CNN 2012-03-15

 Great stuff,thanks to all the students at Holy Trinity,for the introduction.I am Carl Azuz,bringing you today's top headlines.We gonna be talking about story that has been all over the social media lately.

 

But first up.We are looking at Syria.Today is officially being called "a day of mourning“,in parts of the middle eastern nation.This is in response to reports that more than a hundred Syrians were killed on Sunday that includes violence in the city of Homs that some opposition¹ officials called a massacre².Meanwhile the latest attempts at peace talks don't seem to have gotten anywhere,Kofi Annan,a former Secretary General of the United Nations spent two days meeting with Syrian president,Bashar al-Assad.Anna suggested a cease fire and asked for relief agencies to be able to give aid to victims in Syria.When he left Syria on Sunday,it wasn't clear whether Anna had gotten any agreement on those requests from al-Assad.

 

Here's CNN students news.Part of our goal is to inform you about major events going on in the world.That is why you hear so much about the violence in Syria.This is a humanitarian³ crisis,something that represents a major threat to the health and safety of a large group of people.Dozens are reportedly dying in Syria nearly everyday.This violence has been going on for a year.

We say reportedly,because Syria has severely⁴ restricted the access that journalists can have in the country.That's another big part of what's going on here.In many situations,the world can learn about crisis like this from first hand news report but because of that restricted access,CNN can't confirm the reports from the Syria government or the opposition.

 

 

Another crisis happening in the world,one we reported on last fall,involves Joseph Kony and a violent military group in Uganda.We've seen messages on our Facebook page about this.I've gotten twits from some of you about Kony.Ralitsa Vassileva has this report on the viral video that has made Kony a household name on social media.

 

 

For 26 years,Kony has been kidnapping children into his rebel group,the LRA.

A 30 minute video gone viral online has achieved what policy makers⁶ and activists⁷ failed to do,make more people care about the atrocities⁸ of a bizarre cult,called the Lord's Resistance Army,or LRA,seeking to overthrew⁹ the Ugandan government.Produced by a non-profitable group called invisible children to create momentum¹⁰ for the capture of its leader war lord Joseph Kony.The documentary has gone viral.Tens of millions have seen it,including celebrities,like Rihanna and George Clooney.And donations have been pouring in.The Beauty of Kony 2012 is the starts of the movie.The movie is an entry point to a mission and the mission involves influencing our policy makers,influencing our culture makers,so they can take the steps on the ground from disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of all of the LRA fighters.

 

 

But Kony 2012 has also generated controversy¹¹ for its implicit¹² presentation.

 

 

If you are not interested in geographies and the complexities¹³ of it to know that it's not black and white,to delve¹⁴ into that fact that you can't glamorize these stuff.Then I think you have no business in,maybe a change maker⁵.

 

 

The war is over in northern Uganda.Koney soldiers,now a depleted¹⁵ force,fled to Sudan and Central African Republic,but they still hold children captive.

 

 

All right.So many Americans didn't know Kony's name a month ago,now it seems like it's everywhere on social media,and that's what we are asking about today on our blog.Why has this taken off to such an extent on social media?Talk to us at CNN student news.com

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

3 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

4 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

5 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

6 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 atrocities   

n.邪恶，暴行( atrocity的名词复数 )；滔天大罪

参考例句：

• They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities. 他们犯有最野蛮、最灭绝人性的残暴罪行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The enemy's atrocities made one boil with anger. 敌人的暴行令人发指。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 overthrew   

overthrow的过去式

参考例句：

• The people finally rose up and overthrew the reactionary regime. 人们终于起来把反动的政权推翻了。
• They overthrew their King. 他们推翻了国王。

10 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

11 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

12 implicit   

a.暗示的，含蓄的，不明晰的，绝对的

参考例句：

• A soldier must give implicit obedience to his officers. 士兵必须绝对服从他的长官。
• Her silence gave implicit consent. 她的沉默表示默许。

13 complexities   

复杂性(complexity的名词复数)； 复杂的事物

参考例句：

• The complexities of life bothered him. 生活的复杂使他困惑。
• The complexities of life bothered me. 生活的杂乱事儿使我心烦。

14 delve   

v.深入探究，钻研

参考例句：

• We should not delve too deeply into this painful matter.我们不应该过分深究这件痛苦的事。
• We need to delve more deeply into these questions.这些是我们想进一步了解的。

15 depleted   

adj. 枯竭的, 废弃的 动词deplete的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Food supplies were severely depleted. 食物供应已严重不足。
• Both teams were severely depleted by injuries. 两个队都因队员受伤而实力大减。