nations, with more waiting to join. 500 million people grappling with their own national politics evolving European institutions, and it still experimental common currency mired⁹ in crisis. Everything from interest rates to austerity measures and unemployment eventually leads to back to the EU. In the streets of Spain, where the economy went from boom to bust¹⁰, the EU is both credited and criticized and its Nobel Prize got a mixed reaction. 

 

All right, we are wrapping up out Hispanic heritage month coverage¹¹ today with a tasty segment for you. Here is some food for thought, do you know the names of some of the things we eat and drink have Spanish ties. Like the chocolate in my hot chocolate. It’s pronounced chocolate, the word comes from n- which is a group of languages from parts of Mexico and Central America. Another tasty word with Spanish routes is tomato, the name of this fruit, yes, this is technically¹² a fruit, comes from n-

 

In Spanish, it’s tomate. We can’t give you fruit and dessert without a main course. Tuna, like the fish, comes from the Spanish word, atun.

 

1 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

2 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

3 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

4 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。

5 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

6 unify   

vt.使联合，统一；使相同，使一致

参考例句：

• How can we unify such scattered islands into a nation?我们怎么才能把如此分散的岛屿统一成一个国家呢？
• It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。

7 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

8 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

9 mired   

abbr.microreciprocal degree 迈尔德（色温单位）v.深陷( mire的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The country was mired in recession. 这个国家陷入了经济衰退的困境。
• The most brilliant leadership can be mired in detail. 最有才干的领导也会陷于拘泥琐事的困境中。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。

11 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

12 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。