CNN 2011-02-15

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First up, scenes of a revolution in Egypt, a country that, for the first time in almost 30 years, will be getting a new leader. For more than two weeks, protesters called for President Hosni Mubarak to resign his office. On Thursday night, Mubarak said he would stay through an election in the fall. On Friday, Mubarak stepped down.

For now, Egypt's military is in charge. The government is reporting to a council of military leaders, just like it had been reporting to Mubarak. That council dissolved Egypt's parliament and suspended the country's constitution. It says it will run things for six months or until elections are held. So the big question on a lot of people's minds is what happens now? What's next for a country that's going through this kind of revolution? Shelby Lin has some of the answers.

Revolution isn't always glamorous¹, and the trash pickup² that got underway in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday proved just that. Volunteers, though, were happy to clear out the debris³ and garbage that accumulated during the 18-day Egyptian uprising.

We are cleaning the new Egypt, our new Egypt.

A day later, Egyptians continued to celebrate the end of three decades of Hosni Mubarak rule.

I am proud to be an Egyptian. I made a revolution; we had changed the world.

Egypt's military has assumed control of the country. It says it is committed to the democratic process and will honor its international treaties, including its landmark⁵ 1978 peace treaty with neighboring Israel. Former CIA Chief Michael Hayden is optimistic the extensive ties between the American and Egyptian militaries could produce a positive effect on Egypt's move towards democracy.

They've seen a very professional military. That's ours. Very responsive to civilian⁶ control in a pluralistic democracy.

The head of Egypt's military council is Defense⁷ Minister Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, shown here with U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. The Pentagon says Gates and Tantawi have spoken since the fall of the Mubarak government. I'm Shelby Lin, reporting from Atlanta.

People who are unhappy with their government in another Middle Eastern nation seem to be getting inspiration from what happened in Egypt. Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Yemen this weekend, chanting "first Mubarak, now Ali." They were talking about Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh. The protesters marched toward the presidential palace yesterday, but they were blocked by security forces before they could get there. There were reports of fighting between the protesters and police. Groups of people who support Yemen's president were out in the streets, too. Police tried to keep the pro-government and anti-government groups away from each other.

Sticking with politics, but bringing it back to the U.S. now, we have the results of the straw poll at this weekend's CPAC, or Conservative Political Action Conference. This poll is the chance for the thousands of conservatives, those who attend the conference, to name their preference for president in 2012. Just because someone wins the CPAC poll though, doesn't necessarily mean he or she will get the Republican Party's presidential nomination⁸. But a lot of people do pay attention to the results. And this year's winner was Texas Congressman⁹ Ron Paul. He came away with 30 percent of the vote. Second place was former Massachusetts Governor Mitt⁴ Romney, who had 23 percent. None of the other candidates got more than 6 percent.

1 glamorous   

adj.富有魅力的；美丽动人的；令人向往的

参考例句：

• The south coast is less glamorous but full of clean and attractive hotels.南海岸魅力稍逊，但却有很多干净漂亮的宾馆。
• It is hard work and not a glamorous job as portrayed by the media.这是份苦差，并非像媒体描绘的那般令人向往。

2 pickup   

n.拾起，获得

参考例句：

• I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

3 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

4 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

5 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

6 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

7 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。

8 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

9 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。