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1 College Diet大学食谱With all their classes, tuition bills and homework, many college students don't make eating right a priority. 大学生们上课、交学费、做功课，却不把正确饮食当回事。
When I have a lot of tests, or I have to do a lot of studying, I have to get something fast.For lunch, it's really whatever I can grab. I usually snack. 我的确是抓到什么吃什么。
经常吃零食。
Fast foods like French fries, chicken tenders and hamburgers, are college dining halls most popular items, according to recent surveys. Carol Kelley, a nutritionist at Emory University, gave us a lesson in college diets, 101. 据最新调查发现，象法国炸薯条、嫩鸡肉和汉堡包那样的快餐是大学食堂最受常见的食品。
爱莫利大学的营养学家卡罗尔·凯利给我们上一堂大学饮食的初级课。
Students will choose foods that are quick and easy to eat, on the run, and sometimes that comes at the expense of having more balance with their diet.卡罗尔·凯利学生，总会选些快而简单的食品来吃，边走边吃，但有时候，这是以饮食失衡为代价的。
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KRUMHOLZ: I think they've got their finger in the air. I think they're looking at the changing poll numbers and seeing that the Republicans have a clear shot at taking the majority, particularly in the House.
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DANA BASH, CNN SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Sure, there's a lot of money flowing in this year's election. But exactly how much being spent is mind blowing: $4 billion dollars. To put $4 billion in context, that's enough to send about 80,000 students to Princeton for a year. It could buy every person in America three Big Macs with fries at McDonald's. Four billion is far more than the $2.85 billion spent in the last midterm election in 2006, and dwarfs the $1.61 billion spent little more than a decade ago in 1998. compiled the figures in a new report.
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(CNN Student News) -- April 27, 2011Download PDF maps related to today's show:TranscriptTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: One question we're asking today: Why would a college want you to keep your head in the clouds? The answer is plane as day. I'm Carl Azuz, and this Wednesday edition of CNN Student News is ready to take flight.First Up: Levee FailsAZUZ: On Monday, the National Weather Service alert said "the levee may fail at any time." Yesterday was "any time." This is the levee we've been telling you about in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. We reported on it yesterday, in fact. It failed in at least four spots along the Black River. Levees are barriers that are designed to prevent flooding. With this one failing, officials are ramping up evacuations in the area. They already ordered some evacuations. Around a thousand more people were told to evacuate on Tuesday.Based on the way that the levee failed, authorities think Poplar Bluff won't get hit too badly. They expect most of the flood waters to end up in a more rural area. Of course, all of this is being caused by tremendous amounts of rain that have been falling there. A police official in Poplar Bluff said the city's gotten 15 inches of rain in the last four days, and more of it is on the way. The National Weather Service says parts of Missouri could see record flooding. That's why Governor Jay Nixon has sent out the Missouri National Guard to help with relief efforts and to reinforce levees.Arkansas StormsAZUZ: From Texas to Tennessee, states across the southern U.S. could face severe thunderstorms, possible tornadoes. But Arkansas, the state that's just to the south of Missouri, has already gotten slammed by severe weather. Storms tore through the state on Monday. More than a dozen homes destroyed, and at least eight people were killed. The state's governor said he was surprised there weren't more deaths given the amount of damage caused by the severe weather. He declared a state of emergency, which will free up money and government resources for the relief efforts. The winds, so powerful that they flipped over cars and ripped up trees, like you see here. The governor said normally, the wind would just snap the trees. But because the ground was so wet, the trees were just pulled right out by the wind.ShoutoutSTAN CASE, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's first Shoutout goes out to Mr. Logsdon's students at Clyde Boyd Middle School in Sand Springs, Oklahoma! Who employs most U.S. air traffic controllers? You know what to do! Is it the: A) Airlines, B) Airports, C) Private companies or D) U.S. government? You've got three seconds -- GO! Most of the nation's air traffic controllers are employees of the FAA, the government's Federal Aviation Administration. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!Air Traffic CollegeAZUZ: Experts consider the position of air traffic controller to be one of the most stressful jobs in the U.S. When you think about it, it makes sense; there are a lot of lives on the line. The FAA is making some changes to the way that air traffic controllers do their work. It's in response to recent reports about some controllers sleeping on the job. Three of them have been fired for that recently. The end of those careers led Martin Savidge to talk to some people who are about to start their careers.(BEGIN VIDEO)MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN NA TIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A plane in trouble.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mayday, mayday, mayday, Cactus 289 has engine number two flame out.SA VIDGE: It's a 757.GRANT PALADINO, EMBRY-RIDDLE UNIVERSITY STUDENT: Cactus 289, roger. Say your intentions?UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Request immediate landing anywhere we can.SA VIDGE: With close to 200 people on board. OK, so here's the deal. Grant Paladino, right?PALADINO: Yes.SA VIDGE: Grant Paladino is the one who's handling this emergency, and what he's done is redirect the aircraft to, where?PALADINO: Sanford.SA VIDGE: Sanford. And you might be wondering at this point why would I be pestering an air traffic controller in the middle of a crisis? Well, that answer's easy: none of this is realWelcome to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach. Dubbed the Harvard of the Sky, it's final exams week. For these would-be air traffic controllers, their grade depends on howwell they handle everything thrown at them.SA VIDGE: Realism is what you are after?SID MCGUIRK, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, EMBRY-RIDDLE UNIVERSITY: That's exactly what we're after.SA VIDGE: In the scenarios, in the training, in all that?MCGUIRK: That's correct. We want our students to be as fully prepared when they get to the field as possible.SA VIDGE: For these soon-to-be graduates, it's taken four years working in classrooms and state-of-the-art simulators -- not to mention $120,000 tuition --to get this far. Miranda Blackwelder has learned all aspects of the job, from takeoffs and landings to guiding flights across the country. So, what about the stress?MIRANDA BLACKWELDER, EMBRY-RIDDLE UNIVERSITY SENIOR: That's the first thing everybody says. And it's like, "Well, yes, but what job isn't stressful?"SA VIDGE: Like a number of students, Murray Best started off wanting to be a pilot. Then he got a taste of controlling planes and liked it.Do you ever make mistakes?MURRAY BEST, EMBRY-RIDDLE UNIVERSITY SENIOR: Plenty of times.SA VIDGE: Do you learn from the mistakes?BEST: Definitely, definitely. Because I know that if I made the same mistake in the field, I'd lose my job, and I'd also be responsible for anybody that happened to get hurt. So, it's definitely serious.SA VIDGE: I asked Miranda if all the recent scrutiny on air traffic controllers had her rethinking her career choice.Do you feel good about the job?BLACKWELDER: I do feel good about the job. I feel very confident. I'm very happy about my decision to be going into this field.SA VIDGE: One day likely to be guiding your flight, the class of 2011 feeling good about their future and sounding very much in control. Martin Savidge, CNN, Daytona Beach, Florida.(END VIDEO)Shoutout Extra CreditTOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Time for a Shoutout Extra Credit! Which of these words describes money that's taken out of your paycheck? Is it: A) Commodity, B) Deduction, C) Entitlement or D) Subsidy? Another three seconds on the clock -- GO! When money comes out of your paycheck, it's called a deduction. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout Extra Credit!Your First PaycheckAZUZ: I remember my very first job was as a grocery store bagger, and I also remember being amazed at the amount of deductions coming out of my first paycheck. Any of you with jobs have probably noticed this. It brings up a lot of questions. One of them: If money's being taken out of your paycheck, where is it going? What is it being used for? Is there any chance that you'll get any of that back? We're gonna answer some of those questions today in our last report wrapping up Financial Literacy Month. Earlier this week, I talked with CNN's Ben Tinker about what comes out of your paycheck when you get paid.(BEGIN VIDEO)BEN TINKER, CNNMONEY : Carl, I remember how excited I was to get that first job, but I also remember being pretty surprised when I got that first paycheck. That's because until you actually see those numbers in black and white on your pay stub, you can't really have a good understanding of just how much cash is being taken out before the money ever reaches your bank account.So, when you look at how much money you make, there are two terms you want to pay really close attention to. Number one is gross income. That's what you earned before any deductions. This is also what the advertised salary for your job is going to be. But net income, also known as take home pay, is, well, what you're actually taking home after all the taxes, deductions and other withholdings. Carl?AZUZ: So Ben, what exactly is being taken out of our paychecks?TINKER: Well, the biggest chunk of your paycheck is going to FICA, which stands for the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. And that goes to fund things like Social Security and Medicare. But, you won't be needing these things for a really long time, of course. The government, though, needs that constant flow of money from all taxpayers to churn it back out to those who have aged into those programs.You might also be losing out some wages to state income taxes, which go to pay for things like government workers and government projects. Your job might require you to pitch into insurance coverage. And last but not least, though this may be a few years down the line, retirement savings.Carl, the nice thing about it is that you actually get to set aside money on a pre-tax basis, which'll bolster your savings in the long run. Unfortunately, that paycheck is just so much more than a check. Lots of itemized deductions and money coming out, but still lots left over to go in to your pocket. Carl?(END VIDEO)Teacher Appreciation WeekAZUZ: This video was recorded on a smartphone. It's one way you could record your own message to your favorite teachers. Just say why you appreciate them. Then head to the Spotlight section at CNNStudentNews , and click "iReport: Teacher Appreciation Week." And then look for our email as a follow-up! You only have a couple days to do this -- Teacher Appreciation Week is next week -- so we want you to get on it and get crackin'!Before We GoAZUZ: Before we go, the British royal wedding isn't until Friday. I know a lot of you are really excited. You can get a sneak preview thanks to the folks at LEGO. They've set a complete replica up of the royal event. Prince William and Kate Middleton up at the alter. A full seating arrangement you see there for the guests at Westminster Abbey. You just gotta remember, this is a little smaller than the real version, a lot less expensive. And of course, the whole royal family is in attendance for the big day.GoodbyeAZUZ: A LEGO replica, though? Just sounds a little like child's play. Is it the best royal-related gimmick we've seen? Certainly creative, but we're not married to it. We don't want to be a wed blanket on all of the marriage fun, though, so we're just gonna vow not to make any more puns for today. But there will be some tomorrow, for better or for worse. For CNN Student News, I'm Carl Azuz. We'll see you then!。
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(CNN Student News) -- March 8, 2011Download PDF maps related to today's show:TranscriptTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi, I'm Carl Azuz, welcoming all of you to CNN Student News on this International Women's Day, March 8th. It's the reason why March was picked to be Women's History Month, and we are commemorating it all month long here on CNN Student News. Today though, we're starting with gas prices.First Up: Jump in Gas PricesAZUZ: It's difficult to tell this story without using the word "ouch," because so many of us are feeling the pain at the pump. If you or your parents have filled up the gas tank recently, you know why this headline is so big today. Gas prices are way up. And according to AAA, they've gone up every day for the past 13 days in a row. The total jump over that time: almost 34 cents!Take a look at this here now. Yesterday, the national average for a gallon of regular was just over $3.50. And the state with the highest average overall? That would be California, at nearly $3.90. The state with the lowest average overall is Montana, at around $3.19.Now, you see gas prices are different from state to state because part of the price comes from local tax rates. The reason prices are up around the country is because the cost of crude oil -- the biggest part of gas prices -- is on the rise, too. One expert told CNN that he expects gas prices to keep going up, so not much relief in sight.Hawaii Volcano EruptsAZUZ: This is not oil. It's lava, and it's shooting out of a volcano in Hawaii. Scientists say Kilauea was shooting lava as high as 80 feet into the air on Sunday. The state is no stranger to volcanic eruptions. That's how the Hawaiian Islands are believed to have been formed in the first place. The islands are the tops of a chain of volcanic mountains like this. Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Since 1952, it's erupted 34 times. And this lava you see here, it started flowing over the weekend: It's part of an ongoing eruption that started in 1983. It's happening in a remote area, so no people or homes are threatened.Sound CheckROBERT GATES, U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: I would tell you that you all keep me up at night. I think a lot about the people out here, and what you are having to put up with and theconditions you live in and the sacrifices you make.Gates in AfghanistanAZUZ: A heartfelt moment for Defense Secretary Robert Gates talking to U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan. He tends to visit that country every few months to see in person how the war effort is going. The U.S. is scheduled to start pulling troops out of Afghanistan in July, though Secretary Gates said some American troops could be there after 2014.While in Afghanistan, Gates was also scheduled to meet with senior American military officers and with Afghan leaders. There's been some tension between Afghanistan's president and U.S. commanders recently after nine Afghan boys were killed in a NATO military operation. Gates made a personal apology to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who accepted it.ShoutoutTOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's Shoutout goes out to Mr. Blessing's social studies classes at Union County High School in Liberty, Indiana! What is the name of this race? You know what to do! Is it the: A) Breeders' Cup, B) Juneau 500, C) Iditarod or D) Westminster Rally? You've got three seconds -- GO! These pooches are part of the Iditarod, an annual dogsled race in Alaska. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!Race Across AlaskaAZUZ: Every year since 1973, mushers line up to spend more than a week racing across some of the roughest terrain you can imagine. Mountains, forests, frozen rivers; all in temperatures far below zero. That is the Iditarod. Tracy Sabo was at the starting line for this year's race to find out why people are so eager to take on this challenge.(BEGIN VIDEO)TRACY SABO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's known as "The Last Great Race." The Iditarod, Alaska's famed dogsled race, requires every field entrant to take a team of 16 dogs from Anchorage, Alaska all the way to Nome on the Bering Sea coast. We heard from the mushers why they mush, and some of those things might surprise you.HUGH NEFF, IDITAROD MUSHER: When you're moving as one down the trail and they're all like one, they're like one animal almost. Sixteen of them working as one, and you're a part of it, you really are in heaven.DEEDEE JONROWE, IDITAROD MUSHER: I really love Willow, Alaska. I think it's God's greatest creation, both the people and the scenery. And there are so few filters between us and raw creation when we're out there that you really get a chance to admire what there is here on Earth.MARTIN BUSER, IDITAROD MUSHER AND FORMER CHAMPION: Iditarod is the flagship event of our sport. This is how the sport is done at its apex, you know, the best dog care, the best dogs competing in the longest, toughest, the best race.DALLAS SEAVEY, IDITAROD MUSHER: Its just a great tradition. The Iditarod, this is the 39th running, and it's become part of Alaska just in itself, this race. It's just kind of fun for everyone, and everybody loves dogs.SABO: It will take about two weeks for these mushers and their dog teams to reach Nome. The purse in this race: $50,400 for first place. Most of them will tell you they don't do this race to get rich. They do it so their dogs can finally come in under that famed Burled Arch along the Bering Sea coast. Tracy Sabo, CNN, Willow, Alaska.(END VIDEO)Chess Moves for LifeAZUZ: Great stuff. Our next report comes from CNN's Randi Kaye. It's about an organization in Atlanta, Georgia that uses chess to help young people make life decisions. How can "rook to king's pawn four" apply to more than a board game? We're gonna let Randi, and the organization's founder, explain.(BEGIN VIDEO)ORRIN HUDSON, CHESS CHAMPION AND "BE SOMEONE" FOUNDER: I am...GROUP: I am...HUDSON: ...somebody.GROUP: ...somebody.HUDSON: I am...GROUP: I am...HUDSON: ...a championGROUP: ...a champion.RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: After seeing a news report of several people being shot in a store robbery for just $2,000, Orrin Hudson, a former state trooper, was compelled to action.HUDSON: I said to myself, our young people are going out for the wrong cash. That we need to teach young people cash with a K: K for Knowledge, A for Attitude, S for Skills and H for Habit.KAYE: So he founded "Be Someone," an organization that teaches kids how to succeed in life through the game of chess.HUDSON: Chess is like life because there's no blame in the game. I'm responsible. I will win or lose based on the decisions that I make, and if I make the wrong move, I get the wrong result. And I can make one move and never recover. So, you want to think things through before you move, because one move could cost you the game.HUDSON [rapping]: We got to get in the game, get in the game, say it.KAYE: But in an era where technology is king, Hudson knows this board game might not stack up with the latest video game, so he offers a fun challenge that always gets their attention: cold, hard cash.HUDSON: Oftentimes, I put a thousand dollars on the table, and I say, "Hey look, anybody beats me, they get a thousand dollars." And I got their attention. I whip out the thousand dollars and I show them, and they're like, "OK, I'm in!"KAYE: He knows the kids won't win, but that's OK as long as they learn that every move has a consequence, just like in life.HUDSON: That's how I learn.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's how I learn.HUDSON: I succeed....UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I succeed...HUDSON: ...by learning.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ...by learning.HUDSON: Make it OK...UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Make it OK...HUDSON: ...to fail.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ...to fail.KAYE: And after losing time and again, the money doesn't seem to matter, because chess teaches kids to focus, think on their feet, plan ahead, and look at things from the other person's perspective. But there is one more move Hudson wants every kid to learn.HUDSON: It's less about chess. It's more about making good decisions; it's more about creating value; it's more about never take. The good you do comes back to you. The bad you do will be sad for you. Every move you make has consequences, and if you make the right move, you will get the right results.KAYE: Decisions that will hopefully change the world one move at a time. Randi Kaye , CNN, Atlanta.(END VIDEO)Facebook PromoAZUZ: All right, at /CNNStudentNews, we're all about your likes. We've got a new video up there for you, introducing you to "the closer"! Plus, you'll get to see a display of my awesome aim. So stop on by, check out the video, say hello on our wall. You know where to go: /CNNStudentNews.Before We GoAZUZ: Finally today, we're heading to central Pennsylvania where a milk truck got stranded in the snow. Luckily, someone called in the cavalry. And even luckier, someone posted the video on YouTube. Look at this! We're not sure if the horses enjoyed being saddled with this particular rescue duty. I mean, if they had other plans, having to help this truck might have reined on their parade. But it is an opportunity for them to show off their strength.GoodbyeAZUZ: Because pulling a huge truck out of the snow obviously takes a lot of horse power. And for one shining moment, that equine emergency crew was the mane event. That last one was for you all you pun neigh-sayers out there. And it's time for us to hoof it on out of here. For CNN Student News, I'm Carl Azuz.。
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(CNN Student News) -- October 17, 2011BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: An earthquake and hurricane may have delayed this day, but this is a day that would not be denied. For this day, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.`s return to the National Mall. In this place, he will stand for all time(END VIDEO CLIP)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)GROUP: CNN Student News rocks!(END VIDEO CLIP)CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: Mr. Johnson`s (ph) students, you rock for sending us that iReport. Thanks so much for that.Hello, everyone, my name is Carl Azuz. This is CNN Student News. First up today, we`re going to Washington, D.C., and the event where President Obama was speaking.The dedication of the national memorial [mi'mɔ:riəl]纪念碑, 纪念物, 纪念仪式for civil rightsleader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. You heard the president mention delays from an earthquake, from a hurricane.This dedication was actually supposed to happen back in August on the anniversary of the historic march on Washington. That`s when Dr. King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): During yesterday`s ceremony, President Obama talked about how Americans today could draw inspiration from King`s work and how, quote, "we can`t be discouraged by what is. We`ve got to keep pushing for what ought to be."The dedication included musical performances and speeches by a wide range of people from Dr. King`s children to other leaders in the civil rights movement.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Martin Luther King Jr. was from Atlanta and some students from the city had plans to head up to D.C. for this dedication. They talked about why they were looking forward to the event.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)JOV ANAY CHARTER, STUDENT: I`m excited because not only will I be able to get to meet certain civil rights activist, but I will able to stand and see everything that Dr. Martin Luther King worked for.ALEXIS BOOKER, STUDENT: He was not just about helping blacks. He was about helping all races, no matter what color, no matter what you did to him. He was about forgiveness. He wasn`t just about, OK, well, this is my race, and we don`t have this. He was about equality to all mankind. Everybody deserve equal rights.LARCRECIA W ALKER, STUDENT: I want to witness something that should go down in history like it`s very -- it`s very emotional for me, because since I wasn`t there when Martin Luther King was alive, it`s good to witness something like this and you have to come back and tell everyone about it.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: The "Occupy Wall Street" movement seems to be going global. These protests started several weeks ago in New York. Different people who were involved say they`re protesting against a lot of different things. But anger at the U.S. financial industry has been a consistent theme with these.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): Well, the protests have spread to other cities in America, now to other cities worldwide, Rome, Berlin, London, Hong Kong, people all over, talking about how the world`s financial problems have hit them.Most of the protests were peaceful. Some did turn violent. For example, in Italy, a different group joined the "Occupy" protests. They fought with police, set cars on fire and smashed [smæʃ]打碎windows.(END VIDEO CLIP)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Today`s Shoutout goes out to Mr. Krieger`s social studies classes at Morgan Township School in Malden, Indiana.On what continent will you find the capital cities of Kampala and Kinshasa? You know what to do.Is it Europe, Asia, Africa or South America? You`ve got three seconds, go.Kampala and Kinshasa are the capitals of two African countries. That`s your answer, and that`syour shoutout.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Specifically, those are the capitals of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. U.S. troops are heading to those nations and two others, the Central African Republic and South Sudan. They`re going to advise regional forces, so to give advice to folks in their fight against a militant['militənt]好战的, 积极从事或支持使用武力的，斗士, 激进分子group that`s accused ofkilling thousands of people and kidnapping large numbers of children.President Obama says his decision to send troops is connected to protecting America national security. But some U.S. leaders have raised concerns about getting involved in a commitment that the U.S. might not be able to get out of. Barbara Starr looks at the U.S. military`s efforts across Africa.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)BARBARA STARR, CNN REPORTER (voice-over): President Obama is sending 100 combat equipped troops to central Africa to advise local forces on getting rid of one of the continent`smost vicious恶毒的, 恶意的, 剧烈的, 堕落的operatives['ɔpərətiv]技工, 侦探, Joseph Kony, the head of the Lord`s Resistance Army, a group responsible for atrocities [ə'trɔsiti]暴行, 残暴across the region.It`s the first open deployment of U.S. ground combat power to Africa since the Black Hawk Down incident in Somalia in the 1990s that killed 18 troops. U.S. troops may wind up now in Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It`s part of a growing military effort to engage in Africa.GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY, JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN: And so our presence on the African continent is part of our network of building partners of gaining intelligence.STARR (voice-over): Still, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff warned current budget cuts could risk it all at a time when the threat to Americans is rising.Gen. Carter Ham oversees监督, 监管, 监视all U.S. military operations on the continent. His major worry: Al Qaida in Africa`s threat to Americans. Right now, he said, Al Qaida groups in Somalia, as well as Algeria, Mali and Nigeria, are trying to join forces.GEN. CARTER HAM, U.S. AFRICA COMMANDER: At least the stated intent for those organizations to collaborate [kə'læbəˌreit]合作, 通敌and synchronize ['siŋkrənaiz]使同步,使合拍,使同时发生，which, if they are able to do so, would establish an extremist link, network, if you will, that would extend from Somalia across the north, into the Sahel and then into west Africa. And that network would be very dangerous, not only to us as Americans, but clearly to the Africans as well.STARR (voice-over): Gen. Ham, along with the Central Intelligence Agency, is focused on targeting the militant Al-Shabaab group in Somalia, which is recruiting [ri'kru:t]吸收(新成员), 征兵, 招聘American Somalis for terrorist training.(END VIDEO CLIP)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED MALE: See if you can ID me. I`m a famous European landmark陆标, 地界标. You`ll find me in Italy, where my construction started in 1173. I`m known for not standing up straight.I`m the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and I lean because I settled unevenly不平坦地, 不均衡地on soft ground.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Concern about soft ground is why some engineers are looking into another famous tower`s tilt. This one`s in London, the clock tower known as Big Ben. The lean isn`t nearly as noticeable as the one you`ll see at the Leaning Tower of Pisa. In fact, some people weren`t sure if Big Ben was leaning at all.So Max Foster went inside the mystery in the tower to get some answers.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)MAX FOSTER, CNN REPORTER: Well, there it is, instantly recognizable, of course. But rumor has it this whole tower is toppling ['tɔpl]使倒塌, 推翻over. And what`s worse, it`s toppling over this way, so I feel a bit vulnerable ['vʌlnərəbl]易受伤害的, 有弱点的,脆弱的right now. Anyway, to get to the bottom of these rumors, I`m going to climb right back up to the very top. The first thing to say is we`ve just climbed 334 steps and, yes, I am feeling it.The second thing to say is that when we talk about Big Ben, we`re talking about this: it`s the bell. Big Ben is not the tower, it`s not even the clock, it`s the bell. It`s a common misconception误解, 错误想法, but now you know.Well, this is an iconic [ai'kɔnik]图像的,肖像的,图标的image. This is the clock face here at the tower, looking at it from behind, obviously. And a vast clock face it is from this angle. Jonathan Prew, thank you so much for joining us. You`re the principal surveyor [sə:'veiə]测量员,勘测员here, and you`re the expert. So tell us: is the tower leaning倾斜or isn`t it?JONA THAN PREW, SURVEYOR: Yes, the tower is leaning, but just by a very small amount.FOSTER: How much?PREW: Well, at this level here, where we`re standing, it`s just about 267 millimeters, which is about that much.FOSTER: But, as I understand it, it`s leaning more every year. So it`s a -- it`s a -- it`s a growing problem?PREW: It`s gradually leaning, but it`s leaning at a very small amount. It`s less than a millimeter per annum年.FOSTER: And at what stage, then, do we get to the Leaning Tower of Pisa?PREW: Well, if nothing happened, it`s over 4,000 years.FOSTER: And so nothing to worry about right now?PREW: Nothing to worry about now.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Well, before we go, a lesson about why you should carefully consider how you answer some questions.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): For example, what would you do for a free season pass to your favorite amusement park? The answer to that one is why these people are chowing [tʃaʊ] down吃on giant roaches[rəʊtʃ]蟑螂. The promotion was simple: eat a roach, win free roller coaster rides, twoevents that aren`t for those with weak stomachs. There are some strategies for this. The best way to eat a roach is, of course.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: . "insections." That was probably the first time they tried that promotion idea. Before the second attempt, you know, they`re just going to have to work the "bugs虫子" out.Ah, yes, the "pun" continues on CNN Student News. Our Facebook fans requested it. And if you`re on Facebook, stop by /cnnstudentnews and help us decide whether to pun or not to pun. See you tomorrow.END。
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(CNN Student News) -- April 27, 2011Download PDF maps related to today's show:TranscriptTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: One question we're asking today: Why would a college want you to keep your head in the clouds? The answer is plane as day. I'm Carl Azuz, and this Wednesday edition of CNN Student News is ready to take flight.First Up: Levee FailsAZUZ: On Monday, the National Weather Service alert said "the levee may fail at any time." Yesterday was "any time." This is the levee we've been telling you about in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. We reported on it yesterday, in fact. It failed in at least four spots along the Black River. Levees are barriers that are designed to prevent flooding. With this one failing, officials are ramping up evacuations in the area. They already ordered some evacuations. Around a thousand more people were told to evacuate on Tuesday.Based on the way that the levee failed, authorities think Poplar Bluff won't get hit too badly. They expect most of the flood waters to end up in a more rural area. Of course, all of this is being caused by tremendous amounts of rain that have been falling there. A police official in Poplar Bluff said the city's gotten 15 inches of rain in the last four days, and more of it is on the way. The National Weather Service says parts of Missouri could see record flooding. That's why Governor Jay Nixon has sent out the Missouri National Guard to help with relief efforts and to reinforce levees.Arkansas StormsAZUZ: From Texas to Tennessee, states across the southern U.S. could face severe thunderstorms, possible tornadoes. But Arkansas, the state that's just to the south of Missouri, has already gotten slammed by severe weather. Storms tore through the state on Monday. More than a dozen homes destroyed, and at least eight people were killed. The state's governor said he was surprised there weren't more deaths given the amount of damage caused by the severe weather. He declared a state of emergency, which will free up money and government resources for the relief efforts. The winds, so powerful that they flipped over cars and ripped up trees, like you see here. The governor said normally, the wind would just snap the trees. But because the ground was so wet, the trees were just pulled right out by the wind.ShoutoutSTAN CASE, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Today's first Shoutout goes out to Mr. Logsdon's students at Clyde Boyd Middle School in Sand Springs, Oklahoma! Who employs most U.S. air traffic controllers? You know what to do! Is it the: A) Airlines, B) Airports, C) Private companies or D) U.S. government? You've got three seconds -- GO! Most of the nation's air traffic controllers are employees of the FAA, the government's Federal Aviation Administration. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!Air Traffic CollegeAZUZ: Experts consider the position of air traffic controller to be one of the most stressful jobs in the U.S. When you think about it, it makes sense; there are a lot of lives on the line. The FAA is making some changes to the way that air traffic controllers do their work. It's in response to recent reports about some controllers sleeping on the job. Three of them have been fired for that recently. The end of those careers led Martin Savidge to talk to some people who are about to start their careers.(BEGIN VIDEO)MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN NA TIONAL CORRESPONDENT: A plane in trouble.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mayday, mayday, mayday, Cactus 289 has engine number two flame out.SA VIDGE: It's a 757.GRANT PALADINO, EMBRY-RIDDLE UNIVERSITY STUDENT: Cactus 289, roger. Say your intentions?UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Request immediate landing anywhere we can.SA VIDGE: With close to 200 people on board. OK, so here's the deal. Grant Paladino, right?PALADINO: Yes.SA VIDGE: Grant Paladino is the one who's handling this emergency, and what he's done is redirect the aircraft to, where?PALADINO: Sanford.SA VIDGE: Sanford. And you might be wondering at this point why would I be pestering an air traffic controller in the middle of a crisis? Well, that answer's easy: none of this is realWelcome to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach. Dubbed the Harvard of the Sky, it's final exams week. For these would-be air traffic controllers, their grade depends on howwell they handle everything thrown at them.SA VIDGE: Realism is what you are after?SID MCGUIRK, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, EMBRY-RIDDLE UNIVERSITY: That's exactly what we're after.SA VIDGE: In the scenarios, in the training, in all that?MCGUIRK: That's correct. We want our students to be as fully prepared when they get to the field as possible.SA VIDGE: For these soon-to-be graduates, it's taken four years working in classrooms and state-of-the-art simulators -- not to mention $120,000 tuition --to get this far. Miranda Blackwelder has learned all aspects of the job, from takeoffs and landings to guiding flights across the country. So, what about the stress?MIRANDA BLACKWELDER, EMBRY-RIDDLE UNIVERSITY SENIOR: That's the first thing everybody says. And it's like, "Well, yes, but what job isn't stressful?"SA VIDGE: Like a number of students, Murray Best started off wanting to be a pilot. Then he got a taste of controlling planes and liked it.Do you ever make mistakes?MURRAY BEST, EMBRY-RIDDLE UNIVERSITY SENIOR: Plenty of times.SA VIDGE: Do you learn from the mistakes?BEST: Definitely, definitely. Because I know that if I made the same mistake in the field, I'd lose my job, and I'd also be responsible for anybody that happened to get hurt. So, it's definitely serious.SA VIDGE: I asked Miranda if all the recent scrutiny on air traffic controllers had her rethinking her career choice.Do you feel good about the job?BLACKWELDER: I do feel good about the job. I feel very confident. I'm very happy about my decision to be going into this field.SA VIDGE: One day likely to be guiding your flight, the class of 2011 feeling good about their future and sounding very much in control. Martin Savidge, CNN, Daytona Beach, Florida.(END VIDEO)Shoutout Extra CreditTOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Time for a Shoutout Extra Credit! Which of these words describes money that's taken out of your paycheck? Is it: A) Commodity, B) Deduction, C) Entitlement or D) Subsidy? Another three seconds on the clock -- GO! When money comes out of your paycheck, it's called a deduction. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout Extra Credit!Your First PaycheckAZUZ: I remember my very first job was as a grocery store bagger, and I also remember being amazed at the amount of deductions coming out of my first paycheck. Any of you with jobs have probably noticed this. It brings up a lot of questions. One of them: If money's being taken out of your paycheck, where is it going? What is it being used for? Is there any chance that you'll get any of that back? We're gonna answer some of those questions today in our last report wrapping up Financial Literacy Month. Earlier this week, I talked with CNN's Ben Tinker about what comes out of your paycheck when you get paid.(BEGIN VIDEO)BEN TINKER, : Carl, I remember how excited I was to get that first job, but I also remember being pretty surprised when I got that first paycheck. That's because until you actually see those numbers in black and white on your pay stub, you can't really have a good understanding of just how much cash is being taken out before the money ever reaches your bank account.So, when you look at how much money you make, there are two terms you want to pay really close attention to. Number one is gross income. That's what you earned before any deductions. This is also what the advertised salary for your job is going to be. But net income, also known as take home pay, is, well, what you're actually taking home after all the taxes, deductions and other withholdings. Carl?AZUZ: So Ben, what exactly is being taken out of our paychecks?TINKER: Well, the biggest chunk of your paycheck is going to FICA, which stands for the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. And that goes to fund things like Social Security and Medicare. But, you won't be needing these things for a really long time, of course. The government, though, needs that constant flow of money from all taxpayers to churn it back out to those who have aged into those programs.You might also be losing out some wages to state income taxes, which go to pay for things like government workers and government projects. Your job might require you to pitch into insurance coverage. And last but not least, though this may be a few years down the line, retirement savings.Carl, the nice thing about it is that you actually get to set aside money on a pre-tax basis, which'll bolster your savings in the long run. Unfortunately, that paycheck is just so much more than a check. Lots of itemized deductions and money coming out, but still lots left over to go in to your pocket. Carl?(END VIDEO)Teacher Appreciation WeekAZUZ: This video was recorded on a smartphone. It's one way you could record your own message to your favorite teachers. Just say why you appreciate them. Then head to the Spotlight section at , and click "iReport: Teacher Appreciation Week." And then look for our email as a follow-up! You only have a couple days to do this -- Teacher Appreciation Week is next week -- so we want you to get on it and get crackin'!Before We GoAZUZ: Before we go, the British royal wedding isn't until Friday. I know a lot of you are really excited. You can get a sneak preview thanks to the folks at LEGO. They've set a complete replica up of the royal event. Prince William and Kate Middleton up at the alter. A full seating arrangement you see there for the guests at Westminster Abbey. You just gotta remember, this is a little smaller than the real version, a lot less expensive. And of course, the whole royal family is in attendance for the big day.GoodbyeAZUZ: A LEGO replica, though? Just sounds a little like child's play. Is it the best royal-related gimmick we've seen? Certainly creative, but we're not married to it. We don't want to be a wed blanket on all of the marriage fun, though, so we're just gonna vow not to make any more puns for today. But there will be some tomorrow, for better or for worse. For CNN Student News, I'm Carl Azuz. We'll see you then!。
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(CNN Student News) -- June 3, 2016Texas Governor Declares State of Disaster; Wildfire Aftermath in Canada; The Study of Air Quality in South KoreaTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.***CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi. I`m Carl Azuz and Fridays are awesome! Last time I`ll say that on air for the 2015-2016 school year.Our daily show will pick up back again on Monday, August 15th.All right. Let`s get to today`s current events.First up, this morning, the southern and central parts of Texas were under a flash flood watch. May was the wettest month in the U.S. state`s history, but June hasn`t brought any relief so far. Rainfall of more than two inches per hour is in the forecast.The governor has declared a state of emergency in 31 Texas counties and what that does is speed up assistance to the areas that need it most. The grounds are already saturated in many parts of the state. So, our forecast of more rain can only increase the threat of floods.For perspective, last month alone, Texas got more than 35 trillion, that`s trillion with a T, 35 trillion gallons of rain. That would have been enough to cover the entire state with almost eight inches of water, though the rain was concentrated in specific areas.Where is it all going?CHAD MYERS, CNN METEOROLOGIST: We`ve already seen the water come up and actually, the sheriff office came by and said, have you seen the water go down? Because we think we`ve crested it.No, it hasn`t crested yet. It`s still coming up. And let me get out of the way here. You can see behind me.This is the river. It`s Brazos River. We should be talking about a river that`s about 200 feet wide. It is well over a mile to the other side.This is not a boat ramp. This is an exit ramp from the turnaround to go under the bridge and back up unto the highway the other direction. People won`t be driving on this for quite some time.The rain continues in places that have seen now up to 20 inches of rain just this month. So, all this dirt that I`m standing out of here, I`m over kind of on the side, over by a fire ant hill and fire ants aren`t that happy about this rain either.But all of this is completely soggy. Nothing that rains today is going to soak it. It`s just going to run back off. This whole place is like a big concrete parking lot. When it rains, it runs off, and these rivers are still coming up. They will be coming up still four days.This rain doesn`t stop until Saturday afternoon, maybe Sunday, we`re watching upstream because all that water has to run back down right here.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: Some residents of the city of Fort McMurray, Canada, have begun returning home. Last month, the massive wildfire forced the evacuation of 80,000 people in the area. Thousands of firefighters are still trying to get a handle on it, though the blaze is no longer a threat to Fort McMurray. The fire destroyed about 10 percent of the city, at least 2,400 buildings or homes.Not everyone in Fort McMurray is allowed to come back yet. Authorities say debris from the fire has to beMany are still intact, but some residents don`t know what they`ll see.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)SUBTITLE: Coming home after a wildfire.A massive wildfire in northern Alberta has destroyed more than 877,000 acres.Some of Fort McMurray`s 61,000 residents are returning to their damaged community.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: From Canada, we`re moving across the Atlantic to Switzerland, where the longest, deepest tunnel in the world is now open. It`s named the Gotthard Base Tunnel. It`s 35 miles long and runs underneath the Swiss Alps. In some places, it`s one and a half miles deep and the trains that traverse it hit speeds of up to 155 miles per hour.Will it save time? Yes. Officials say trains will be able to get from Zurich, Switzerland, to Milan, Italy, about an hour faster on this route than trains on other routes.Would it help in other ways? Yes. Officials say freight will be moved more quickly, more efficiently and more reliably.What was the cost? The tunnel took seventeen years and $12 billion to build, about 2,600 people worked on it along the way.(MUSIC)AZUZ: Thank you for all of your "Roll Call" submissions this school year. We received more than 100,000 requests.The last three schools we`ll mention with Avon Grove Charter School. It`s in West Grove, Pennsylvania, the home of the Wolves.Moving west to Charlotte, Michigan, hello to the Orioles. Great to see everyone at Charlotte High School today.And in Big Sky Country, the community of Big Sky, Montana, we totally dig the miners of Ophir Middle School.There are a number of ways scientists can measure air quality, monitoring stations can keep track of the air in one specific place and detect any changes. Trucks loaded with mobile instruments can be sent to different areas, measuring carbon monoxide and ozone levels. And satellites can track pollutants and how the move over a city.There`s another way to measure the quality of the air, though, by flying right through it.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: 0600 hour, NASA prepares to fly. A beautiful sunrise masks by a lingering haze, one of the reasons this DC-8 jetliner is here in South Korea.This flying laboratory will find out what pollutants are here, who`s causing them and how they can be measured more accurately from space.Eight hours flying the length and breadth of South Korea, over cities, mansions (ph) and seas, collecting and analyzing data.The equipment on this flight may be state-of-the-art, but the plane itself is almost half a century old. It first flew back in 1969 I`m told, as part of the Al Italia fleet. But, as you can see, NASA has completely refitted it to suit its purposes -- 25 different instruments for measuring solution and 34 scientists.All of them excited to be part of this mission, a joint study with the South Korean environment agency.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don`t think it`s a discovery but the air here is pretty dirty. We kind of knew that.HANCOCKS: South Korea has long blamed China for much of its pollution, so- called "yellow dusts" is known to blown in from deserts in Mongolia and northern China, picking up some pretty toxic hitchhikers along the way.But fine dust particles, very detrimental to your health, may often originate closer to home.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The flight we`re on today, we`ve seen some of the largest pollution that we`ve seen in the entire campaign. And most of that is coming from local sources.HANCOCKS: To capture some of this data, the plane has to fly low, involving skillful flying from former Air Force pilots and some deft negotiating with air traffic controllers and a fed dose of turbulence.It`s not every day you fly just a few hundred feet over the center of a 10 million strong metropolis. South Korean ranked 173rd out of 180 countries in terms of air quality in a recent study by Yale University. But this year`s environmental performance index underlies the fact it is a global problem, saying more than 3.5 billion people, half of the world`s population, live in nations with unsafe air quality. As more than one scientist on board told me, at least South Korea was acknowledging it`s a problem and opening up its air space to NASA and its expertise.Paula Hancocks, CNN, onboard NASA`s DC-8 research jet over South Korea.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: We`re not going to run away without a look at, let`s call it lighthearted news, or in this case, light-footed.Check it y`all. A moose on a loose. This happened in Watertown, Massachusetts, earlier this week, not too common a sight in the neighborhood.The wayward mammal didn`t really hurt anyone or cause any mischief, though it did leave police on 45-minutehuff it.Maybe it woods having fun in the forest. It wanted to stretch its moose- cles or look for something more amoosing. But straying into the suburbs probably wasn`t the antler.My name is Carl and I`m Azuz on a loose. We`ll see you again on August 15th. Please keep up with us over the summer on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. I`m @CarlAzuzCNN.And thanks to the millions of you who`ve watched worldwide in this extraordinary year for CNN STUDENT NEWS.END。
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1111111q(CNN Student News) -- February 28, 2012THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.***(MUSIC PLAYING)CARL AZUZ, HOST, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Hi, I`m Carl Azuz, and you`re watching CNN Student News. Today we`re talking about political primaries（候选人选拔会）, a matriculation milestone and a musical mentor. But we`re beginning in the state of Ohio.Residents and officials in the city of Chardon are trying to make sense of（搞清楚，搞明白）a shooting at a high school there. One student was killed in the attack; four others were wounded. According to reports, the suspected gunman is also a student at the school. He was arrested yesterday.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): As students ran from the shooting, some of them used their cell phones to call police, or text their parents to let them know they were OK.A lot of schools practice what to do in these types of situations. They run drill s for shootings or natural disasters. And one student at Chardon High said he thinks what happened yesterday could have been even worse if it wasn`t for that preparation.EVAN ERASMUS, STUDENT, CHARDON HIGH SCHOOL: I think that`s what really helped keep it at a minimum of what it was, as bad as it was already. I think it could have been a lot worse if it -- we didn`t do the drills that we -- that they had us to do.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Jumping now to the presidential campaign trail, it`s been a few weeks since the last Republican contest（比赛，竞争）. But two states are taking over the political spotlight today, and those two states are Arizona and Michigan. Voters are heading to the polls there, cast ing their ballot s for Republican presidential candidate（候选人）s.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, formerSenator Rick Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and U.S. Representative Ron Paul -- they`re trying to win delegate s in these primaries and caucuses. Win enough, and you get the party`s nomination for president.There are 59 delegates up for grab s today in Arizona and Michigan.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: One issue（that comes up a lot during presidential campaigns）is education. According to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau, the country just marked an educational milestone. Has to do with how many Americans have a college degree.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): In March of last year, 30 percent of adults who are at least 25 years old had a degree. Back in 1998, it was less than 25 percent. The director of the Census Bureau called this, quote, "an important milestone," saying the more education people have, the more likely they are to have a job and earn more money.According to another census report, workers with a bachelor`s degree earned around $20,000 more on average than workers with a high school diploma. (END VIDEO CLIP)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Today`s Shoutout goes out to Ms. McElroy`s social studies classes at Hilton Head Christian Academy in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Which of these places is divided by the 38th parallel? Is it the Bering Strait, Korean Peninsula, Aleutian Islands or Marianas Trench? You`ve got three seconds, go.The parallel at 38 degrees north latitude divides North and South Korea. That`s your answer, and that`s your Shoutout.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: When those countries fought against each other in the Korean War, the United States was on the side of the South. And the United States and South Korea are still allies. They`re both the target of harsh words from North Korea （朝鲜）right now.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): That is because of military drills, like the ones you see right here. The U.S. and South Korea are running joint operations right now . They`re working together. But North Korea says the drills are designed to provoke them. And officials from the north say they`re ready to fight a war against South Korea and the U.S.North Korea`s relationships with other countries have been uncertain since long-time leader Kim Jong-il died in December.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Well, part of the tension surrounding North Korea has to do with its nuclear program. Similar situation in Iran. You`ve heard us talk about sanction s, penalties put on Iran by the U.S. and the United Nations. The goal of those sanctions was to get Iran to stop its nuclear activities. Matthew Chance has more on the tension between Iran and the integrity（）community.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN REPORTER: But Iran says very clearly that it is not building a nuclear bomb. It says that it`s never done any research into building a nuclear bomb. It says that all of its nuclear activities are directed towards purely peaceful purposes.The trouble is that it`s, you know, not many people in the international community believe Iran. They do believe -- and there`s evidence to suggest（按时）that, in the past, they may have conducted some research which would be relevant to making a nuclear bomb.What we know is that it certainly doesn`t have a nuclear weapon. I mean, that`s one thing to make absolutely clear. What it does have is the ability to enrich uranium. Uranium is the substance which is needed to fuel nuclear reactors. And if you enrich it even more, it`s the substance that you need to create a nuclear bomb.Iran has been enriching this uranium for years now, as it has every right to do, because it`s a member of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty. It`s allowed, under that treaty, to enrich uranium. But the trouble is, in the past, it`s not disclose d some of its activities to the international community, and that`s why there`s such a lack of trust with Iran at the moment.Well, IAEA is the U.N.`s nuclear watchdog agency. It`s the independent body, which has, you know, a whole range of nations that are members, including Iran, that inspect s nuclear facilities, not just in Iran, but all over the world.（There are a lot of questions that the IAEA has that Iran has not answered. For instance, it wants access, the U.N. does, to search suspicious nuclear sites that it suspects may have been the location where nuclear weapons testing may have been carried out or development for those weapons may have been carried out. And so there are lots of areas, lots of gaps in Iran`s story, that it has yet to fill out.）(END VIDEO CLIP)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: See if you can ID me. I`m a title that`s associated with the music industry. Originally, I was used to describe radio hosts, but now I can be anyone who plays recorded music in media or in clubs.Some famous examples include Wolfman Jack, Spinderella and Moby.I`m a deejay, which stands for disc jockey.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Beverly Bond has made her mark on the music world because of her skills with a turntable. She`s also helping train the next generation of deejay s. It`s part of an organization that she started that uses music to send a positive message.Fredricka Whitfield has more on Bond`s efforts to empower youngAfrican-Americans.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN REPORTER (voice-over): This popular deejay is on a mission. She`s trying to remix the image of black women in media.DJ BEVERLY BOND, FOUNDER, BLACK GIRLS ROCK: Women are often objectified, especially in entertainment. Those messages do take a toll. They hack away at our self-esteem in the most subliminal of ways.Other people thought that there was no point in talking about it, just kind of play in this boys` club.WHITFIELD (voice-over): But Beverly Bond scratched her way in, playing by her own rules.BOND: There were certainly some guys who were very taken aback by me and how good I was. It was almost like they weren`t expecting me to be so good. But the women were so supportive of me, and that was a beautiful thing. They were from all walks of life, who just had an admiration and a respect for the fact that I represented women well.WHITFIELD (voice-over): In 2066, Bond, a former model, founded Black Girls Rock, a non-profit dedicated to empowering girls of color through academic and arts-based programs. One of the first lessons learned is to deejay.BOND: I think it`s important to tell all girls that they rock. I just think that black girls do not get the message.You can`t find the sound (ph)?They are just as important as any other girl in the world.WHITFIELD (voice-over): Through Black Girls Rock, Beverly hopes to inspire girls to be confident and, above all, themselves.JAHIRA COLBERT, BLACK GIRLS ROCK: Black Girls Rock is like a family to me. Like it means that I have, you know, a comfort place, to know that I can be comfortable in the skin that I`m in.VEANNAH SMITH, BLACK GIRLS ROCK: Beverly Bond inspired black girls like myself by showing that we don`t have to follow the stereotype of not following (what other people are saying). I`m doing what, in my heart, I think is right.BOND: We need to inspire the next generation to know that there is greatness beyond just the very limited media images that they often see as the only representations of their sex.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Well, the dog in today`s "Before We Go" segment isn`t necessarily a musician.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): But he definitely has some rhythm. Listen to this YouTubevideo.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Wow, good job.AZUZ (voice-over): He is barking to the beat of his own jumping, and he seems to launch into a new round on command. All right, we know that a dog on a trampoline isn`t necessarily unique. But give him some time. He`s trying to pioneer a canine crossover between athletics and music. And it takes a little while for something like that to get off the ground. But once he gets it right --(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: -- everyone is probably going to jump on the idea. It`s time for us to bounce, because "dog-gone" it, we`re out of time on CNN Student News. I`m Carl Azuz, and we`ll see you tomorrow.(MUSIC PLAYING)END。
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Once everyone was back up on the surface, Chile's president, Sebastian Pinera, put a metal cap on top of the hole that was used for the rescue. Officials haven't decided whether or not to close that up for good. President Pinera estimated that the rescue mission cost around $10 to $20 million, but he said that every dollar was well spent. All of the miners were taken to a nearby hospital as planned. Officials were hoping to release most of them sometime Thursday. They said, for the most part, the miners are doing really well. The worst case was one man who had pneumonia, but he had a lung condition before the cave-in.
We mentioned before that this story isn't over. Chile's government plans to try and increase safety at mines, especially smaller mines, which one official said often have lower standards. For the miners themselves, they're about to be hit with a major spotlight. There are bound to be book, TV and movie offers. But at least one miner, Mario Sepulveda, said he didn't want any of that. He said, "The only thing I ask, personally, is that you please not treat us like celebrities or journalists. I want to continue being treated like Mario... the worker, the miner."
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(CNN Student News) -- June 1, 2012THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT . THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.***(MUSIC PLAYING)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We`re the Carr (ph) Middle School Idea (ph) Students --UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: -- from Pascagoula, Mississippi --GROUP: And this is CNN Student News.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Flying back to you, Carl.(END VIDEO CLIP)CARL AZUZ, HOST, CNN STUDENT NEWS: We hope it`s "plane" to see how much we enjoy your iReport introductions. I am Carl Azuz. It`s Friday. This is CNN Student News.First up today, we`re heading to the Middle East.Syria`s government has wrapped up(全神贯注) an investigation into last weekend`s massacre （大屠杀） in the city of Houla. The government report says terrorists are responsible for killing more than 100 civilians there. But an American official says the report is, quote, "a blatant （公然的） lie."Syrian officials have blamed armed terrorists for the violence that`s been raging （发怒） in the country for more than a year now. Rima Maktabi looks at the different groups involved in the fighting.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)RIMA MAKTABI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Let`s take a look at the Syrian population. The sweeping （彻底的；广泛的） majority of Syrians are Sunni （逊尼派 | 逊尼派教徒 | 伊斯兰）, ruled by an Alawite （阿拉维） minority for more than 40 years.The Alawites are an Islamic sect （宗教）, an offshoot （分支） of Muslim Shia that believes in the divinity （神性）of Ali, the prophet Mohammed`s cousin. They comprise around 16 percent of thepopulation and occupy higher ranks in security and intelligence.President Bashar al-Assad and his family are Alawites. As for the players in Syria, there are two obvious conflicting groups. The Syrian army and government forces defending the Bashar al-Assad regime（政权）and the Free Syrian Army, a group made up largely of army defectors（叛逃者）supporting the uprising（起义）.Yet the bloodiest atrocities（暴行）are done on the hands of paramilitary forces（准军事部队）. On the Syrian government`s side, there are the shabiha, described as a group of armed thugs（暴徒）, many of them Alawites with no official position in the military command structure.The shabiha are widely blamed for committing the bulk（大多数）of the killings at Houla and across Syria.On the opposition side, there are numerous armed groups of Sunni extremists（极端主义者）. Their aim is to bring down the Assad regime. To an Arab world that has grown accustomed to sectarian （宗教的）wars, these images of the Houla massacre could prove to be the point of no return for the regime and its enemies.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: A U.S. federal appeals court（上诉法院）says a national law is unconstitutional（违反宪法的）. The law is called DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act（婚姻保护法案）. It defines marriage as exclusively being between a man and a woman.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): This case has to do with federal benefits. Can the U.S. government deny those to same-sex couples who live in states where they can legally marry?According to this ruling, the appeals court says no. Same-sex marriage is legal in six states right now. Others have approved laws or state constitutional amendments（宪法修正案）banning same-sex marriage. The appeals court said the controversial issue could ultimately end up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)BEN TINKER, SENIOR PRODUCER, CNN MEDICAL:There are about 230 calories in a 16-ounce soda, which means about 460 in a 32-ounce. But more importantly, about 40 grams of sugar in here, 50 grams of sugar in here.Research has shown that rapidly digested sugar, like the sugar in soda, can actually lead to some really, really crazy changes in your body`s metabolism（新陈代谢）, which can lead to some pretty serious illnesses like diabetes, stroke, heart disease, even cancer in some cases, according tosome researchers.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: So that`s part of the reason why New York City officials are proposing（提议）a ban on large sodas and other sugary drinks.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over):If this thing is approved, restaurants and food carts（美食车）in the city wouldn`t be able to serve so-called sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces. And if they did serve those, they could be fined. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says it`s a health issue.MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY: For the government to make the decision that that should not include something else, that the experts all tell you is very detrimental（有害的）to your health, that is contributing to the number one public health issue remaining in this city and in this country, that`s getting worse. It`s not unreasonable.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: But some restaurant and drink industry officials are strongly against this. Critics are calling the proposed ban misguided, among other things. And opinions from some New Yorkers are mixed.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I don`t really feel he`s entitled to someone else`s opinion about what they should drink, how large it should be or how small it should be.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think it`s great.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Why is that?UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It`s just poison. It`s full of sugar.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, I mean, it`s up to the parents. It`s up to the individual. If you want to drink that stuff, so be it.AZUZ (voice-over): We`re guessing you guys are going to have some opinions on this, and we want to hear them. Our blog at is the place to share them. Log on, let us know what you think.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: The founder of Space X（太空探索科技公司）calls this a grand slam（大满贯）. He`s talking about his company`s historic mission to the International Space Station.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): The parachutes（降落伞）you see are attached to the Space X Dragon capsule （太空舱）. It splashed back down in the Pacific Ocean yesterday. Space X has a $1.6 billion contract from NASA to send at least 12 flights to the ISS（国际太空站）.(END VIDEO CLIP)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Today`s Shoutout goes out to Ms. Olson`s current events（时事）and history classes at South Middle School in Liberal, Kansas.Which of these words means "existing from birth?" You know what to do. Is it pulmonary, congenital, acute or pathogenic? You`ve got three seconds, go.Something that is congenital has existed since birth. That`s your answer, and that`s your Shoutout.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Dylan Coleman is a congenital amputee（被截肢者）. He was born without one of his hands. But he and his family never let that hold back Dylan`s desire to be an athlete. His father wasn`t there when Dylan hit his first college home run（全垒打）, but he was there for the second. Here`s their story.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)JEFFREY COLEMAN, DILLON`S DAD:So we found out about 41/2 -- about halfway through my wife`s pregnancy. The ultrasound（超声波）technician hadn`t seen any bones in the left hand. It was very difficult to process that next day. We did a lot of crying and trying to figure out how we were going to raise this child.One thing we felt strongly about, and that was that there would be no doubt, that he wasn`t going to have any limits.DILLON COLEMAN, CONGENITAL AMPUTEE: I touched a baseball before I can even remember it. You know, from the point I could grip something, it wasn`t a rattle（拨浪鼓）, it was a baseball.J. COLEMAN (voice-over): By the time he was 11/2, he was swinging the bat a little bit. He couldn`t even hold the bat well when he was 4 and 5 years old, it was so heavy for him.J. COLEMAN: That`s out of here.We were pretty confident he`d be able to play. I didn`t know to what level, but I had confidence it would be a long way.J. COLEMAN (voice-over): And Pete Gray played -- you know, he was a position player. With Dillon having a lot more on his left arm than Pete Gray had, Pete Gray with the elbow, I said, "He can do it."D. COLEMAN: The biggest challenges were not only getting people to believe that I could play, but convincing myself that I could.And those small details of the game, like switching the glove off a ground ball and strengthening my arm enough to make it a seamless（无缝的）effort, knowing you put your mind hard enough to something and knowing that kids who you knew didn`t have as much talent as you or didn`t put their mind to it.It was frustrating, it really was. As I got older and bigger and stronger, then that started to show, and my dad said, "Be patient. Be patient. It will come."J. COLEMAN: As he became stronger, his swing became more and more powerful and just quicker.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He has as much whip（驱赶）in terms of swing mechanics as any guy I`ve ever coached, and it`s just obviously because his -- that hand is so dominant now.Attaboy.D. COLEMAN:After hitting one home run, I was really disappointed he couldn`t see it. I was determined to show him something.J. COLEMAN: I`m standing right behind the dugout（棒球球员休息区）, right behind the backstop （挡球网）, and all of a sudden, he hits the shot, and I`m thinking, oh, my goodness, that has a shot. And the ball goes out -- I felt like I was dreaming.D. COLEMAN: (Inaudible) my dad raised me from a small kid and told me I could do anything I put my mind to, to finally see it, I knew it must have been emotional for him, probably even more emotional than it was for me.J. COLEMAN: It was like all the culmination（顶点；高潮）of everything we`ve gone through, all the hitting we took, all the baseball playing we played when he was little. I`ve been very proud, just proud.D. COLEMAN:I`m just so thankful that God`s given me the opportunity to play and just for everything he`s given me.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ:Back in April, we reported on Eric Dompierre. He`s a high school junior who`s on his school`s football and basketball teams, but Eric wasn`t going to be able to play his senior year.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): That`s because he`s 19 years old. A rule says that`s too old to play high school sports.Eric was held back（阻止）in elementary school because he has Down syndrome, a genetic disorder. His school district asked if there could be an exception to the age rule for Eric, and yesterday, the state athletic association said yes. Some technical things have to happen to make it official, but it looks like Eric Dompierre will be on the team for his senior year.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: And finally today, we`re remaking a classic animated movie.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): It`s "Lady and the Tramp-oline." The dog`s never going to be able to jump as high as the woman, but that didn`t stop him from trying. They`re even timing their jumps together for a second. It doesn`t last long. Seems kind of cruel not to let the dog jump onto the trampoline（蹦床）, too. The canine doesn`t seem to mind, though. It`s possible that it --(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: -- just can`t "tail" the difference, though we wouldn`t want to leap to any conclusions.It`s time for us to bounce. Before we do, a quick congratulations to this week`s social media winners, Mike Moses (ph) Middle School in Texas. I`m Carl Azuz. Have a great summer if this is your last day; a great weekend otherwise. We`ll see you next week.(MUSIC PLAYING)END。
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Week 10Voa1. Opposition Republicans have taken control of the US House of representatives from President Barrack Obama's Democratic party. This sweeping midterm election's victories were filled by voter anger over a struggling economy and government's spending. As VOA's Michael Bowman reports Republican candidates want at least 60 seats in Tuesday's election, far more than the number needed to take control of the House.Two years after Americans voters gave Democrats the White House, the party's biggest legislative majorities in the generation, they forcefully reversed course and handed a significant chunk of power back to Republicans. With a nation mired in economic doldrums, high unemployment and soaring national debt and angry and anxious electoral doubt Democrats are stern rebuked. Republicans will have a commanding House majority of well over 40 seats. Democrats felt better in the Senate where they were retained a slim majority. Michael Bowman VOA News Washington. The new balance of power could have a significant effect on US foreign policy. President Obama has said he would like to start reducing US troop numbers in Afghanistan next year. More Republicans in the House could mean more short-term support for the war. Republicans also have pledged to remain tough on terrorism. Republican gains in the House and the Senate could also lend ways to critic judges that the President has not been tough enough on Iran and its potential development of nuclear weapon. The Republican gains could also allow conservatives to pressure Mr Obama to be more assertive on disagreements with Russia and China. For more on the elections and their aftermath, please see our website . President Barack Obama has announced plans to lower trade barriers with India in effort to boost business ties with the rising economic power. President Obama outlined measures to ease export restrictions to India in a speech Saturday to a group of Indian and US business leaders in India's financial center of Mumbai.He also highlighted new business deals with India that he says will help create 54,000 jobs in the United States.VOA chief White House correspondent Dan Robinson reports.The president and his wife Michelle were greeted by US ambassador to India,Timothy Roemer,and the co-chairman of the president's export council Jim McNerney.Mr. Obama said his visit should send a clear message.That in our determination to give our people a future of security and prosperity the United States and India stand united.He will meet with Indian business entrepreneurs and take part in a round-table discussion with US chief executives gathered here,and then make remarks to a business summit organized by the US-Indian Business Council.Dan Robinson,VOA news,with the president in Mumbai.3..President Obama is in the Indian capital of New Delhi for some talks ranging from trade to regional security. Mr. Obama is also defending Washington's engagement with Indian historical rival Pakistan saying,India too,has a stake in that country's success.VOA South Asia correspondent Kurt Achin reports.Indian Prime Minister Mannmohan Singh took the somewhat unusual political steps Sunday of going to the airport personally to greet President Obama as he arrived at Mumbai aboard Air Force 1.A more formal schedule of appearances on Monday includes an address by the US president tothe Indian Parliament.Speaking to students in Mumbai,Mr. Obama tried to ease the discomfort many Indians' feel about the US military alliance with the Pakistan.We will work with the Pakistani government in order to eradicate the extremism that we consider a cancer within the country that can potentially engulf the country.India and Pakistan have fought three major wars and both possess nuclear weapons.Mr. Obama says he wants to see a stable,peaceful and prosperous Pakistan and India should too.Kurt Ashin ,VOA news, Delhi.Polls are now closed in Burma in an election that President Obama has said would be anything but free and fair.Mr. Obama told Indian college students in Mumbai Sunday that the people of Burma have been denied the right to determine their destiny for too long.Critics say Burma's first elections in two decades is designed to keep the country's military rulers in power.As voting got underway early Sunday,US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told university students in Australia that the flawed election exposes the abuses of the military junta.CNN student newsKRIS ALLEN, SINGER, AMERICAN IDOL WINNER: Hey, everyone. I'm Kris Allen from American Idol, and I'm here to introduce my idol, Carl Azuz.CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: An awesome introduction to the most awesome day of the week. Thank you, Kris. It's Friday, I am Carl Azuz, and you're tuned in to CNN Student News!First Up: Post Election PlanAZUZ: The midterms are over, but before we start talking about the 2012 elections, before we even start talking about the next Congress, this Congress still has some work to do. And it will do it as a lame duck. That refers to the time between an election and when the new Congress is sworn into session. President Obama wants to get together with congressional leaders and talk about what they can do during this lame duck session. What happens when that new Congress starts in January, when Republicans will have a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives? We turn to Sandra Endo, who now gives us an idea.SANDRA ENDO, CNN CORRESPONDENT, WASHINGTON, D.C.: After a major midterm election blow, an admission from the president: there needs to be a change in focus.U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: In the rush of activity, sometimes we lose track of, you know, the ways that we connected with folks that got us here in the first place. Now, I'm not recommending for every future president that they take a shellacking like I did last night.ENDO: At the polls, voters spoke clearly; they're not happy.OBAMA: I've got to take direct responsibility for the fact that we have not made as much progress as we need to make.ENDO: Now, the president and the newly Republican-controlled House will have to find some way to work together. But an emboldened GOP already wants to repeal some of the president's policies.REP. JOHN BOEHNER, (R) OHIO, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER: I believe that the health care bill that was enacted by the current Congress will kill jobs in America, ruin the best health care system in the world, and bankrupt our country.SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL, (R) KENTUCKY, SENA TE MINORITY LEADER: Choosing the president over your constituents is not a good strategy.ENDO: And if the economy doesn't turn around, it'll mean serious trouble for the president come 2012.OBAMA: I've got to do a better job, just like everybody else in Washington does. We're not going to rule out ideas because they're Democrat or Republican. We want to just see what works.ENDO: The first matter at hand for Congress is whether or not to extend the Bush era tax cuts. It's already proven to be divisive along party lines, so finding that common ground may be elusive. In Washington, Sandra Endo for CNN Student News.President Trip to AsiaAZUZ: Here's what's next on the president's agenda: He's heading off on a 10-day trip to Asia. He sees that part of the world as important to the U.S. in a lot of ways. And he'll be visiting several countries, meeting with other world leaders. First stop: India. He's scheduled to make a speech to the Indian parliament and hold a town hall meeting with some Indian students. Then the president will be headed off to Indonesia, which you see right now: number two on our map. He's going to meet with the Indonesian president and attend a state dinner. Next up will be South Korea. The president will be part of the G20 summit, a meeting of world economic powers. He's also scheduled to meet with the president of China. And finally, Japan, where President Obama will attend another economic conference.I.D. MeMICHELLE WRIGHT, CNN STUDENT NEWS: See if you can I.D. Me! I'm an American financial institution that was established in 1913. My board members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, and while I'm part of the U.S. government, I function independently. I'm America's central bank. I'm the Federal Reserve, or Fed, and I help set the nation's monetary policy.Federal Reserve's MoveAZUZ: That was a tough ID Me. Right now, the Fed is at work trying to find ways to give the U.S.economy a boost, and it's going to try something called quantitative easing. Sounds complicated; but we're gonna try to break it down for you right now. This is what quantitative easing means: The Fed is going to spend $600 billion on Treasury bonds. Basically, it's loaning the U.S. government money. The idea is that the money will go to banks and the banks will loan that money out to people. So, this is a way for the Fed to try to put a lot of money out into the economy. The Federal Reserve chairman says this could help create jobs and keep prices stable. But critics, including some members of the Fed, disagree. They think that if you put too much money out there, it could weaken the value of the dollar, and it might end up hurting the economy in the long run.Drug TunnelAZUZ: "We caught them in the act. It's not a good day for the cartels." That is how one U.S. official reacted after authorities discovered 30 tons of marijuana. That is 60,000 pounds! It was part of an operation that smuggled drugs between Mexico and the United States. And this is how those drugs got from one country to the other. Look at this. It is a tunnel that's the length of six football fields. It had a rail system, lighting, ventilation. It was pretty sophistocated. And it ran between a warehouse in Tijuana, Mexico and one in San Diego, California. A special task force looks for these kinds of tunnels along the U.S.-Mexico border. Now, officials are going to be investigating the owners of those two warehouses.Haiti Braces For RainAZUZ: People in Haiti are dealing with more rain from Tropical Storm Tomas. The storm isn't expected to hit the country directly, but the rain itself could be a problem. Officials are specifically worried about flooding and mudslides. As you see in these pictures right here, a lot of people in Haiti still live in tents after January's earthquake. The government is urging everyone to take shelter. But aid workers say there aren't enough buildings left in Haiti for the people who need it, so any amount of rain in these conditions could be dangerous.Most Intriguing TeensAZUZ: 15-year-old Zach V each is a most intriguing teen. He races cars around a track at more than 150 miles per hour, and he's also trying to raise awareness about driver safety. It's an interesting combo. I talked to Zach recently about how he handles a car on the track, and about how all of us can be safer on the street. Listen to this interview.AZUZ: How does someone who races cars convince people who drive them every day to drive them more safely?ZACH VEACH, 15-YEAR-OLD RACECAR DRIVER: You know, when we're out on the track, we have 100% of our attention on the other cars around us, our shifting points, our brake markers. And really, we're thinking of a thousand things for each corner. And when you're driving a street car, you're not thinking as many things, but it still needs to have 100% of your attention, becauseyou don't know if there's somebody in front of you who's going to hit their brakes, or there might be an accident you need to avoid. So, when you're texting while driving and you're not looking at the road, a fatal crash could occur.AZUZ: And you've created a smartphone app that can help people drive more safely. Tell us about that, Zach.VEACH: Yeah, it's on the marketplace for 'Droid. It's called Your Text, and it works as an autoreply feature. So, when you get in your car, you turn it on. You either create your very own personal message or select one of the pre-made messages. And you turn on my application, and while you're driving, as you get a text message, you'll automatically send a reply back, so you don't have to worry about somebody knowing what you're doing.AZUZ: Zack, just out of curiosity, is it even possible to text while driving a race car?VEACH: I don't think it's been done.AZUZ: Don't be the first one to do it!VEACH: Yeah, definitely not. I'd say it's pretty much impossible, because when we're taking our hand off the wheel to shift, it's still kind of hairy, so it takes your full attention.Heroes PromoAZUZ: CNN Heroes: Ordinary folks who are changing the world. This year's top 10 heroes have been chosen. Now, you can vote for the hero of the year! And then tune in on Thanksgiving night to find out who wins. You can get to the Heroes website and find our CNN Heroes Teacher Guide -- it is free -- it's all on our home page, !ShoutoutTOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Time for the Shoutout! When does Daylight Saving Time end this year? If you think you know it, then shout it out! Is it: A) November 5, B) November 7, C) November 9 or D) November 11? You've got three seconds -- GO! Daylight Saving ends on November 7, which is this Sunday! So, don't forget to turn those clocks back! That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!Before We GoAZUZ: All right, before we go, it might be time for a recount. These ballots were discovered this week in West Virginia. But they're not from Tuesday's midterm election. They're from the presidential election in 1860! That is the one that put Abraham Lincoln in the White House. A local historian says the ballots are unique because not too many people in that area voted for Honest Abe. All right, 150 years might be too late for that recount.GoodbyeAZUZ: But I guess we could put it to a vote. We'll be Lincoln together more headlines on Monday. We hope you'll elect to tune in. Remember, though: set those clocks back on Sunday. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep. I know I will. And have a great weekend. We'll see you soon!。
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(CNN Student News) -- January 4, 2011Download PDF maps related to today's show:TranscriptTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi, everyone! I'm Carl Azuz, and in this Tuesday edition of CNN Student News, we are bringing the world to your classroom with stories from North America, Asia, the Middle East; we're beginning in Australia.First Up: Australia FloodsAZUZ: That is where the city of Rockhampton is completely cut off from the rest of the country. Emergency workers were trying to get food and supplies to the people there. But it is floods that have closed down every highway leading into the city. And get this: The regional airport was shut down on Sunday, and officials say it could be closed for weeks. Rockhampton is home to around 75,000 people, but thousands of them don't have homes any more. Flood waters destroyed the houses. The flooding is also being blamed for several deaths. A CNN meteorologist predicted that the flooding will reach its highest point tomorrow, but it could be days before the conditions there get any better. Australia's prime minister toured the region last week and said the floods will cost "hundreds of millions of dollars."Religious TensionsAZUZ: Next up, to Egypt, where that country's president is urging his people to stand together "in the face of terrorism." What he's talking about is an attack on a Christian church that happened on New Year's Eve. At least 21 people were killed. Nearly 100 others were injured. Christians make up less than 10 percent of Egypt's population. And as Ben Wedeman explains, this attack is making what was already a tense situation even worse.(BEGIN VIDEO)BEN WEDEMAN, CNN SENIOR INTERNA TIONAL CORRESPONDENT, CAIRO: Distraught relatives search for victims of the New Year's bombing. Christian-Muslim tensions have been rising here in recent years. Members of the Coptic Christian minority, which makes up about ten percent of the population, have long complained of discrimination at the hands of the Muslim majority. Sameh Al-Khatib and his brothers were in their grocery store when they heard the blast. Moments later, he recalls, a mob seemed to appear out of nowhere, rushing down the street, attacking and ransacking Christian-owned stores and properties. He protected himself with an empty soft drink case.Up the street, angry Christians chant "we want our rights" and then try to break through the police cordon to reach the church. The church is now surrounded by security; hardly anybody is allowed near it. And that's the problem, many of the people in this neighborhood say. That when the church really needed to be protected, there was no one there to do it. Now, the security forces have their hands full trying to keep the anger from turning into violence. Reinforcements have been trucked in from Cairo.Christian storekeeper Raouf Abdelsayid insists Muslims and Christians in Egypt can live together in peace, but says what's needed is an educational system that teaches love and tolerance. After the new year's carnage, those are two commodities that seem to be in short supply here.(END VIDEO)I.D. MeTOMEKA JONES, CNN STUDENT NEWS: See if you can I.D. Me! I'm an Asian country that's made up of a group of islands. I'm a little smaller than California, but I'm home to nearly 127 million people. My capital city is Tokyo. I'm Japan, and I have one of the world's biggest economies.Japan's Lucky BagsAZUZ: That economy is struggling a bit, and the Japanese government is worried that people won't be spending as much in the new year. But that didn't stop one annual shopping tradition. This is interesting; it's called the "lucky bag!" On the first shopping day of the year, which was Sunday, stores in Japan sell these bags with surprise items inside. So, customers might not know exactly what they're getting, but they do know they're getting a deal. Everything in the bag is 40 to 60 percent off. This year's surprises included everything from watches to wallets to expensive jewelry.New GovernorsAZUZ: Back in the United States, some folks are getting started on their new jobs running states! Five new governors were sworn into office yesterday. That includes Scott Walker in Wisconsin, whom you see on your screen right here. Governor Walker is a Republican who's taking over in a state where the previous governor was a Democrat. It's the opposite situation in California, where Democrat Jerry Brown is following Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. An interesting note about Governor Brown: He's technically the new governor of California, but he's had this job before, from 1975 to 1983. Other states will swear in their new governors in the next several days.Trash CleanupAZUZ: We usually stay away from trashy stories on CNN Student News, but we're making an exception today, since this next story is about garbage! It's getting picked up again in New YorkCity for the first time since a blizzard hit the area one week ago. That's a lot of garbage lying around. When the snowflakes started falling, the garbage began piling up. City officials told workers to hold off on collecting trash in order to focus on clearing the snow. Well, the snow went away; the garbage stuck around. Collections started back up for some apartment buildings on Sunday and for some houses yesterday.ShoutoutJOHN LISK, CNN STUDENT NEWS: Time for the Shoutout! Quarter, Mustang and Arabian are all types of what? If you think you know it, shout it out! Is it: A) Cars, B) Horses, C) Currency or D) Coffee? You've got three seconds -- GO! They're all a bunch of neigh-sayers; they're horses! That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!Fate of Wild HorsesAZUZ: When you think about an old-fashioned roundup, you might picture a cowboy on a horse trying to corral some group of animals. But in a modern-day roundup out in the American West, it's actually the horses that are the ones being rounded up! John Zarrella rides into the middle of this debate between the U.S. government and animal activists.(BEGIN VIDEO)JOHN ZARRELLA, CNN MIAMI BUREAU CHIEF AND CORRESPONDENT: There is no Secretariat, no Seabiscuit, no Black Beauty. Here, they have no names, none needed. In their eyes, you see who they are: rugged, powerful, independent. They are the wild mustangs of the American West. Woven generations ago into the fabric of this land, they've become the focus of lawsuits, even protests as far away as New York.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Help save America's wild horses.ZARRELLA: The horses are at the center of a tug-of-war between the U.S. government, chasing them down with helicopters, and animal rights groups who want it stopped.RICHARD COUTO, ANIMAL RECOVERY MISSION: The roundups of the wild horses and burros of the United States is a true holocaust of the animal world.ALAN SHEPARD, NEV ADA BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT: We can't let one, say, the horse, impact everybody else by taking all the feed, all the water, all the, do damage to that habitat.ZARRELLA: The disagreement is clear cut. The Bureau of Land Management, BLM, is charged with caring for and managing nearly 40,000 horses and burros roaming on 26 million acres of the West. While this federal land, your land, was set aside for the horses, they don't have free rein. The land is considered multi-use.SHEPARD: Wildlife, livestock, recreationists, mining interests, whatever.ZARRELLA: The BLM insists it must reduce herd sizes because the land can't support the numbers.MARK STRUBLE, SPOKESPERSON BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT: This ain't Kentucky bluegrass.ZARRELLA: So, it holds roundups. Last year, the goal: remove 12,000 horses -- that's right, 12,000 -- and take them to holding pens.BONNIE MA TTON, WILD HORSE PRESERVA TION LEAGUE: This is our land. We want the horses on here, most of us.ZARRELLA: Armed with cameras and recorders, the activists document what they see as brutal roundups. Here, a helicopter chases one single burro, eventually knocking it over. It staggers off. Here, you're looking at steam rising from the backs of chased-down, exhausted horses. The BLM says less than 1 percent of the animals die in these roundups. Activists say that's 1 percent too many.(END VIDEO)Before We GoAZUZ: Okay, before we go today, we want you to say hello to a bovine master of disguise. This may look like a panda, but don't be fooled. It's a cow! The calf was born last Friday. Its black-and-white markings help it pull off an impressive panda impression. There are actually a couple dozen of these panda cows around the world. In fact, this is the second one born on the same farm. I don't think it's fooling anybody.GoodbyeAZUZ: The idea that it could disguise itself as a panda is udderly ridiculous. I mean, the resemblance is bearly there. But maybe the unique look will make its barnyard buddies cower in fear. All right, it's time for us to moooove along. For CNN Student News, I'm Carl Azuz. Have a great Tuesday afternoon!。
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(CNN Student News) -- December 2, 2014Free Speech or Call to Violence; World AIDS Day Raises Awareness; Visiting Town Abandoned After Chernobyl; Abandoned Fukushima; Getting Up Early Is Good for YouCARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: Where to draw the line when protecting free speech on social media? That`s what leads off this Tuesday edition of CNN STUDENT NEWS. The case is Elonis versus United States. The Supreme Court started hearing arguments yesterday. It involves a man named Anthony Elonis.After his wife left him in 2010 and he lost his job, Elonis started putting violent posts on Facebook.There`s a federal law that says whoever transmits communication threatening to injure someone, shall be fined or imprisoned. Elonis was convicted of threatening his wife and law enforcement officials and he was imprisoned for several years.Elonis says he was just writing rap lyrics( Rap is a type of music in which the words are not sung but are spoken in a rapid, rhythmic way. 说唱音乐说唱乐歌词), that his rants were therapeutic, that he never meant to seriously threaten anyone. His lawyer says that justices should consider that, whether Elonis intended his posts to be taken literally.A lawyer for the government says what matters here isn`t intent. It`s whether a reasonable person wouldfeel threatened by Elonis` posts.So, what exactly did he post?Teachers, you may want to preview this first segment. It contains some of the violent phrases that are central with these cases.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)PAMELA BROWN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We are going to talk a little bit about your client in this case, because this really centers on what he posted on social media.JOHN P. ELLWOOD, ATTORNEY FOR ANTHONY D. ELONIS: What matters legally is what a reasonableperson would think of it. Or what he intended by it. One of them said, essentially, you know, if I knew then what I know now, I would have killed you and dumped you in toad creek.They were styled as raps.The government`s reasonable person standard would make you criminally liable. It would make you a felon, would disentitle you from voting, would disentitle you from owning a firearm, any time you fail to anticipate that what you say is going to be interpreted as a threat.BROWN: He`s being very clear. What did he expect to accomplish with these comments? ELLWOOD: Then he said, you know, this is therapeutic for me. This is just for me, it`s not for anybody else. And there`s a reason why all these graphic songs are written, and that they are cathartic, they work through experiences. When, M&M wrote these things, that he`s been prosecuted for a felony for writing this songs. Which are virtually indistinguishable.It was the government position that they said again and again. And their argument to the jury it doesn`t matter what he thinks, and in the United States, I don`t think you can say it doesn`t matter what the defendant thinks, in the speech prosecution.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: Yesterday was World AIDS Day. An international event that goes back to 1988. It`s held every year on December 1. And it`s aimed to raise awareness about AIDS, a quiet immune deficiency syndrome(获得性免疫缺陷综合征), an HIV, human immunodeficiency virus人体免疫缺损病毒（即艾滋病毒HIV）, which causes AIDS.Organizers of World AIDS Day estimate that 34 million people worldwide are living with HIV and that 35 million people have died from it.AZUZ: World AIDS Day raises money to fight the disease and to educate people about it. Medical treatments have come a long way since the 1980s, allowing people to survive indefinitely with HIV, still ithasn`t gone away, and symbolic red ribbons are worn as reminders and in remembrance of AIDS victims. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Just the facts: on April 26, 1986, there was an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station(切尔诺贝利核电站)in what was then the Soviet Union. About 30 people were killed in the blast, and the nuclear radiation spread across borders. Hundreds of thousands had to be evacuated, forests and farms were contaminated. People and animals became sick or contracted cancer in the years that followed. It was the worst disaster in the history of nuclear power.AZUZ: A nearby town in what is now part of Ukraine was abandoned. Just under 50,000 people had to evacuate their homes. 30 years later, it`s a ghost town, with rotting Soviet-era houses, factories, parks and gyms.There`s another place like it. Fukushima, Japan where an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 caused the world second worst nuclear disaster. It left a more modern town completely empty, but quick visits are giving glimpses of the past.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The first thing people ask about, is the radiation. Is it even safe to go in when most are kept out?Our local government tour guide says contamination levels are low. Allowing quick trips into the safer parts of Fukushima prefecture, still empty from the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.Nearly four years later, outsiders were getting a rare look at this desolate, abandoned place. Damage from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami sits untouched.Crumbling buildings are falling further into disrepair(由于管理不善而)破损，荒废，失修，需要修理. Weeds are slowly taking over.(on camera): What do they say when they see it for the first time?YUSUKE KATO, TOUR ORGANIZER, BRIDGE FOR FUKUSHIMA: At first they say, of the bubble.RIPLEY (voice over): Nobody can leave here, not yet. Fear lingers about the invisible threat from radiation released by the damage reactors. Soil and groundwater is contaminated.(on camera): Agriculture gone.KENICHI BAMBA, TOUR ORGANIZER, BRIDGE FOR Fukushima: GoneRIPLEY: Business is closed.KENICHI BAMBA: Absolutely.RIPLEY: So, what`s left?KENICHI BAMBA: Nothing.RIPLEY (voice over): Kenichi Bamba says these tours are part of a longterm plan to rebuild Fukushima prefecture. For him, a painful, personal task.(voice over): You are from Fukushima?BAMBA: Yes, absolutely.RIPLEY: What do you think when you look around it all these damage?BAMBA: I came here several time, that`s still I cannot say anything.RIPLEY: The nuclear plant is being taken apart, it will take decades and billions of dollars to make it safe. I was there a few months ago, forced to wear protective gear. It`s one of the most dangerous places on earth. And it`s visible in the distance. Far too close for many to ever feel safe here again. Survey show only about a fifth of former residents even want to come back. For many, moving on is easier than facing this. RIPLEY: We are standing two kilometers, more than a mile from the coast. Yet here seats a boat that was picked up and dumped by the tsunami. Boats and cars are all over this field, reminders of all the people who died here.Fukushima tour guides hope by sharing the plight of these people, others will be inspired to calm here and rebuild.BAMBA: We want to encourage local people for revitalization of Fukushima.RIPLEY: They hope this school gym, graduation banner still hanging, will have students again. This dusty piano will have someone to play it. And this nuclear ghost town will someday be brought back to live. Will Ripley, CNN, Fukushima, Japan.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: Glasgow, Columbia and Abuja are the three cities featured on today`s "Roll Call." We`ll start in Kentucky. That`s where we heard from Barren County High School. The Trogents are watching in Glasgow. To the northeast, they load everyone at Eastconn EVC. They are located in Columbia, Connecticut, and across the Atlantic Ocean, great to see you in Abuja, Nigeria. Our viewers at the American International School of Abuja.Get out and exercise, drink more water, eat a tomato, floss your teeth. It`s not hard to find healthy habits or the studies behind them, that prove they help you stay healthier, feel better and leave longer. But what does it take to be awesome besides being a Friday. It seems U.S. founding father Ben Franklin was onto something.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)DHANI JONES: Early to bed, early to rise, Ben Franklin says, makes a man and a woman healthy, wealthy and wise.I didn`t want to wake up early. It`s just so difficult. But then I read some studies, if I wake up late, I`ll eat more fast food, and I`ll gain more weight. I don`t want to be that guy. No. I want to be healthy. I`m a healthy kind of guy. If I wake up early, I`m going to have a better GPA, I`m going to graduate at higher level, get a better job. It all makes a lot of sense. It`s a little bit difficult at first, but here is a couple of tips. Before you walk into the bedroom, set the time at which you are going to plan on waking up. Don`t give me five different times that you can set the snooze. Pick one time you are going to wake up. And youknow what? When the alarm clock goes up. Get up!Also, go to bed a little bit earlier, then you can wake up a little bit earlier, and don`t spend time on your phone going through Instagram, going through your Facebook, going through your Twitter and going through (INAUDIBLE). Breathe. And go to sleep.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: Gallier Hall, a building in New Orleans dates back to 1853. It stands about three stories high. It was once city hall, but it`s never been lit up like this. A French company that brings together light and art has set up free nightly shows, showing off the lighter side, get it, of Gallier Hall. Organizers are hoping to spark interest among local artists, so they can learn the craft and use it throughout New Orleans. Crowds would call it delightful. It sheds light at the new type of art, brings people together in the lighthearted randez with you all. That was big, it won`t be easy to illuminate the Big Easy, but it`s certainly a bright idea. CNN STUDENT NEWS has more enlightening stories coming at you tomorrow.END。
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(CNN Student News) -- February 4, 2013THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.***CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: First on CNN STUDENT NEWS today, this is Hadiya Pendleton, 15 years old and honor student at her school in Chicago. This was Hadiya performing with her school`s majorette team during President Obama`s inauguration in Washington. And one week later this is where Hadiya Pendleton was killed, she was shot by a gunman at the park in Chicago. Police say she probably was not the intended target. Hadiya`s name has become part of the discussion over guns in America. And her father says, he`s OK with that. The president`s scheduled to talk about the issue of guns today when he meets with law enforcement officials in Minnesota. Right now there is also a lot of talk about this photo of the president firing a gun. The White House says this was taken last August when the president went skeet shooting. The White House released this picture on Saturday. Some critics argue, that was a political move. But the president has said, there is a difference between hunting and target shooting and gun violence. He has been pushing for stricter gun laws, his belief is that it will help reduce gun violence. Other people argue that guns help offer protection.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)GAYLE TROTTER, ATTORNEY& SR. FELLOW, INDEPENDENT WOMEN`S FORUNIDENTIFIED MALE: Guns make women safer. Over 90 percent of violent crimes occur without a firearm, which makes guns the great equalizer for women. The vast majority of violent criminals use their size and their physical strength to prey on women who are at severe disadvantage.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: We`re hearing many different voices in this discussion about guns in America. We want to hear your voice, too. Go to our blog at . Talk to us about what you think.Today is World Cancer Day. And that word cancer can really hit home, especially if you or someone you know has ever dealt directly with it. The goal of World Cancer Day is to help people get a better understanding of this disease, and that`s what we are working to do right now.For starters, what is cancer? It`s not just one disease, there are more than 200 different types of cancer, and they can affect different parts of the body. This diseases are caused by changes to theDNA inside a person`s cells. Those changes cause the cells to grow uncontrollably. In the U.S., more than a million people are diagnosed with cancer every year. Experts say that one third of American women and one half of American men can expect to develop some form of cancer. It`s the second leading cause of death in the Untied States, but being diagnosed with cancer is not a death sentence, a lot of these diseases that used to be considered fatal, can now be treated, many can be cured. In fact, more than 12 million Americans are living with cancer today.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: See if you can I.D. me. I was born in Alabama in 1913. I`m known as the mother of the Civil Rights Movement. I inspired the Montgomery bus boycott after refusing to give up my bus seat to a white man.I`m Rosa Parks, and today would have been my 100th birthday.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Rosa Parks helped pave the way in the fight for equal rights. And as we continue our coverage of black history month, we are going to introduce you to a woman who`s giving up to take on the world of Nascar, maybe break some barriers when she gets there. George Howell has details on this.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)NICOLE LYONS, RACE CAR DRIVER: It`s exciting time for me, and a very just - crazy time in my life I`m going from NHRA drag racing to attempting - to transition to Nascar.GEORGE HOWELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Nicole Lyons was born to race. She`s already made a name for herself in professional drag racing with the National Hot Rod Association or NHRA.She`s now gaining traction in her effort to become a household name in NASCAR. When she starts racing, she`ll be one of the few women in the sport.LYONS: I think I`ve done so well on NHRA and I`ve committed so much time to my craft that I think now is the time for me to do that transition and showcase myself in Nascar.HOWELL: She recently tested for Nascar. The challenges, she says, are different.LYONS: In drag racing, you want to go straight. You don`t want to make a left turn to save your life.In - in terms of Nascar racing, it`s completely different, you ride the wall, you make left turns, you know, you`d have a breaking system that`s completely different, in drag racing break is not our friend, the wall is not our friend, we don`t want to get near it.HOWELL: Not only is Lyons racing cars, but she`s an award-winning engine builder, and owns a Muscle Car restoration shop in Los Angeles where she employs female mechanics.LYONS: I just really wanted to show female empowerment, and I knew that, you know, we can turn wrenches just as well as any other guy.HOWELL: When she makes the transition, many will identify Lyons primarily as one of the first African-American females to race in Nascar. But to her, winning is what`s most important.LYONS: I`m a racer who understands the fact that wins mean everything. So, regardless of the fact if I get out there, and it so happens that I win, I`m the first African-American woman to do so - great. But I`m going to tell you that at the end of the day, what makes me most happy about the situation, is that I won.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Today`s "Shoutout" goes out to Mandera`s social studies class at Lincoln Middle School in Rockford, Illinois.What is another name for a woodchuck? You know what to do, is it a beaver, a groundhog, nutria or termite? You`ve got three seconds, go!Woodchucks are also called groundhogs. And they are part of the squirrel family. That`s your answer and that`s your "Shoutout."(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: If a groundhog could ever be famous, the most famous one would be up in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. A couple of days ago famous Phil made his annual prognostication.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And so you`re faithful there is no shadow to see and early spring for you and me!(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: The groundhog - well, a groundhog has been making this annual prediction for 127 years. The idea goes back to medieval times. There was this superstition that hibernating animals pop their heads out of their caves to check the weather around this time of year. In order of Saturday`s shadowy celebration, CNN`s "I-Reporters" sent him pictures of their shadows. Take a look at this.(VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: We`re now standing outside the Georgia Dome here in Atlanta, Georgia. This building has hosted two Super Bowls. Of course, last night`s game was down in New Orleans. And you know what happened there. What you might not know is how many of these were made specifically for the game: 120. Now, that`s just for the Super Bowl. Another thing you might not know is what exactly goes in to making one of these. But you`re about to find out.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)KEVIN MURPHY, GENERAL MANAGER, WILSON SPORTING GOODS CO.: When we`re making an NFL game ball, it`s about 90 percent hands on. It starts with four panels of leather that are cut from the best possible hide you can find in North American hides, and from there, we then stamp the panels, those panels are then weighed, skived (ph), so that every single set of four panels weighs exactly the same. Once we do that, we`re still aligning to the panels, then they go to the sewer who would then sews the four panels together, and they`re sewed inside out. Not a lot of people know that. After the panels are sewn together, they are passed on to a turner. He takes that football that`s inside out and turns it right side out. Very difficult and highly skilled job. The turner then passes the ball back to the sewer, who closes the opening just a little bit, and from there, it goes to our lacer, who inserts a bladder into the ball, then they close the ball, they lace it, and then they pass it on to our molding process.We open up the mold and put the ball out and it should be a perfectly shaped football at that point.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Well, some real beasts took the field for yesterday`s game, but not the game you`re thinking of. We are talking about the Puppy Bowl, an alternative athletic arena for anyoneenamored with adorable animals. This game isn`t just for the dogs, you had hamsters up in the blimp, cats performing the half-time show. Cheerleader hedgehogs on the side line, and, of course, the game was covered on social media. What kind of animal did they get to tweet?A bird, but all the other players were hounding him for attention, too.There have been eight other puppy bowls before this. So, this one makes K- 9, and during the game, they don`t call it time out, they`re just take a pause. And that`s what we are going to do. CNN STUDENT NEWS will kick off, again, tomorrow. I hope to see you then.END。
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(CNN Student News) -- December 3, 2013CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: From the Earth to the Moon, we`ve got you covered. In today`s edition of CNN STUDENT NEWS we`re going to get started in the Bronx. Yesterday, we reported on a train accident in that borough of New York City. Four people were killed and more than 60 others were injured when seven cars jumped the tracks. The big question now is what happened, was the train going too fast, was there a problem with the breaks, was human error involved? Investigators are getting information off of the vent recorders that were on the train. And some of the passengers are giving their stories of what happened.(BEGIN VIDEO TAPE)RYAN KELLY, INJURED PASSENGER: I`ve got thrown across back and forth. And it came to like a halt, and there were just people screaming.ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Early Sunday,a throng of rescue workers scoured the grisly scene one rail card nearly plunging into the river where divers checked for bodies under water.ARBEE GUIVESUS, INJURED PASSENGER: I can see some people like flying from my left like the rear sidings, people from the back - that`s just crazy.FIELD: At 7:20 A.M. the commuter train carrying 150 passengers on its way to Grand Central Station from Poughkeepsie approached an extremely sharp curve that required a speed limit of 30 miles per hour along the Harlem River, compared to the straightway prior, requiring a speed limit of 70 miles per hour.GOV. ANDREW CUOMO, (D ) NEW YORK: The curve has been here for many, many years, right? And trains take the curve, but it can`t just be the curve.FIELD: The train conductor said he tried to apply the brakes, but says they didn`t work as all seven cars derailed barreling off the tracks.AMANDA SWANSON, PASSENGER: By the time I looked up, it was completely going off its track, and there was just like the rubble from under the tracks like flying like at my face.FIELD: Only 1700 feet away from a previous July derailment, that`s where ten garbage freight cars flipped on their sides.EARL WEENER, NTSB: We don`t` know what the train speed was, we will learn that from the vehicle event recorders.FIELD: This is the second passenger train derailment in six months from Metro-North. In May, an east-bound train derailed in Bridgeport, Connecticut and was hit by a westbound train. 76 people were injured.Sunday`s crash eerily similar to the train that derailed in northwestern Spain killing 79 passengers. In that crash the train was approaching a sharp turn. Security video showed the shocking moment the train going more than twice the speed limit hurdled of the tracks. Officials are looking into what role, if any, speed played in the Bronx accident.(END VIDEO TAPE)AZUZ: The next story today, Merrill Newman is 85 years old. He`s an American, lives in California. In October, he took at ten-day tour of North Korea. He never left North Korea. The country shut itself off from most of the world. It`s run by a dictator, Kim Jong-un, who can be unpredictable. So, it`s hard for other countries to know what the North Korean government is doing or why. Merrill Newman was detained by North Korean officials right before his plane left. Another American, Kenneth Bae, was arrested in North Korea last year. They could be released soon, but as one experts says, when it comes to North Korea, nobody knows very much.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)MERRILL NEWMAN, AMERICAN HELD IN NORTH KOREA: I understand that in U.S. and Western countries there is misleading information and propaganda about DPRK.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: North Korean state media released this video over the weekend of detained American tourist, 85-year old Merrill Newman reading a handwritten apology. Pyongyang saying Newman admits he`s guilty of big crimes when he fought for the U.S. in the Korean War killing civilians, working withanticommunist guerrillas and planning now, 60 years later, to try to meet up with them. The video shows Newman signing the four page statement he read on camera, dated November 9th and sealing it with him thumb print in red ink. What happened to him next isn`t clear. After being held since late October, taken off a plane just as his tour group was leaving.The White House is now weighing in. A spokeswoman saying the U.S. is deeply concerned,calling on North Korea to release Newman and fellow American Kenneth Bae now held for more than a year. But one expert says, that could complicate an already sensitive situation.DR. HAN PARK, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA: North Korea doesn`t want to give the impression to the world that North Korea is - giving in to the demand or pressures coming from Washington.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Former U.N. ambassador Bill Richardson who says his North Korean contacts aren`t responding, told CNN on Sunday, that Kim Jong- un isn`t following North Korea`s usual pattern of releasing Americans after getting the purported confession.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, this is baffling, but this is a newly regime of the new leader, and I suspect he`s sending different signals, but nobody knows what those signals are.(END VIDEOTAPE)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It`s time for "The Shoutout". What`s the third country to send the person into space? If you think you know it then shout it out! Was it Russia, China, France or the United Kingdom? You`ve got three seconds, go!In 2003, China joined the U.S and Russia as the only countries that put a person in space. That`s your answer and that`s your shoutout.AZUZ: A decade later, China is hoping that breaking of that same (inaudible) group with another space milestone. So far, only the U.S. and former Soviet Union have launched spacecraft that have landed on the Moon. This week, a Chinese rocket took off in the same direction, and by later this month, the lunar landing list c ouldlengthen the three.(BEGIN VIDEO TAPE)DAVID MCKENZIE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It`s the latest milestone, and China is accelerating space program, aiming to be only the third country to execute a soft landing on the Moon surface.Predawn on Monday in southwest China. The Long March rocket launched without a hitch. In the nose of the rocket the Chang`e 3 lunar probe carrying the (inaudible), or "Jade Rabbit" moon. Millions voted on the name, taken from Chinese folklore. If successful, the solar part buggy will touch down in mid-December using its six wheels and mechanical arm to conduct three months of scientific study in the Bay of Rainbows, a lunar lava plain. The last soft lunar landing was conducted by the Soviets way back in 1976. China`s space program was late in getting results, but with the government pouring billions into its manned and unmanned missions, China has taken its place as one of the major space players.State media says the Chang`e probe has separated from its rocket and is now in the Earth orbit. They say, this is just the next step in the space program that aims for deep space. David McKenzie, CNN Beijing.(END VIDEO TAPE)AZUZ: We`re (inaudible) into the "Roll Call" and all of today schools are high flyers. We just talked about China space program. John Glenn was one of the first American astronauts and the rockets from John Glenn High in Westland, Michigan make today`s roll. From there we rocket over to Ardmore, Oklahoma to tell the tale of the Dickson comets, and we come in for a landing in Crossville, Tennessee with the Cumberland County High School jets.Unless you are a pilot or maybe a bird, you`ll probably love this idea: an order comes through at . It`s boxed up in the nearby warehouse and sent rolling down a conveyer belt. Then it gets awesome: a drone or unmanned aerial vehicle picks it up and guided by GPS only, nobody is driving, flies it to your doorstep and drops it off within 30 minutes. Then your car folds up into a suitcase you can pick up and take to work. OK, so maybe it`s not quite the Jetsons, but itcertainly sounds space age. Amazon hopes to be flying your order to your doorstep within five years, though an Australian book company hopes to airmail with drones next year. But as cool as it sounds to say, Prime Air delivered by octocopters, that`s what Air Amazon is called, it`s got some challenges in just getting off the ground in the U.S. One, it`s illegal. At least right now, the Federal Aviation Administration doesn`t currently allow unmanned vehicles to make deliveries. Two, it won`t work for everything. Just stuff under five pounds. So, kayaks won`t fly. Three, it would only work within ten miles of Amazon warehouses, that`s the range of the octocopters. And four, Amazon CEO says it can`t be landing on people`s heads. So, that`s a (inaudible) to work out.We can d rone on about the practicality, legality cost effectiveness and technology, but aside from all that, this would be great for ordering pizza.If you`re already on Facebook, you can air your thoughts about this at /cnnstudentnews.Sweet. How else would you describe the world`s largest cupcake mosaic? El Salvador just set the new record. A mosaic is a piece of art made out of smaller pieces arranged in a pattern. In this case, the pattern incorporates the El Salvador flag and the smaller pieces are more than 21,000 cupcakes. That adds up to a world record you could really sink your teeth into. The mosaic was impressive enough. The record, the icing on the cupcake.It`s time to go, but we`re not deserting you for long. We are back tomorrow with more CNN STUDENT NEWS.ENDCNN Student News) -- December 2, 2013THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: A new month, a new week and a new day. Welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS. We`re starting December in Thailand. The country is a constitutional monarchy. That means it has a king. The government is run by an elected prime minister. Right now, that prime minister is Yingluck Shinawatra. Some people in Thailand want her out of power. They say she`s a puppet for her brother. He was prime minister until he was forced out of power and convicted of corruption. Yingluck Shinawatra denies the accusation against her. Her critics have been calling for her to step down for weeks. Yesterday, protesters tried to force their way into government headquarters in Bangkok. On Friday, they jumped the gate at the army headquarters, demanding help to overthrow the government.For the most part, the protests have been peaceful, but on Saturday, four people were killed when protesters fought with Prime Minister Shinawatra`s supporters. Each side blames the other for starting the violence, but the situation in Bangkok is tense.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The tear gas canisters are starting once again, and you can see everyone starts to run. Look over here. Some of these tear gas canisters are actually being thrown back. The (inaudible) police lines by the protesters. Watch (ph) the car (ph).Some of the protesters are actually firing straight back, as soon as they see the tear gas coming. Over here.We have to try and get away from the tear gas at this point. Otherwise we just can`t keep reporting. But you can see the sheer level of the tear gas that`s here at the moment. This basically disperses the crowds in a matter of minutes, but then they just come straight back once the tear gas actually clears. So it`s a very difficult situation here on the streets of Bangkok as you can see.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: In the Bronx, a borough of New York City, investigators are trying to figure out what caused a passenger train to jump off the tracks. About 150 people were on board when it happened Sunday morning. At least four were killed and more than 65 were injured. By Sunday afternoon, authorities thought that all passengers were accounted for. Seven of the eight cars were off the tracks. At least two turnedon their sides. One car was just a few feet away from the Harlem River. This happened in the same area where a freight train derailed in July.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Just the facts. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It interferes with the body`s ability to fight off diseases, and it can cause AIDS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. In 2012, more than 35 million people worldwide were living with HIV or AIDS. There is no cure for HIV or AIDS, but medications can slow down the progress of the disease.AZUZ: HIV/AIDS can be spread through sexual contact or by sharing a needle with someone who is infected, and mothers with the disease can pass it on to their babies if they`re not treated properly. Getting that word out is part of the goal of World AIDS Day. It was yesterday, December 1. And it is symbolized by red ribbons that are worn or displayed at events around the globe. Those who participate remember people who died from the disease and help raise money to fight it.HIV used to be considered a death sentence. That`s not the case today. There are medicines, as you heard, that can help those who are infected live longer. Problem is, not everyone has access to these medicines, and not everyone with HIV/AIDS is diagnosed in time. World AIDS Day aims to change that.A White House official says the difference is like night and day. He`s talking about changes to . It`s a web site for Americans to sign up for Obamacare. When it launched on October 1, the site struggled through breakdowns, error messages, long delays. President Obama`s administration set a November 30 deadline to make improvements. Now officials say the site`s running smoothly for the vast majority of users. Officials say the work isn`t over. They`ll keep dealing with bugs and glitches. Some Republicans who have been critical of the Obamacare law say the White House should wait before declaring that the web site truly is fixed.Movie fans probably know Paul Walker best from the "Fast and Furious" franchise, but the actor`s career started back when he was 2. He worked on TV shows, movies, and he helped start a charity focused on disaster relief. Sadly, Walker`s life was cut short over the weekend.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right behind you.NISCHELLE TURNER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: One of Hollywod`s most bankable stars, Paul Walker, who has made a name for himself in the "Fast and Furious" movie franchise, died in a fiery car crash in Santa Clarita, California. A second person also died in the accident. Both were attending a charity event for Walker`s organization, Reach Out WorldWide. The event was intended to benefit the victims of typhoon Hayian in the Philippines. The crash happened just north of Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon. According to his representative, Paul Walker was not driving the 2005 Porsche. When deputies arrived, the car was on fire. Both people in the car pronounced dead at the scene.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There`s nothing. We tried. We went through fire extinguishers.TURNER: All that remains, burned mangle metal, and a light pole that`s been knocked down. Authorities say speed was a factor.Walker wasn`t just a car enthusiast on screen. Off screen, the actor competed in the Red Line Time Attack racing series. He had been filming the seventh installment of "Fast and Furious" at the time of his death, and some of Hollywood`s biggest stars are reacting.Co-star Vin Diesel said on his Instagram account, "Brother, I will miss you very much.I am absolutely speechless. Heaven has gained a new angel. Rest in peace."And another "Fast and Furious" co-star Ludacris tweeted, "Your humble spirit was felt from the start. Wherever you blessed your presence, you always left a mark." And fellow actor Tyrese Gibson said, "My heart is hurting so bad, no one can make me believe this is real. My God, My God, I can`t believe I`m writing this."(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: Warner Pacific College in Portland, Oregon, signed a 10-year-old to its women`s basketball team. She doesn`t get any playing time on the court, but the team`s coach says the newest member offers some perspective to her teammates about life off the court.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you remember what you`re going to say to them?UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The coach leads the newest member of the Lady Knights onto the court. They circle up. She has a message.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Work hard.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: 10-year-old Lexie De Las Raos (ph) just signed with the women`s basketball team at Warner Pacific College.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Go, Knights, go. Yay, Knights, woo-hoo!UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Officially, she is the honorary sixth man.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Go, girls!UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Unofficially, she is a role model at 10.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With iPhones and iPads and the I-World, we`re trying to get them to think outside of I and think about somebody else besides themselves.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Lexie is that somebody else.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are you excited about the game tomorrow?UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yeah.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She`s been fighting cancer nearly as long as Jessica Owens (ph) has been dribbling a basketball. That`s nine years, if you`re counting.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What surprises me is just the amount of hope that she has. And strength. I`ve never known someone that strong, especially being so young.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it just changes their whole outlook straight away when she walks in the gym, and she has a smile on her face, and she`s limping, and I mean, it`s just amazing to see the turnaround in their personalities when that happens.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Such an overwhelming feeling. It`s just great, it`s wonderful.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I wouldn`t, like, be able to do half the things she does. She`s like really brave. She trusts people. And I like that about her.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Getting poked with needles and just all the pain and all the medicines, and then just losing her sight last year. There`s no really way of getting used to that.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: All the gym, all the cancer talk disappears.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Life is so much more than just the sport that we play. Really, it`s about just caring about others.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She`s a member of a college basketball team. She follows the game, cheers with friends, forgets about the pain.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Go Lady Knights, it`s time to fight! You can do it!UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Lexie is having fun, and the players are learning a valuable lesson - never give up.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: We are storming into a new month of roll call schools. Today, we`re reaching weathering (ph) heights. Starting from a sand storm. The Sandys from Amarillo High School in Amarillo, Texas. Next up is a surprise. Surprise, Arizona, home of the Valley Vista High and the Monsoon. From there, we will take an eastern view to Virginia and check out of the Cyclones from Eastern View High School.There is a pretty good chance you`ve seen a gingerbread house, maybe a gingerbread lane. What you`re looking at here is a gingerbread village, and even that might be minimizing this miniature marvel, especially since it set a record as the largest gingerbread village, ever. More than 150 buildings, the whole thing weighs 1.5 tons. The man who made it all by hand started this project in February, and with so many intricate details to worry about, we`re sure he worked gingerly, but it sure turned into one sweet project. It`s going to eat up all our time for now. Have a great rest of the day. We`ll see you again tomorrow.ENDCNN Student News) -- November 26, 2013THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.***CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: It`s Tuesday. It`s our last show before Thanksgiving. Millions of Americans are expected to travel for the holiday. One thing they might want to pack: patience. A stretch of winter weather is making its way across the country and threatening to cause havoc for travel plans. Heavy snow, strong winds, freezing rain - hundreds of flights have been affected, most of the winter weather should be gone by Thursday, but the days leading up to Thanksgiving could be a scramble for travelers and airlines.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Two things that should never go together: peak holiday travel and treacherous winter weather. A traveler`s nightmare: cancellations, delays and frustration all around.In Dallas where ice coated airplanes, airlines were forced to precancel hundreds of flights to avoid the inevitable. Airlines and airports are experienced with wild weather and they are ready for this round.ALEXANDRA MARREN, UNITED AIRLINES OPERATIONS V.P.: You can call this the nerve center of the airline.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: United watches the weather and directs every flight around the world from their headquarters in Chicago. The decision to cancel flights happens here.VOICE OF JIM DEYOUNG, UNITED AIRLINES MANAGING DIRECTOR NETWORK OPERATIONS: These individuals are actually measuring the impact of weather. Of the air traffic control system and coordinating not only internally with United Airlines, but with the FAA.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They are talking to this FAA command center near Washington.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Let`s go to Jacksonville and get their concerns first (ph) (inaudible)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Conference calls keep airlines and FAA controllers up todate with changing conditions, and a warning for travelers: think before you book.GEORGE HOBICA, : Probably, the worst mistake is to take a connecting flight or if you do connect to connect through a known bad weather airport like Chicago or Denver or Detroit or Minneapolis. Airports that are prone to snow storms.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But a storm as big as this one will be hard to avoid. (END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: Well, yesterday we reported on an international agreement involving Iran`s controversial nuclear program. We told you some government`s responses to this deal. T oday, we`ve got more reaction.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM, ( R) SOUTH CAROLINA : The sanctions actually worked, but this interim deal gives the Iranians $7 billion in cash, and it leaves in place one of the most sophisticated enrichment programs around.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I become very happy because as a first thing, that`s a thing about it, is about medicines.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The medicines.UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Effects of on the price of medicine, because it`s very high and I see it`s better now.SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D) NEW YORK: I`m disappointed by the terms of the agreement between Iran and the P5+1 nations. Because it does not seem proportional.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Everybody is happy about it, because we hope for a change and the (inaudible) situation that we are (inaudible).(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: We all struggle with stress or adversity at time. Some people have strategies for dealing with it. They might pray, they might meditate. Maybe listen to music orfind comfort with friends. Imagine if you are the leader of the free world. That`s a job filled with stress. One person on President Obama`s staff had an idea to help.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)JAKE TAPPER, ANCHOR "THE LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER": In the midst of a bruising 2008 presidential campaign, a young staffer was quietly praying for his candidate and decided to let him know.JOSHUA DUBOIS, AUTHOR, "THE PRESIDENT`S DEVOTIONAL": I was thinking, you know, I wonder who is looking after his soul, his spirit, and so shot him an email, wasn`t sure what kind of response I was going to get - I was going to get (inaudible) what would happen if I sent this note, and in a few minutes he wrote back and said, this is exactly what I was looking for.TAPPER: That message was a short meditation on the 23 psalm, you know, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." And that started a daily tradition for Joshua Dubois and Barack Obama. About 2,000 devotions later, the emails are part of how the president quietly practices his Christian faith. DuBois joined the administration as the director of faith and neighborhood partnerships, helping to shape policy and acting as a bridge between faith leaders and President Obama.President Obama is not somebody who wears his spirituality on his sleeve.(on camera): How important is religion and spirituality and Jesus Christ ...DUBOIS: Yeah.TAPPER: to President Obama.DUBOIS: You know, it`s very important. And I, for one, would rather have a leader who leaves out a sermon than preaches one.TAPPER: He has been criticized for not picking a church.DUBOIS: Yeah.TAPPER: In Washington, D.C.DUBOIS: We recognized very early on that when you bring the whole package ofthe presidency, all the Secret Service and all the lines and barricades and so forth to a local congregation, there is a lot of burden there, and so instead of picking one congregation, he decided to visit several.TAPPER (voice over): With politics, policy and war, the business of being the president can be altogether unholy.(on camera): How do you as somebody who is so attuned to the president`s spiritual needs reconcile the job, which is borne out of tough unheavenly decisions and his relationship with God.DUBOIS: As long as, you know, you are - you feel that within your own soul that the moves that you are making, are right with God and right with yourself, and that`s the best we can ask for. And so, my job was to help - push him towards that relationship with God where they could have their own conversation about what was right and then he makes the best decisions that he can.TAPPER (voice over): His job approval rating at their lowest point in some polls. The president`s in a tough time now. During past periods of doubt and difficulty, DuBois has sent to the president a go to devotional about bouncing back. He quotes second Corinthians. And he combined that with the story about legendary boxer Joe Lewis refusing to take a quick rest on the mat after being knocked down because he didn`t want his opponent to get any rest either.(END VIDEOTAPE)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is this legit? Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights. It`s true. The holiday is also known as the Feast of Dedication and the Feast of Maccabees.AZUZ: Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Maccabees. A group of Jewish people. It also celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. The holiday lasts eight nights, the start of Hanukkah isn`t always on the same day. This year, it starts at sunset on Wednesday, which means the eight day holiday coincided with a major U.S. holiday.Fortunately for turkey, Thanksgiving isn`t America`s favorite holiday. That`s Christmas with Thanksgiving in second. Unfortunately for turkeys, they are on the menu for both. So it`s not a time of year when turkeys have holiday cheer. They maybe especially concerned in one of the four U.S. towns named after them. Turkey, Texas. Turkey, North Carolina, Turkey Creek, Louisiana or Turkey Creek, Arizona. Northern turkeys may also be on the wing in Pennsylvania if they leave near the townships of Upper Turkeyfoot or Lower Turkeyfoot. One thing that`s afoot nationwide, Americans are talking turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. The National Turkey Federation, which no turkeys are actually members says that 88 percent of Americans gobble up turkey on Thanksgiving. A 2012 Gallup survey found only five percent of Americans consider themselves vegetarians, in case you are wondering. What this means, 46 million turkeys will be at the Thanksgiving table, but they won`t be enjoying the meal. They probably had a better time running wild at the first Thanksgiving celebration. There is no proof that turkey was on the table in 1621. What was? Venison is one possibility, my dear. Of course, almost 400 years later, a deer for dinner could leave some passionate poultry partakers plaintiff. But it could save time for cooks: it takes about five hour to oven bake a large stuffed turkey. Without that, people could carve out plenty more time for cranberry sauce or sweet potatoes. Two Thanksgiving traditions that might not ruffle turkey`s feathers.Midwest takes center stage for our last "Roll Call" of November. In Brookville, Ohio, we`ve got the blue devils from Brookville High School. Going west, in a little north to Westby, Wisconsin. And that`s where we check in with the Northman. And in Greensberg (ph) Indiana, the South Decatur Cougars grab a spot on the roll.That gobbles up almost all our time in this pre- Thanksgiving show. I`m personally thankful for having the best audience at CNN. We`re going to leave you with some "I-Report" sharing what you are thankful for. Have a very happy Thanksgiving. We`ll see you Monday.END(CNN Student News) -- November 25, 2013THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND。
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CNN Student News目录1、CNN Student News2、学习方法介绍3、理解与表达4、简单语法介绍(CNN Student News) -- June 1, 2016Unique Challenges Complicate the Upcoming Olympics in Rio; NOAA Releases Its Hurricane Forecast; How Digital Technology Revolutionized PhotographyTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. ***CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Welcome to Wednesday`s edition of CNN STUDENT NEWS. My name is Carl Azuz. We`re grateful to have you watching.First up, every city that`s hosted the Olympic Games in recent years has faced considerable challenges. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is no exception.The cost of hosting the games, which is in the billions, keeping residents and visitors safe, just making sure they can all get around from place to place, and building many of the venues where athletes will compete. These are common obstacles.But there are a number of unique challenges to Rio and Brazil as a whole that officials worldwide are concerned about. Olympic organizers and city officials say these games which are the first ever to be held in South America will be a big success. So, why do some critics have doubts?(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: This has been a particularly rough run-up to the Olympic Games, which was scheduled to start here in Rio in just over two months, a whole set of challenges facing not only Rio, the host city, but Brazil as a whole.(voice-over): It`s hard not to be seduced by Rio de Janeiro. This spectacular city soon to be the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics.Two months before the start of the games, construction crews are putting in the final touches at the Olympic venues.GUSTAVO NASCIMENTO, HEAD OF OLYMPIC VENUE MANAGEMENT: Everything`s going to be ready on time. We`re going to deliver the park fully commissioned the 24th of July.WATSON (on camera): But despite Rio`s beauty, the city and Brazil as a whole are facing some pretty daunting challenges. A whole series of unexpected setbacks leading some to wonder, are Rio`s Olympics somehow cursed?(voice-over): Just days ago, a warning from more than 100 international doctors, calling for the games to be postponed or moved, because the mosquito-born Zika virus could threaten an expected half a million foreign visitors.That view rejected by the World Health Organization, which does advise pregnant women to avoid the Olympics entirely, because of the risk of severe deformities to unborn children.And then there`s the political and economic crisis. Turmoil after Congress suspended Brazil`s elected president in an impeachment process last month, and high-level corruption scandals, during the worst economic recession in generations, which has left more than 10 million Brazilians unemployed.The economic hardship aggravating Rio`s endemic problems with violent crime. Daily gun battles between police and drug gangs in the city`s impoverished favelas, as well as a surge in robberies.This month, members of the Spanish Olympic sailing team mugged at gunpoint.FERNANDO ECHEVARRI, SPANISH OLYMPIC SAILOR: We just turn around to see what was happening and we saw the pistols, like this.WATSON: Olympic sailors also worried about Rio`s notoriously polluted bay, a dumping ground for much of the city`s raw sewage.VICTORIA JURCZOK, GERMAN OLYMPIC SAILOR: We don`t want to swim in it.WATSON: Rio`s mayor warns this isn`t a first world city.MAYOR EDUARDO PAES, RIO DE JANEIRO: Don`t come here expecting that everything will be, you know, perfect. We live in a country that has an economic crisis, a country with lots of inequality. With all the problems we have seen concerning corruption, briberies. But the city will be much better than it was when we got the games.WATSON: But even one of the mayor`s new infrastructure projects is now a deadly failure.(on camera): This brand-new spectacular cliff side bike path was supposed to be a showcase project for the Olympics. Instead, it became a tragic setback when the waves took out part of the trail, killing two people last month.(voice-over): In the turbulent run up to the Olympics, a virtual storm of bad new that leads you wondering, what could possibly happen next?(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: Across the Pacific Ocean, Southeast China is where we`re starting today`s call of the roll.In the city of Foshan, thank you for watching from Nanhai Senior High School.To the U.S. state of West Virginia, we`ve got some Vikings there. Petersburg High School is in the city of Petersburg.And watch out for the Hornets. They`re making a buzz in Charlotte, North Carolina, where you`ll find Albemarle Road Middle School.The term "500-year flood event" basically means there`s a rare 1-in-500 chance that a particular flood would hit in a given year. Southeast Texas has seen two of these 500-year flood events in two months, what a CNN meteorologist described as very bad luck.Last week, there were record-setting rains in the region. At one point, the city of Brenham got 19 inches of rain in 48 hours. It stopped falling last Friday night, but not before swelling flood waters that killed six people, some of whom were trapped in cars and high water.The National Weather Service has given several warnings, telling people not to drive through flooded areas and to be careful need riverbanks. Hundreds of homes have been flooded or swept away. Another storm is in the forecast for later this week.Today is the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season. It runs from June 1st through November 30th, though forecasters say that these storms can form at any time. This is just when they`re more likely.Predicting how many storms will form in a given season is not an exact science and predictions are often inaccurate. But they give coastal residents, emergency workers and insurance companies an idea of what to look out for.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)JENNIFER GRAY, CNN METEOROLOGIST: NOAA has just released their numbers for the upcoming hurricane season. Their predictions on how active this season will be and they`ve actually predicteda very normal season, 10 to 16 named storms, four to eight hurricanes, and one to four major storms. It`s pretty much all in line with what the other agencies are saying, 12 to 14 named storms.Now, a normal year, you may say, so what? But it`s actually been a while since we`ve had a normal year. You have to go back to 2012. Ever since then, we have had below normal seasons. So, forecasting a normal season, this year, will actually mean more storms, possibly.One reason we have had some pretty slow years is because of El Nino. The jet stream shifts to the south during an El Nino year, increasing the wind shear which will rip those storms apart. But we are forecasted to go into La Nina, which means that jet stream will shift back up to the north.We`ll have decrease in wind shear and it could be just that perfect environment to get some of the storms going in the Atlantic.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: CNN has used a lot of hurricane footage that people captured on their phones. Digital photography is something we just tend to use without thinking about it. But 41 years ago, when the first digital camera was made, it weighed around eight pounds, it took 23 seconds to record its first picture and the resolution was 1/100 of 1 megapixel.So, maybe all that`s why Kodak wasn`t in a hurry to invest in the technology.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)RACHEL CRANE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The great irony of Frankenstein is that the doctor`s greatest discovery, creating a living, breathing human from dead matter led to his demise. Kodak can relate.One of their engineers, Steven Sasson, invented the first digital camera in 1975.They called the technology filmless photography. But they were never able to capitalize on it. In fact, their competitors trounced them in the digital photography space. And in 2012, 131 years after its founding, the company filed for bankruptcy protection. By then, an estimated 2.5 billion people owned digital cameras.And that changed the business, too -- especially this business, journalism. Video and images captured on digital cameras could be instantly reviewed and transmitted all across the world.The first journalists to use digital camera for the "Associated Press" did so at the first Bush inauguration in 1989, and cell phone cameras have made every citizen a potential reporter.Time and time again, footage captured by amateurs on digital cameras has been vital first hand sources of information, even medicine has benefitted.Doctors can see inside your body, thanks to tiny digital cameras, and then they can store and share those images quickly and easily with colleagues across the globe.The list goes on and on, but if you could excuse me, I have to go Facetime with my mom.(END VIDEOTAPE)AZUZ: On the golf course, you might encounter a bunker or a lake, hazards you generally want to avoid. Here`s another kind: this massive scale reptilian beast of a hazard was seen in the greens at a Florida golf course, recently. The alligator is estimated to be 15 feet long. The man who shot this video said the thing was so big, it looked like two guys in an alligator suit.It didn`t cause any problems, besides maybe abject terror. Good thing no one tried to club it. Its teeth could leave a hole in one attacker. It doesn`t need to take a shot to take a slice, and its simple presence is off putting. You know what a golfer yells when an alligator is on the course?Carni-four (ph)!I`m Carl Azuz and we`ll see you gator.END返回目录2、学习方法介绍：CNN Student News是专门给美国中学生制作的新闻节目，介绍最近全球热点新闻。
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(CNN Student News) -- October 19, 2011THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.GROUP: Ms. Hamilton`s (ph) sixth grade current events: This is CNN Student News. See ya.CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: You`ll see me right now. Thanks to the students at Covington Douglas in Oklahoma for kicking off today`s show by sending us an iReport. You can do that, too, at . I`m Carl Azuz, bringing you the headlines on this Wednesday, October 19th.First up, an exchange of prisoners in the Middle East. You`ve heard us discuss the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. This latest news has both sides celebrating. It was a trade of one Israeli soldier, who was released yesterday, for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners who will be released in two stages.Why one person in exchange for more than 1,000?(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): Well, the Israeli soldier named Gilad Shalit was captured by Palestinian fighters five years ago. So his release means a great deal to a great number of Israelis. The Palestinian prisoners have been held in Israel for a wide variety of offenses过错, 冒犯, 触怒, so their release means a great deal to a great number of Palestinians.Outside countries are hoping that this exchange of prisoners will help ease tensions between the two sides.Next story today takes us to North Africa. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stopped by Libya yesterday, and met with the nation`s temporary leader. There was a lot of security at Secretary Clinton`s visit. She`s the first U.S. Cabinet-level official to visit the new Libya, and the country`s still fighting a civil war with people who support the new government, battling fighters who want Moammar Gadhafi back in power.Gadhafi is Libya`s former dictator. The U.S. was among several countries that helped kick him out over the summer. Libya`s new leaders thanked Secretary Clinton and America for their support. The U.S. hopes Libya will become a democracy in the near future.They`re still dangerous. They`re still radioactive放射性的. Japan`s damaged nuclear reactors could be shut down a month ahead of schedule. This is at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, a placebadly damaged by the earthquake and tsunami [tsu:'nɑ:mi]海啸on March 11th.The Tokyo electric power company was hoping to have the reactor shut down and sealed密封off by January. Now they`re saying it could be done by December. Eighty thousand people had to beevacuated [i'vækjueit]撤退，疏散because of this, and experts say it could take decades to clean up all of the dangerous nuclear material that seeped[si:p]渗出, 渗漏into the soil and the environment.(END VIDEO CLIP)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED MALE: See if you can ID me. I`m located in the Mojave Desert. My unique water supply helped make me a major city. My name means "the meadows" in Spanish. Peoplefrom around the world visit my hotels and casinos[kə'si:nəu]娱乐场, 赌场, 一种牌戏.I`m Las Vegas and while I`m not the capital of Nevada, I am its largest city.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Las Vegas is also where CNN hosted the Western Republican Debate last night. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): You are watching a time-lapse['taimlæps]延时的, 定时的video of ussetting up for it. The stakes桩, 奖金are getting higher for the candidates候选人, 应试者, who hope to run against President Obama next year. This was their eighth debate overall从头到尾的, and ratings for earlier matchups对手showed roughly twice as many Americans are watching this time around than the early primary debates of four years ago.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Location in Las Vegas is also significant here. The economy has been the biggest issue in these debates so far. And as T.J. Holmes shows us, it`s one of Las Vegas` biggest problems.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)T.J. HOLMES, CNN REPORTER (voice-over): Welcome to Las Vegas, underneath在...下面,在...底下the glittering ['glitəriŋ]闪闪发亮的lights and entertainment, a city that`s struggling in the down economy. Just ask the cab drivers.HOLMES: You think that people don`t get it, how bad you`re hurting?LANCE OLIVIA, TAXI DRIVER: They don`t. You know, the Strip will be busy to them. We know it`s not.ANDY ABBOUD, V.P., LAS VEGAS SANDS CORPORA TION: People are coming to Vegas, but they`re hesitant to spend money.HOLMES (voice-over): Andy Abboud helps to run the Venetian. He said business is starting to pick up, but it`s not enough by itself.ABBOUD: So while other people in other parts of the country are rolling in, locals still don`t have the confidence they can go out and start buying homes again and making money.HOLMES (voice-over): Construction, the engine of the V egas boom, has come to a standstill停顿. The unemployment rate is at 14.2 percent. The foreclosure [fɔ:'kləuʒə]抵押品赎回权的取消rate is higher here than anywhere else in the country. One of the few places that`s bustling活跃的; 忙乱的; 奔忙的; 熙攘的: Vetserve (ph), which provides meals for veterans老兵who can`t afford them.SHALIMAR CABRERA, VETSERVE (PH): The economy is closing down businesses, and they`re losing jobs. So the number one reason veterans are coming to us right now is unemployment.HOLMES (voice-over): One idea to help Vegas rebound复兴, 复原，振作: trying to put the focus back on the people who live here.ZACH WARE, : So this is Fremont Street, which is the original Strip.HOLMES (voice-over): So Zach Ware works for the Internet`s premier首相; 总理shoe shopping site, . The company is in the process of relocating重新装置, 再配置, 放在新地方more than 1,200 employees to downtown -- old Vegas -- the heart of an economically depressed area.WARE: For us, the community and the locals are first. And if we happen to create something that`s really, really cool as a community, and they want to come visit, that is awesome了不起的, 精彩的, 绝妙的. We`d love that.I think that the most important thing we can do as a community is really focus on creating the elements in downtown Las Vegas that serve the community, and not sort of fall into the trap that (inaudible) the Strip has fallen into for all the right reasons, which is we need to serve the tourist community. We need to make sure it works for them first and then the locals second.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Call it the perfect dust storm.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): These weren`t rain clouds rolling into Lubbock, Texas, though heaven knows rain is needed there. The Texas drought is part of the reason why this 8,000-foot dust clouddescended [di'send]突然袭击, 突然拜访on Monday.Extra dry soil plus a cold front joined forces here. The cloud blew in on winds as fast as 75 miles per hour, taking down trees and causing some minor damage. It also coated everything around in dirt and dust. Texas` summer wildfires factored into this, too. Plants that normally would have held soil in place had burned up.(END VIDEO CLIP)(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Today`s Shoutout goes out to Mr. Mosqueda`s social studies classes at Santan Junior High School in Chandler, Arizona. Which of these vehicles['vi:ikl]车辆, 交通工具was invented last? Here we go. Was it the locomotive[ˌləukə'məutiv]火车头, 机车, motorcycle, steam boat or hot air balloon? You`ve got three seconds, go.The motorcycle, whose invention dates back to the late 1800s, came last in the group. That`s your answer, and that`s your Shoutout.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: Some of the first motorcycles were three-wheelers. You had two wheels up front, one in the back. And some manufacturers制造商would just take a bicycle and then slap an engine on it. We`ve come a long way in performance since then.Not as far in safety. But in addition to helmets and protective clothing, Dan Simons spoke to an inventor whose two-wheeled vehicle wouldn`t tip over.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)DAN SIMONS, CNN REPORTER (voice-over): It looks like something out of a sci-fi movie科幻电影. But if it ever hits the street, it could very well revolutionize transportation.Danny Kim took his expert knowledge of vehicles and engineering, and let his imagination run wild.DANNY KIM, FOUNDER AND CEO, LIT MOTORS: The best way to describe it is we take theefficiency and romance of a motorcycle, and we integrate ['intigreit]整合, 结合the convenience and safety of a car.SIMONS (voice-over): It began with a simple scooter ['sku:tə]踏板车, 小型摩托车with Kim and a small team in San Francisco testing out their theories. They recently completed this prototype ['prəutətaip]原型, 范例, 雏形, which for now, is just a slick光滑的frame that sits in the middle of a three-story garage汽车修理厂, 车库.UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You get in it just like you would a normal car, and you shut the door. SIMONS (voice-over): It has two wheels like a motorcycle, but the steering掌舵, 转向装置wheel of a car plus it will have a regular accelerator [æk'seləˌreitə]加速装置,油门and brake制动器, 闸, 刹车and be fully electric.KIM: There it goes.SIMONS (voice-over): The secret, he says, to making this eventually run is with two gyroscopes['gaiərəskəup]陀螺仪, 回转仪that keep the vehicle upright. Kim says it represents eight years of research on mockups['mɔkʌp]实物大模型; 原型; 图样like the scooter.KIM: We use the gyroscopes to stabilize ['steibilaiz]使坚固the vehicle when it`s tilting [tɪlt]倾斜and leaning in a turn. So let`s say if you come to an intersection交集, 十字路口, 交叉点and you get T-boned, you know, what happens is the vehicle would just skid滑行and scoot over and it`ll never actually fall over.SIMONS: So it`ll always be on those two wheels?KIM: It`ll always be upright on two wheels.SIMONS (voice-over): Kim hopes to have an actual product on sale in just a few years with what he says is an affordable price of $16,000.KIM: My long-term vision is to have it be their primary commuting vehicle, at least in the United States.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: You know sometimes if you`re playing basketball and you`re not up for one-on-one一人对一人的比赛, so you just play Horse?(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ (voice-over): So does he. This equine athlete is known as Amos the Wonder Horse. His vertical垂直的位置isn`t that great, but he gets the "mane" idea. Now before you go thinking youcould totally take him on the court, wait. Amos also plays xylophone：['zailəfəun]木琴. Uh-huh. You may be this talented, but not this random ['rændəm]随意, 任意.。