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CNN英语听力2012年02月合辑（文本+翻译）：20120221According to government estimates, Americans produced about 250 million tons of garbage in 2010. Now, of course,recycling can help cut down on the amount of trash we produce. But that`s not enough for one Colorado city.Officials there don`t just want to decrease the amount of trash, they want to do away with it entirely. Reynolds Wolf shows us how businesses are sorting it all out.Steamboat Springs, Colorado, home of amazing views, snow-capped peaks, stunning treelines and mountains of --garbage?Believe it or not, the connection between these snowy heights, this mound of trash and these overflowing lunch trays are closer than you might think. You see, about three years ago, Steamboat Springs set an ambitious goal.They wanted to eliminate all garbage. They`d recycle or reuse everything. The goal: to be 100 percent waste-free by 2014.Here`s how it works. Restaurants and town events should use only recycled products. That means that cups, plates and eating utensils have to be compostable or made from recycled goods. Even trash cans are sealed, so customers can`t throw anything away. They have people who do it for you.When a tray comes up to your station, what`s your job? What are you doing?We take a soda bottle out. We take any plastic wrappers out, and the plastic wrappers go in the garbage. The soda goes in recycling. Anything left, food or the bioplastic that`s left, we put in our compost bin.Yep. These guys sort through Steamboat`s trash, making sure the right items get to the right places.And to show us how it`s done, we`ve got Jesse Rights (ph) with us. Jesse, I`ve got this plate that came up. It is a full one. Oh, wow. OK, how do I get started? You tell me what to do with this.Yes, this is quite a typical plate right here. This is what you`d see on a normal basis.First, we`re going to start with the trash. So we can`t recycle anything like this.All right.Tinfoil wrappers -- so we`re going to take these and we`re going to go straight to the waste with that.What about these guys, the paper?This is completely compostable --So that goes in --Follow me. We`re going to go in the compost bin right here.And what about this stuff, like plastic?This is actually compostable, too, as well.At the end of the day, all those leftovers come here, the Twin Enviro Composting Facility, just outside of town,where trash disintegrates into dirt. Every year, they turn more than 175 tons of food scraps and other compostable waste into 400 tons of fertile soil, which goes right back to the mountains of Steamboat Springs.Jesse, when you look at all this stuff, I mean, some people would see it and just say, all this goes in the trash,but a little different when you look at it, huh?You know, when I look at it, I see a big garden of dirt right here. And we can use that. We can bring it in. We can make a, you know, a ramp for our wintertime festivities, or we can get a biking trail started with this.This is, one day, possibly plant food --Exactly.Unreal.That`s a playground right there.Steamboat already cut its waste by at least 70 percent. They think that with a little guidance any city in any country could do just as well.People are on vacation, so they`re -- you know, they`re here for fun. And then when they see something like that,and it interests them, they can bring it home to where they`re at. I think any bit helps. And if Steamboat brings that to the nation and the world, then that`s a good thing.Reynolds Wolf, CNN, Steamboat Springs, Colorado.You fans of our puns are going to love this next story. Those of you who don`t like them are just going to have to suffer through it.Before we go, we`re going to check out some barnyard harmonizing.A donkey singing, and that might be the best you can hope for when your duet partner is a donkey.The woman who posted this video on YouTube said she just wanted to play some music for the animals on her farm. The donkey wasn`t content to be in the audience, though. He wanted to be in on the act.Might not have had perfect pitch --But if you`re going to sing in the wrong key, try not to "B flat." We`d say the donkey and his fiddle-playing partner killed it on that song, but we don`t want to promote "violins." Maybe he should recruit some of his farmyard friends for the next "corral" concert.We definitely take note of that and be sure to tune in. The puns are coming at a fever pitch. We`d go for more, but we`re going to hold "fermata" solid seven. That last one was for you band members. Hope you got it. Enjoy the rest of your day. For CNN Student News, I`m Carl Azuz.据政府估计,美国在2010年创造了大约2.5亿吨的垃圾。
CNN英语听力2012年10月合辑(文本+翻译)20121017
It was a incredible thing to see, we're gonna tell you how it all turned out.这看起来是一件难以置信的事,我们会告诉你其中的所有结果。
I'm Carl Azuz, welcome to a new week of CNN student news.我是卡尔·阿祖兹,欢迎来到新的一周的CNN学生新闻。
Last week,we reported on Malala Yousafzai, she is a blogger and an activist for education and women's right.上周,我们报道了马莱拉·由萨法,她是一位博主并且是一名为教育和妇女争取权利的积极分子。
She's 14 years old.她只有14岁。
Last Tuesday, Malala was targeted and shot by the Taliban.上周二马莱拉成为了目标并被塔利班分子射杀。
That's a militant group but has a strong presence in the part of Pakistan where Malala lives.这是一个激进组织,但在马莱拉生活的巴基斯坦却非常强大。
Lot of her country has rallied behind her, thousands of people turning out to be part of the demonstration in the city of Karachi this weekend.有很多国家团结起来支持她, 而且这个周末成千上万的人走上在城市卡拉奇的街头举行示威活动。
They were showing their support for Malala and speaking out against the Taliban and its strict policies.他们是在表示他们对于马莱拉的支持及公开反对塔利班及其严厉的政策。
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CNN英语听力2012年02月合辑（文本+翻译）：20120210Hi, I`m Carl Azuz. Thank you for spending part of your Tuesday with CNN Student News. You know how we do things here, 10 minutes, no commercials, global headlines delivered right to your class.First up today, the U.S. embassy closed. The British ambassador called home. The U.N. Security Council, tense. All of this is over the crisis happening in the nation of Syria. It`s been going on for 11 months now. It started with people speaking out against Syria`s president and calling for change there.The government responded with violence, and United Nations officials say thousands of people have died.That includes more than 50 people who were reportedly killed in Syria on Monday. Intense blasts rattled some cities as the fighting went on. The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria, pulled all of its staff out. The British ambassador to Syria was called back to England for consultations.As we told you about yesterday, the U.N. Security Council did not pass the resolution that would have demanded an end to the violence in Syria. Some members of the council are furious with Russia and China. Those are the two countries that voted against the resolution.Russia and China say they want the fighting to stop, but they didn`t agree with the language in the resolution. One Syrian protector said Syria`s government stepped up its crackdown after the resolution failed to pass in the U.N. The protesters said, quote, "The U.N. gave them the green light to inflict more violence."Next up, we`re looking at some extreme winter weather that`s pounding countries all over Europe. Some spots are getting more snow than they have in decades.Spain, Italy, Belgium and other parts of Western Europe are dealing with the winter storms, but Eastern Europe seems to be getting hit especially hard. We`re talking about countries like Rumania, Russia and Poland.Sarajevo in Bosnia is suffering through the biggest snowfall since 1999. Some of the snowdrifts got up to 43 inches high. That`s almost four feet of snow. Schools there have shut down for the entire week. Ukraine may be getting the worst of it. In that nation, the highest temperatures of the day are still below freezing. Hundreds of people have died across Europe, and Matthew Chance looks at one way in which Ukrainian officials are trying to help their citizens survive these frigid conditions.Well, Europe really is in a deep freeze. And no country has suffered more than Ukraine. It`s experienced some of the lowest temperatures in recent days. It`s also had the highest death tolls.Health officials say 135 people have lost their lives because of these icy, frigid conditions. Most of them are homeless, and so what the authorities are doing is setting up tents like these.Look, this one`s called Mabil Nicht Punt Obrivu (ph), which means a mobile heating point where people can just come in for a few days when they`ve got nowhere else to go, a few hours, and warm themselves and escape this ice and snow.All right, so here we are, and you can see there are a number of people who are -- have gathered here to try and escape from the cold. They`re warming their hands around this room heating stove fueled by wood.And it`s a very basic situation inside, but the smell`s not great. They`re offering some basic foods over here, some -- (speaking foreign language). Kasha? It`s porridge. It`s porridge and bread, so basically -- and some hot tea as well.There`s also a computer over the back there, where you can watch movies and I think even get on the Internet. But generally people are coming here, as you can see, this guy warming up his feet, to just try and escape from the icy, frigid conditions outside. And everybody here we`ve spoken to knows that if it weren`t for places like this, they`d be in real trouble.Well, there you have it. These oases of warmth in the center of this freezing continent. The bad news is that the icy temperatures we`ve been experiencing here aren`t expected to get any warmer any time soon -- Matthew Chance, CNN, Kiev.If you go to the "Spotlight" section on our home page, you`ll find a link to CNN`s Election Center. It`s where you can get tons of information about the U.S. presidential election process. You can read up on the candidates, learn more about some of the top political issues and check out the calendar to see when the next primaries and caucuses are happening.We can tell you that right now. They`re today. And we`ll do better than tell you where they`re happening, we`ll show you.Colorado and Minnesota are holding caucuses today, and there`s a primary taking place in Missouri. So that`s where the Republican candidates are focusing their attention. They`re out on the trail, working to rally support as they try to win these individual contest.They`ll get a little breather after today. The next votes won`t be cast until the end of the month when Arizona and Michigan hold their Republican primaries.嗨,我是卡尔·阿祖兹。
CNN英语听力2012年11月合辑(文本+翻译)2012-11-21
First up, we are looking at President Obama's first news conference since he was reelected to a second term.首先,我们来关注下奥巴马总统连任后的第一次新闻发布会。
The president took questions from the media for about an hour at the White House yesterday afternoon.总统昨天下午在白宫问题用了约一小时回答来自媒体的问题。
One topic that came up, the so-called "fiscal cliff."期中一个话题是所谓的“财政悬崖”。
It's a set of spending cuts and tax increases that could go into effect soon.这是很快将生效的一套削减开支并增加税收的法案。
The president and congressional leaders are considering ways to avoid that cliff.总统和国会领导人们正在考虑如何避免财政悬崖的方法。
President Obama was set to meet with business leaders after yesterday's news conference to talk about the issue.在昨天的新闻发布会奥巴马总统会见了商界领袖们来讨论这个问题。
He said he wants input from everyone.总统表示希望每个人都参与进来。
I'm open to new ideas, if Republican counterparts or some Democrats have a great idea for us to raise revenue, maintain progress already, make sure the middle class isn't getting hit, reduces our deficit, encourages growth, I'm not going to just slam the door in their face.我欢迎新的思想,如果共和党同行或一些民主党人有能够让我们提高收入,保持进步,确保中产阶级不受重创,减少我们的赤字,鼓励增长的好主意,我不会关上他们的大门。
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高中英语 CNN听力05月合辑（文本+翻译）0530素材Fridays are awesome. So is that iReport from Mr. Delaney and the Spanish River Sharks. Very well done, y'all. I'm Carl Azuz. Let's go ahead and get started.First up, we're looking at th e second tropical storm to get a name so far this year. This is the second named storm in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Pacific hurricane season starts a couple works before the Atlantic season, and there are diffe rent sets of names for storms in the two oceans.This is Hurricane Bud. As of Thursday, it was a category 2 hurricane off the coast of Mexico. Experts following its path don't predict Bud to make landfall, but they did warn that rain from the storm could lead to floods or mudslides.Now we mentioned the different lists of na mes, but the type of storm we're talking about is actually called different things in different parts of the world.For instance, in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, these are called hurricanes. You knew that. But if you travel up to the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean -- so up near Japan and Russia, the storms are called typhoons.And then if you go down into the Indian Ocean, the name changes to cyclones. So you have th ree names, all the same type of storm.These storms can be affected by so mething called El Nino. It's a weather ev ent that involves unusually warm ocean temperatures. Chad Myers breaks down the forecast for this year's Atlantic hurricane seasons, which starts a week from today, and he explains the impact that El Nino could have.It is going to be a below-normal or above-normal season. Pick one. So here you go.A normal average year, 11. Now there's a new forecast o ut, just at 11 o'clock, somewhere between nine, which would be below normal, or 15 named storms, which would be above normal.Hurricanes, six is the average. It could be four, below normal, or eight, above normal. And major hurricanes, two, it could be one, below normal, or three, above normal. Why? Because El Nino could get in the way.If El Nino really builds off the coast, the west coast of South America, Mexico and even kind of runs up toward the U.S., but really, it's South America, that would ruin the season, which means it would h amper the storms, and we would have all those lower numbers. If El Nino does not form, we could still be above normal. Remember, it -- all these numbers are just an estimate.周五太棒了。
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CNN英语听力01月合辑（文本+翻译）：0105Egyptian police's raiding the office of three US spaces, pre-democracy human rights organization's seizing competitors and documents. It's a part of massive sweep against these non-governmental organizations. One of the American groups is cheered by a former secretary state and another by a powerful US senator.AJ John junalist from Cairo, it's outrageous, what's it going on in Cairo right now? Tell our viewers what happened on this day?Well, Wolf. We spoke to spokeperson form general prosecutor office here, they confirm us that the security forces conduct seventeen rage on non-governmental organizations in Cairo today, targeting at least ten groups across the country. Ah, at targeted group included US space freedom house, the national democratic aganist institute and international republican institute, and I spoke a short while ago to Julia huge, she is a country director for NDI,she said it was very surprising at about 12:30 pm, local time here today, and it was a simultaneous raids three offices in the country here, that laptops were taken, lots of papers, electronic devices, some finacial records. And she says that they were heard before, they were under investigation but they didn't get any more really information on that. This is something that caused a lot of outrages here, a lot of right attacks in Egypt saying that this is something that wouldn't even happen during the repressive Monbara days during that regime and a lot of people calling into question just what the ruling military counsil here is intending to send what kind of message during their send with these actions. A lot of people here believe, this is clear indication that the supreme council of armed forces are not going to allow a true democratic civil society to flourish in Egypt.These are organizations that promote democracy that monitor elections. I don't know if the military rulers of Egypt know that now M A, the former Secretary of State, is the head of the National Democratic Institute, Republican Senator John McCain is the head of International Republican Institute. Do they have a clue what's going on here, how outrageous this is?Well, if they didn't know before, they certainly are getting an indication now. This is a very, very big deal. It's bewildering why the Supreme Council of the armed forces, or the general prosecutors of this, why they would do this kind of action, especially targeting these American, US organizations. It just doesn't make any sense. It's sure to strain US-Egypt relations at a time when there's already a lot of tension and violatility here, you know. Even in these post-revolutionary times when things should be calming, when elections are happening, in the past couple of weeks we've seen an increase in crackdowns that are going on against protesters, and we've seen a lot of outrage being expressed because military tribunals are still going on, and this is really only something that's going to add more tension not just within Egypt but especially between the US-Egypt relationship, which is such a crucial alliance in this region.Yeah, they are gonna have to reverse this pretty quickly and start returning those laptops and all those documents they those offices in Cairo. I'm M H, we'll stay in close touch with you. Thanks, very much, for that update.埃及警察袭击了美国的3间公司,前民主人权组织逮捕人员及抢夺文件。
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CNN英语听力2012年02月合辑（文本+翻译）：20120208Back from the weekend, I`m Carl Azuz, and this is CNN Student News. You`ve probably ordered fast food -- not like the guy you`re going to hear in a bit, though. First up, we`re heading to Nevada.It`s a state that Mitt Romney has to be pretty happy with right now. The former Massachusetts governor finished in first place in Nevada`s Republican presidential caucuses over the weekend.Now these caucuses are different from primaries, where each person casts a single vote. During a caucus, groups of people meet and declare which candidates they prefer. As the votes started being counted on Saturday, CNN projected that former Governor Romney would win Nevada. A lot of experts have predicted that, since he won the state`s caucuses four years ago as well.But the result isn`t changing the Republican field of candidates. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, U.S. Representative Ron Paul and former Senator Rick Santorum have all promised to stay in the race. The next round of contests is tomorrow, caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado and a primary in Missouri.Looking at an economic headline that some experts are calling a nice surprise, the U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent in January. That is the lowest it`s been in nearly three years, and the economy added 243,000 jobs in January. That`s nearly double what experts were predicting.But most economists say there`s still a long way to go here, and there`s no guarantee that the job growth we`ve seen lately will continue. President Obama had a similar message during a speech on Friday. He says these numbers will probably go up and down.While the current news is good, the president said there are too many Americans who need a job or need one that pays better than the one they have now.See if you can ID me. I`m a group with members from different countries. I change presidents every month, I have 15 members and five of them are permanent. I`m part of the United Nations. I`m the U.N. Security Council, and my main responsibility is to maintain global peace and security.At this time, the Security Council is not taking action when it comes to the nation of Syria and the violence that`s been raging in that Middle Eastern country for months.The Council was considering a resolution that would have demanded that Syria`s president stop the fighting in his country. But China and Russia voted against theresolution. Those countries say they want the violence in Syria to end, but they said the language of the resolution would have made the situation more complicated.U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded to the no vote.What happened yesterday at the United Nations was a travesty. Those countries that refused to support the Arab League plan bear full responsibility for protecting the brutal regime in Damascus.In Australia, authorities are using military helicopters and a giant cargo plane to help evacuate areas that are being hit by flooding. The area being affected the most is the state of Queensland.Weeks of heavy rains have caused river levels to rise up, and officials are predicting record-breaking floods there. Thousands of people have been told to get out of the path of the waters. Food and medical supplies are being flown into areas that are more isolated.In the town you see right here, the water has started to go down after days of major flooding. Authorities have lifted evacuation orders and residents are gradually making their way back. But they have been warned: stay away from the waters.欢迎回来,我是卡尔·阿祖兹,这里是CNN学生新闻。
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CNN英语听力2012年02月合辑（文本+翻译）：20120224And that wasn't his first time in space. John Glenn was one of NASA's original astronauts. He's been the center of a lot of attention right now, because 50 years ago yesterday he made history.The light is on.A miracle.Godspeed, John Glenn. FiveAs that rocket launched into the sky, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. In fact, he circled the globe three times during the five-hour mission. It may have happened half a century ago, but Glenn says that famous flight is one he'll never forget.I guess I've recalled it quite often over the past 50 years, and that's kept it fresh, but it was such an impressive thing at the time, that it's indelibly imprinted on my memory, and I can recall those days very, very well.Today is Tuesday. You already knew that, but did you know that it's Fat Tuesday? That means it's also Mardi Gras, which means Fat Tuesday in French. And no matter what you call it, it falls on the day before the religious observance of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday.And in cities like New Orleans, Mardi Gras is a huge celebration. You'll see parades with floats, marching bands and people in costume. New Orleans hosted its first Mardi Gras parade in 1837. The floats started showing up about 20 years later, and typically more than a million people come out to attend the city's Mardi Gras celebrations.Next up, the bright lights of the big city -- you might have seen the neon displays in New York or maybe even Las Vegas, but in this case, we're talking about Hong Kong. Now some residents say all that light from businesses and advertisements can boost a city's image or even make the streets safer. But not everyone thinks brighter is better. Richard Quest has this illuminating report.There are lights bigger lights and then there's Hong Kong. The world's big cities offer culture, convenience and a cosmopolitan way of life.Living in a city, especially like this, can be anything but easy. Property prices are some of the highest in the world. The city's battle with air pollution is well known. With so much development, there's also the noise pollution. Now an entirely different problem -- it's trying to live in a city of lights, lots of lights.Bustling with business in the heart of Hong Kong (ph), night becomes day when thelights get switched on. This is about as bad as it gets. And remember, there are people living up there, trying to sleep, if they can.Professor Henry Chung has been studying light pollution for more than a decade, and says not only is excessive light a real nuisance, it's a waste of energy.So what would you do? Would you switch them all off?It is a good idea. But, of course, we have to strike a balance. That's why I think the government has to do something. The legislation tried to control the maximum brightness produced by all these lights and check the brightness around the area. That is the best way to control light pollution.Well, there's been debate. There's currently no regulations in place to curb light pollution. While the city's glistening skyline's been a draw for tourists for years, now even Hong Kong's chief executive recognizes action needs to be taken.We realize that we have to do something about it. You look at the commercial areas, it's really bright. I think it become offensive at times, and we are now introducing virtually regulation restriction to make sure people do have a quiet night and not be disturbed too brightly in lights.And, finally, if you like bacon, you're going to love today's "Before We Go" segmentBecause that's the main course of this annual Iowa event that attracts thousands of people. It's Baconfest. Now where the popular product isn't just for breakfast. There's bacon for lunch, bacon for dinner. And for dessert, you bet your bacon. Cupcakes and brownies with bacon baked right in. They even offer life-size bacon. OK, that actually may be just a guy in a costume.He was probably trying to ham it up or hog all of the attention, but the true star was the bacon, and the "skillet" takes to prepare it in such interesting ways. We're just a little surprised an event like this was held on Saturday. You'd think the best time for Baconfest would be on a "Fryday." All right. We're done pigging out on puns. Enjoy the rest of your day. For CNN, I'm Natisha Lance.他早已不是第一次进入太空。
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CNN英语听力2012年02月合辑（文本+翻译）：20120207Hi, I`m Carl Azuz and this is CNN Student News traditional versus virtual. How would you prefer to go to school?That`s what we asked on our blog. Today we`re sharing what you had to say.First up though, a deadly riot breaks out after a soccer match in Egypt. This happened yesterday. Once the match ended, fans from both sides rushed the field.You can see in this video the scene was just chaos. People hit each other with rocks and chairs. In the fighting, at least 73 people were killed. More than a thousand fans were injured. The Egyptian military sent two planes in to get the visiting team, some of its fans and some of the injured out.A CNN contributor, who`s researched soccer in the Middle East, says you sometimes do get violence between soccer clubs, but he said he`s never seen anything this big before.If you want to own a company, it`s not as difficult as you might think. One way you can do it is to buy some of the company`s stock. You won`t own the entire company, but you will own part of it. Before you can do that, though, the company has to go public and to make its stock available. And the first way it does that is through something called an IPO, an initial public offering.That`s what Facebook did yesterday. It went public and filed for an IPO. Experts predicted it would be the biggest IPO ever for an Internet company. Five billion dollars -- now that`s not what the company is worth. It`s how much money experts think Facebook is looking to make from its IPO.So what does this mean for a company to go public? What are the potential pros and consumption of this? Christine Romans has some answers.IPO stands for initial public offering.An IPO is when a company, whether it`s a mom-and-pop little store that`s getting bigger and bigger, or say, a social network conceived in a Harvard dorm room that now has 500 million people who follow it, can get on the radar, get --attract capital and basically grow up.Companies want to go public because they want to unlock the value in their enterprise. When you can get investors to pay to buy shares of your company, and then those shares are trade on a stock market, like the NASDAQ or the New York Stock Exchange, it alsogets you money.When you go public, investors are putting money into your enterprise. It allows you to raise money quickly.One of the down sides is when you are a public company, you are scrutinized by the government. You have to, every quarter, file your numbers, your balance sheet, to the Securities and Exchange Commission so that your investors and so that the markets can see exactly what you`re doing.If you`re a private company, you don`t have that kind of scrutiny. You don`t have investors selling their stakes in your company if you have one or two bad quarters. So that`s one of the reasons why private companies like to stay private.Well, eventually, it`s everyone, like you and me. Initially, at an initial public offering, it`s the big names who get in. It`s some of those original private investors, they usually get a good shot. Founders of the company get a good shot to buy more if they want.Facebook is the Holy Grail of IPOs. It would be probably the biggest tech company IPO in history. Facebook already has 500 different private investors basically. And when you get to that level, that threshold, that`s when the Securities and Exchange Commission says, OK, now you`ve got to open your books. Now you`ve got to file and become a public company, you`re getting too big.嗨,我是卡尔·阿祖兹，这里是CNN学生新闻,我们现在进行的是传统对虚拟的一次竞赛。
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CNN英语听力2020年05月合辑（文本+翻译）：20200529I'm Carl Azuz and yo u're watching CNN STUDENT NEWS.Today, we'll take you to Joplin, Missouri to check on recovery efforts there one year after a massive tornado struck.But we are starting today in Chicago with the NATO meeting about th e war in Afghanistan.World leaders got together on Sunday and Monday to talk about plans to end that war. The international security force led by U.S. troops is scheduled to end combat operations and be out of Afghanistan by the end of 2020.President Obama says that plan is on track.Two years ago in Lisbon, our nations agreed on a framework fortransitionin Afghanistan that would allow us to responsibly wind down the war. We agreed that this transition to Afghan lead for security would begin in 2020 and that it wouldconcludein 2020.At this time, we said that we would seek a long-term partnership with Afghanis tan and the Afghan people.Over the past two years, we've made important progress. Our forces broke the Taliban's momentum. More Afghans are reclaiming their communities. Afghan sec urity forces have grown stronger. And the transition that we agreed to in Lisbon is well underway.Meanwhile, protesters outside the NATO meeting fought with police officers on Sunday.A law enforcement official said at least 45 people were arrested and four officers were injured.Turning now to the race for the White House, it's primary day in two states today. Voters are heading to the polls in Arkansas and Kentucky. Primary season is winding down, though.And after Tuesday's Republican contests, there are seven more to go.The Texas primary is next Tuesday, then five states the week after that and Utah closes things out in late June.It was definitelystressfuland it -- it's so much harder than like -- like how my life was. Like it's changed a lot and it's still different. But I know it's going to be better.EF-5, it's the most powerful and most destructive category of tornado. And that is what hit the city of Joplin,Missouri exactly one year ago today. More than 150 people were killed. There were homes, businesses, the local high school just destroyed.This is a quick look back at the natural disaster and it's immediateaftermath.A lot of us are in shock because we've always been like, oh, Joplin is always the place where the tornado misses or we've always been like, oh, nothing ever happens in J oplin.It's totaldevastation, with the hospital down, the high school down.So that was a year ago. And today, Joplin is rebuilding. Officials estimate that nearly 130,000 workers have spent hundreds of thousands of hours helping with the recovery process. Juniors and seniors at Joplin High spent this year going to classes in part of a shopping mall. The school's graduation ceremony was yesterday. The speaker was President Obama.And one of this year's graduates, Lydia McAllister, talked about her city's efforts to move forward.我是卡尔·阿祖兹,你正在收看的是CNN学生新闻。
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It's Wednesday, I'm Carl Azuz, this is CNN Student News, bringing you 10 minutes of commercial-free headlines from around the globe.今天是星期三,我是卡尔·阿祖兹,这里是CNN学生新闻,马上为你呈现的是10分钟无广告来自世界各地的头条新闻。
In fact, our first story is about a global response.事实上,我们的第一个故事是关于全球的反应。
This international reaction is aimed at Israel, and it is not positive.这是针对以色列的国际反应,而且不是积极反应。
Protesters around the world speaking out against Israel.世界各地的抗议者们公然反对以色列。
The United Nations Security Council criticizing the violence.联合国安全理事会指责暴力流血事件。
Turkey calling it a massacre.土耳其称这是一场大屠杀。
Even the U.S., one of Israel's closest allies, says it's open to an investigation.即使以色列最亲密的盟友之一的美国,也表示应公开调查。
All of this is in response to Monday, when Israeli troops stormed a group of ships bringing aid to Gaza.所有的这一切都是对星期一的回应,以色列军队袭击了一队前往加沙送达救援的船只。
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CNN英语听力2012年02月合辑（文本+翻译）：20120227Some isotopes can be radioactive, and that includes the ones that were released during the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan last year. A lot of that material ended up in the Pacific Ocean, and scientists have been studying its impact on fish and plant life.The results that were reported on Tuesday are kind of a good news-bad news situation. Bad news: the levels of radioactive materials are higher than they were before the meltdown.The good news: they`re not high enough to pose a threat to the public.So there`s at least some positive news there.The same can`t be said for Japan`s economy right now. Kyung Lah reports on how bad things are for the island nation.The economic news out of Japan is not just bad; it is historic.The government of Japan is saying for the month of January this country logged a record trade deficit of $18.6 billion U.S. dollars. That is the highest since this country started keeping track in 1979. It is higher than in the aftermath of a 2008 financial crisis. It is certainly setting off some alarm bells and concerns about the health of this economy.There was also other bad news. That`s showing that foreign investment out of Japan was going overseas, both among foreign companies, international companies choosing not to do business here in Japan, and also Japanese corporations pushing production outside of Japan.For the second straight year, that exodus was continuing. It is the second highest on record.So again, alarm bells being set off that there is something wrong with the state of the world`s third largest economy -- Kyung Lah, CNN, Tokyo.Today`s Shoutout goes out to Ms. Fernandez`s social studies class at Oliveira Middle School in Brownsville, Texas.What is the name for soil that is frozen for more than two years? You know what to do here. Is it mantle, taiga, permafrost or savanna? You`ve got three seconds, go.Permafrost is the name for ground that`s been constantly frozen for at least two years.That`s your answer, and that`s your Shoutout.It may be frozen, but that doesn`t mean there isn`t anything underneath. For example, Russian scientists found some seeds a few years ago in Siberia. Now these things were chilling out under the permafrost for 300 centuries, and now they`ve helped regrow an ancient plant.Chad Myers talked with CNN`s Brooke Baldwin about how it all happened.Scientists digging down in the permafrost --The permafrost?Find burrows from squirrels from 30,000 years ago. These seeds, fur, fruit still in the burrows that the squirrel didn`t eat.They take it -- they take it to their scientific lab, kind of a little bit of magic, kind of cloning, kind of stuff. They find the placenta part, the tissue of the middle. You couldn`t just plant the seeds.Wouldn`t be viable.Because they wouldn`t be viable. They would have rotted.Placenta part of the seed?And they took it -- almost like science fiction. This is like, you know, I`m thinking you know, OK, here come the dinosaurs, if we do this right. They tried to do this years ago. They tried to do it with the woolly mammoth years ago. It didn`t work.The DNA of the woolly mammoth had broken down. But they found the DNA of this plant. They cloned the plant. They made it. They planted the seed that they made. It grew a real plant.They took those seeds from that plant, planted it again and now --See my jaws like --Again.Americans have been commemorating Black History Month throughout February, and a new museum dedicated to that topic broke ground yesterday.It`s the Smithsonian`s National Museum of African-American History and Culture, andthis is a virtual tour of what it`ll look like. The idea for a national black history museum first came up nearly 100 years ago. President Obama talked about that long road during yesterday`s ceremony.This museum should inspire us as well. It should stand as proof that the most important things in life rarely come quickly or easily. It should remind us that, although we have yet to reach the mountaintop, we cannot stop climbing.And, finally, I hope you guys can stomach another eating competition --Because that`s what we have in store for today`s "Before We Go" segment.Now, this time around the chosen delicacy is one of my favorites: donuts. And the time limit is five minutes. The winner downed an even dozen, which is a little short of his personal record. Before you consider entering, keep in mind that these aren`t your average pastry treats. They`re made extra large and they have filling, too.So winning won`t be a cakewalk. This is one serious competition, no holds barred. That rounds out today`s show. For CNN Student News, I`m Natisha Lance.有些同位素具有放射性,包括去年日本福岛核电站熔毁后被释放的那些。
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高中英语 CNN听力02月合辑（文本+翻译）0224素材And that wasn't his first time in space. John Glenn was one of NASA's original astronauts. He's been the center of a lot of attention right now, because 50 years ago yesterday he made history.The light is on.A miracle.Godspeed, John Glenn. FiveAs that rocket launched into the sky, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. In fact, he circled the globe three times during the five-hour mission. It may have happened half a century ago, but Glenn says that famous flight is one he'll never forget.I guess I've recalled it quite often over the past 50 years, and that's kept it fresh, but it was such an impressive thing at the time, that it's indelibly imprinted on my memory, and I can recall those days very, very well.Today is Tuesday. You already knew that, but did you know that it's Fat Tuesday? That means it's also Mardi Gras, which means Fat Tuesday in French. And no matter what you call it, it falls on the day before the religious observance of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday.And in cities like New Orleans, Mardi Gras is a huge celebration. You'll see parades with floats, marching bands and people in costume. New Orleans hosted its first Mardi Gras parade in 1837. The floats started showing up about 20 years later, and typically more than a million people come out to attend the city's Mardi Gras celebrations.Next up, the bright lights of the big city -- you might have seen the neon displays in New York or maybe even Las Vegas, but in this case, we're talking about Hong Kong. Now some residents say all that light from businesses and advertisements can boost a city's image or even make the streets safer. But not everyone thinks brighter is better. Richard Quest has this illuminating report.There are lights bigger lights and then there's Hong Kong. The world's big cities offer culture, convenience and a cosmopolitan way of life.Living in a city, especially like this, can be anything but easy. Property prices are some of the highest in the world. The city's battle with air pollution is well known. With so much development, there's also the noise pollution. Now an entirely different problem -- it's trying to live in a city of lights, lots of lights.Bustling with business in the heart of Hong Kong (ph), night becomes day when thelights get switched on. This is about as bad as it gets. And remember, there are people living up there, trying to sleep, if they can.Professor Henry Chung has been studying light pollution for more than a decade, and says not only is excessive light a real nuisance, it's a waste of energy.So what would you do? Would you switch them all off?It is a good idea. But, of course, we have to strike a balance. That's why I think the government has to do something. The legislation tried to control the maximum brightness produced by all these lights and check the brightness around the area. That is the best way to control light pollution.Well, there's been debate. There's currently no regulations in place to curb light pollution. While the city's glistening skyline's been a draw for tourists for years, now even Hong Kong's chief executive recognizes action needs to be taken.We realize that we have to do something about it. You look at the commercial areas, it's really bright. I think it become offensive at times, and we are now introducing virtually regulation restriction to make sure people do have a quiet night and not be disturbed too brightly in lights.And, finally, if you like bacon, you're going to love today's "Before We Go" segmentBecause that's the main course of this annual Iowa event that attracts thousands of people. It's Baconfest. Now where the popular product isn't just for breakfast. There's bacon for lunch, bacon for dinner. And for dessert, you bet your bacon. Cupcakes and brownies with bacon baked right in. They even offer life-size bacon. OK, that actually may be just a guy in a costume.He was probably trying to ham it up or hog all of the attention, but the true star was the bacon, and the "skillet" takes to prepare it in such interesting ways. We're just a little surprised an event like this was held on Saturday. You'd think the best time for Baconfest would be on a "Fryday." All right. We're done pigging out on puns. Enjoy the rest of your day. For CNN, I'm Natisha Lance.他早已不是第一次进入太空。
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Today as we approach that two-year mark, I'mannouncing that the Jim has decided to step aside as national security advisor later this month.今天当我们接近标志着2周年的这一时刻,我宣布吉姆已经决定本月晚些时候让位国家安全顾问的职位。
And that he will be succeeded by his very capable deputy Tom Donlion.而接替他的将是很有能力的汤姆?多林。
The American people owe Jim an unbelievable debt of gratitude for a lifetime of service.美国人欠吉姆的是一个令人难以置信的终身任职人情债We are advancing pretty well in the Plan B.我们的B计划正推进的相当不错。
We've started the drilling process and we are hoping that we can get contact more or less this Saturday, depending on whether we have to do a change in the hammer or not.我们开始钻探过程而且我们希望这个星期六能更多地接触,而这要取决于我们是否要对钻头做出改变。
It could be a little bit earlier, but we are projecting this date for Sunday, excuse me, Saturday.可能为时尚早,但我们预计周日着这个日期,对不起,是星期六。
The government has now admitted that the problem here is so big that they are appealing to European Union for what help they can provide.政府已经承认这里的问题是如此之大,他们正在呼吁欧盟提供他们所能的帮助。
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JONATHAN MANN: From the word FOLD that's literally folded to LOOK looking out, Goldring has lost count of all the words she's respelled in her new script. She can also play animation or video through the machine. Showing a patient how to navigate through an unfamiliar setting.
ELIZABETH GOLDRING: My retina prints are my image of what I'm seeing as I look through the seeing machine with my blind eye, they are a kind of blind sight.
消失,万物在消失,树干、词的碎片、线条和面孔都在变得越来越么模糊。"消失"这首诗是伊丽莎白·戈德林女士写的。她因病而失明，她是一位诗人，而后也是一位艺术家和发明家。
SEEING MACHINE
ELIZABETH GOLDRING (POEM): Disappearance, Things are disappearing, Branches from trees, pieces of words, lines and faces.
JONATHAN MANN: The seeing machine hasn't yet been manufactured for wider use, when that happens Goldring says the visually impaired will not only get a chance to see, they will get a chance to create
ELIZABETH GOLDRING: When I look in this machine I need to move my head around a bit to find the part of my retina that still works and the image is bright enough that it goes right to that part.
JONATHAN MANN: The world, of course, is made up of people as well as places. The seeing eye machine helps there too, enabling the user to see family or friends possibly for the first time.
ELIZABETH GOLDRING: I see your eyes very clearly. I didn't see your eyes at all during the interview really, it's so bright.
JONATHAN MANN: Goldring is still a poet but ironically enough after she lost her vision she turned to visual art. These are reproductions of her own work hanging in a virtual museum. She calls her works retina prints because that's quite literally what they are, images of her own damaged retina super imposed on pictures of what she sees through it.
JONATHAN MANN: The seeing machine is Goldring's passion. Ever since doctors used a high tech device to examine her eyes they'd enabled her to see images. Goldring has been worked with student at the MIT and experts to develop a more affordable personal version. Her machine beams intense light to a tiny computer screen projecting images through a lens directly on the retina like a slide or movie screen so that even people with only a fraction of there vision left can see.
ELIZABETH GOLDRING: With my visual language I've tried to augment the word graphically or through pictures so that the word BOOK becomes B, an image of a book, very simple image of a book and then K.
JONATHAN MANN: So what you're looking at now though is both a word and a representation of the word I take it.
ELIZABETH GOLDRING: Yes.
JONATHAN MANN: It isn't easy to read, so Goldring invented a new kind of script too.
ELIZABETH GOLDRING: My idea is that one could sit and in the privacy of one's home and look at the place that one was going to travel to and go there then with much more self-confidence.
ELIZABETH GOLDRING (MIT, ADVANCED VISUAL STUDIES CTR.): Ok, I see it, I see enough to invent with my left eye and that is very important. It's part of what I consider to be the beauty of the seeing machine is that you see enough to expand your visual imagination even if you're blind.
JONATHAN MANN: The poem "Disappearance" was written by Elizabeth Goldring, a woman whose sight disappeared because of illness, a poet transformed into an artist and innovator.
ELIZABETH GOLDRING: It's amazing to be able to see a face, to have the experience visual experience of seeing a face.
JONATHAN MANN: So after we talked we gave Elizabeth Goldring a chance to see me more clearly on the seeing machine.