CNN 2009-11-21

Hi, I'm Carl Azuz. Friday is awesome¹ on CNN student news. Ten minutes of commercial-free headlines, our free online news quiz and of course, your weekend. You can't beat that. Let's get this started!

Congress has a new investigation² going on. Committee is trying to figure out whether the Fort Hood³ Army shootings could have been prevented. Two of the reasons why. One, there is a two-year-old memo⁴ that is getting a lot of attention. It reportedly says that Maldaf Hason, the man accused of the shootings, had bad judgment⁵ and wasn't very professional in his work as an army psychiatrist⁶. Two, some of the doctors who worked with Hasan say he was known for having extreme religious views. So congress's investigation is looking into whether army officials paid enough attention to these reports. This isn't the only investigation into the Ford⁷ Hood shootings.

"The Department of Defense⁸ will conduct a separate review to ensure the safety and health of DOD employees and their families. We do not enter this process with any preconceived notions. However, it is prudent⁹ to determine immediately, whether there are internal weaknesses or procedural shortcomings in the department that could make us vulnerable in the future."

This is your captain, we are gonna be delayed. Not something you want to hear on the plane. Interesting reason for yesterday's delays though. A computer glitch¹⁰. A system in Atlantic, Georgia and Salt Lake City, Utah went down for five hours yesterday morning. It was unable to automatically set up flight plans for planes, so air traffic controllers had to do it themselves which takes longer. Not a safety problem according to the Federal Aviation Administration, but a serious efficiency problem that led to delays and cancelations across the country.

College students locking arms, sitting down and staying put at UCLA couldn't stop at hiking their tuition. That's the fee you pay to go to college and California is raising that 32%, very significant. The state's also cutting down on what it spends, all because its budget. It is just running out of money. Officials say they will increase the amount of financial aid they gave to some low and mid-income students though. Darmar Gutierrie was on the scene of the protest.

"I'm Maritza. I'm currently a 4th year English major. I'm already working two jobs so that I would have to find some other jobs, probably on the weekend. "

"No cuts, no fees! Education should be free!"

"I'm here protesting the increased fees for UC tuition. They want to raise it by 32% for this coming winter. And then an extra 32% for the next year.  And that's just something me and my family really can't afford to pay."
 

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

4 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

5 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

6 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

7 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 prudent   

adj.谨慎的，有远见的，精打细算的

参考例句：

• A prudent traveller never disparages his own country.聪明的旅行者从不贬低自己的国家。
• You must school yourself to be modest and prudent.你要学会谦虚谨慎。

10 glitch   

n.干扰；误操作，小故障

参考例句：

• There is a glitch in the computer program somewhere.这个计算机程序中的某个部分有点小问题。
• It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine.可能只是一个小故障，重新启动主机就能解决了。