CNN 2012-05-10

 Detail appreciationally rose on. It is Tuesday, May 8th. Thank you for spending part of it with CNN student news from CNN center in Atlanta, Georgia. I am Carl Azus.

First up, we are looking at some connections between economic issues and political elections. Yesterday we talked about France and Greece. One country, France, elected a new president over the weekend. The other, Greece, vote for a shift of power in its parliament. The xxx results from those two nations have something in common. In both countries, there was a backlash against austerity measures. The xxx government tries to cut spending or increase taxes to reduce its debt. Some European officials are pushing in the opposite direction. They want to create policies that promote economic growth. Investors¹ around the world are watching how all this breaks down because what happens in Europe can have an impact around the world.

In Russia, Vladimir Putin is the new president again. He led the country for 8 years before term limit forces him to step down in 2008. Since then, he has been the Russia’s prime minister. He won back the president’s office in xxx election. During Putin’s first time in office, Russia’s presidents serve four-year-terms. Changes in the constitution have increased that to 6 years, so if Putin serves two terms again, he could be in power until 2024. Putin was xxing on Monday in front of a crowd about 3000 people. Some Russians don’t want Putin back in office though. Their accusations² were fraud in presidential election and they were protesting against the Russian xxx yesterday. More than 100 people were arrested. Some protesters got into a fight with the police officers over the weekend. More than 250 people were arrested during those demonstrations³.

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Indiana, north Virginia and Carolina are holding primary election today. We have talked too lot about presidential primaries. But voters are also casting their doubts of local state elections. In North Carolina, today’s primary includes a controversial proposal to amend⁴ the state’s constitution. Randy Kates explains what’s it all about. 

On Tuesday, North Carolina voters will be making big decisions at the polls, the decision to change the state’s constitution. A xxx will make marriage between one man and one women, the only recognized domestic legal union in the state. 

1 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

2 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

3 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

4 amend   

vt.修改，修订，改进；n.[pl.]赔罪，赔偿

参考例句：

• The teacher advised him to amend his way of living.老师劝他改变生活方式。
• You must amend your pronunciation.你必须改正你的发音。