CNN 2011-11-17

 You'll say goodbye.I'll say hello.Welcome to CNN student news.Thank you ,ladies ,for the introduction.Now,let's get you to the headlines.

First up,the US Supreme¹ Court has agreed to decide whether president Barack Obama's health care reform law is constitutional.A lot of political analysts² consider this law to be the biggest legislate³ of the accomplishment⁴ during the president's first two years in office.Congress passed it in 2010.President Obama signed it in March of that year.But it's the Supreme Court's responsibility to rule on any legal questions.And there're some.Before it was passed,there was a huge debate around this health care law.The president and other supporters said it would give health coverage⁵ to millions of Americans who didn't already have it.And they argue it would be good for the economy.Critics said the law would raise health care costs and give Americans fewer choices about what kind of insurance they can get.A lot of debates focused on a key part of the law called individual mandate⁶.That would require most Americans to either buy health insurance by 2014 or face some kind of penalty.Court cases against this law say people can't be forced to buy something they may not want or may not need.Obama administration officials argued that since every American needs medical care at some point in life,no one really chooses to participate in the health care market.Three federal appeal court says the mandate is constitutional.Another says it's not.Now,it's up to the US Supreme Court to decide.The justices will actually look at two questions here.Is the individual mandate constitutional?And if not,does that mean the entire law has to be tossed out?The arguments will probably happen in February or March of next year.A ruling will probably come in June.

Back in September,it was called Occupy Wall Street.Now it's been called the Occupy movement,because it spread from New York to cities in other parts of the United States.Protestors camping out in parks and other public areas are speaking out against a lot of different things.One of them is the US financial industry.As XX Black explains,some cities are now pushing back.

A police standoff with protestors went on for hours in Portland,Oregan.Police arrested more than a dozen people and cleared city parks of camps.Portland's mayor tells CNN there've been no serious injuries during 4 or 5 times police have taken action.

We work really hard even in perhaps the moments like you see now to make sure that another coolest heads pervailed.

But the protestors say the mayor is doing the wrong thing.

But I see all,I'm extremely disappointed that the mayor chose to crack down on these parks when the outpouring of support come in but so strong and it was clearly in favor of occupying Portland.

In D,police in riot gear arrested 17 people as they cleared furniture,tents and personal belongings⁷ from a camp.And in Philidelphia,the mayor said he's putting more police near the occupy philly camp.

Occupy philly has changed.We're seeing serious health and safety issues playing out on almost a daily basis.Occupy filly has fractured with internal disagreeement and disputes.I'm G.Black,reporting.

Is this legit?Suez rocket and spacecraft are launched by China's space agency.Not legit.It's Russia that used the Suez spacecraft and has been using them since the 1906.

We're launching into the next couple of stories coming from the CNN control room here.That Suez is the longest running manned spacecraft designed that's still in use.And since NASA space shuttle program ended earlier this year,the Suez is the only way people can use to get to the International Space Station.And that's where this craft is heading right now.It took off from the nation of XX on Monday during what looks like a snow storm.Two Russians and one American are on board and heading to the ISS.They're scheduled to arrive on Wednesday.And there's one another traveller along for the ride.Check it out.

It's the angry bird hanging out there in the capsule with them.Maybe they thought they need some extra entertainment during the trip.

The folks you got stuck on some American eagle flights might have wanted some extra entertainment,but instead they got refunds⁸ and vultures.American eagle is an airline.It's the first airline to get fined for excessive tarmac delays.The rule went into the fact last year that says flights can't stay on the tarmac for more than 3 hours.But the US transportation department says 15 American eagle flights were delayed on the ground for more than 3 hours at Chicago's O. airport.More than 600 passengers were affected⁹ by these delays.American eagle will have to pay 900,000 dollars in fines.Airline officials apologized for the inconvenince to customers.They say they're working on ways to prevent this in the future.

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 legislate   

vt.制定法律；n.法规，律例；立法

参考例句：

• Therefore,it is very urgent to legislate for the right of privacy.因此，为隐私权立法刻不容缓。
• It's impossible to legislate for every contingency.为每一偶发事件都立法是不可能的。

4 accomplishment   

n.完成，成就，（pl.）造诣，技能

参考例句：

• The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
• Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标，钱是至关重要的。

5 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

6 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

7 belongings   

n.私人物品，私人财物

参考例句：

• I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
• Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。

8 refunds   

n.归还，偿还额，退款( refund的名词复数 )v.归还，退还( refund的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Tomorrow he would return them to the store and claim refunds. 明天他要把它们退还给商店并要求退款。 来自辞典例句
• The new method means that taxpayers get refunds much faster. 这种新办法意味着纳税人可以较快地领到退还款。 来自辞典例句

9 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。