CNN 2011-05-10

We are bringing the world to your classroom, this is CNN Student News. Hello, everyone,and welcome on this Friday May 6th.My name is Carl Azuz,and as we kick off today's headlines we're beginning at Ground Zero.

That's the site of World Trade Center in New York City,which was targeted in the 911 terrorist attacks.And it's where President Obama was yesterday for a ceremony paying tribute to the victims of that violence.The president helped lay a wreath at Ground Zero and Vice¹ President Joe Biden did the same thing at the Pentagon, which was another target of the 911 attacks.The president's visit came days after the death of Osama Bin² Laden³,the man behind the attacks.

Deborah Feyerick talked with two sisters who were in middle school on September 11th 2001 and whose father was killed in the attack.

It's definitely mixed emotions,because you definitely feel relieved that somebody that represents injustice⁴ and cruelty that was responsible for the murder of my father, finally the fact that he's no longer on this earth brings a justice to the situation.But at the same time it brings up all these emotions from that day when I found out that he died,and just knowing that my dad will never come back.And it's hard to have that hole in your life,and that will never be,I'll never get full closure on that.

Samantha Hayes joins us now and President's visit to Ground Zero.

President Obama paused Thursday afternoon to honor the victims of September 11th.After the wreath-laying at Ground Zero,the president met privately⁵ with the families of 9/11 victims and first responders.It was a moment full of meaning and emotion.

Most Americans today feel that this is not any kind of political issue.This is an issue to feel good about America.

Earlier in the day the president stopped by the Engine 54 firehouse.The station lost 15 fire fighters on september 11th.

This is a symbolic⁶ site of the extraordinary sacrifice that was made on that terrible day.

So for him to come here and to see faces of firefighters who were killed on September 11th and to see the shrine⁷ that was erected⁸ in their honor really meant something to him.

The president's visit comes just 24 hours after  announcing he would not release the photos of Osama Bin Laden after he was killed.It's a decision that someone disagree with,saying the photos offer closure and send a message.

This is what happens at the end to someone who threatens Americans and who kills Americans.

As the political discourse⁹ continues, so does the progress at Ground Zero.This time lapsed¹⁰ by Project Rebirth shows the evolution of the space where the Twin Towers once stood.Another symbol that America is moving forward, but will never forget what happened nearly 10 years ago.

Intentionally¹¹ flooding parts of the US in order to avoid catastrophic floods in other communities.It's not a plan everyone agrees with, but it's a plan that's moving forward. This is what parts of Illinois looked like on Tuesday.River levels have dropped nearly two feet since engineers started their work.But this was the result of that work,plots of farmland in Missouri that are now sitting under water,the flooding which has spread in Arkansas has been caused by massive rain and meteorologists don't expect that to let up until next month

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

3 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

4 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

5 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

6 symbolic   

adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的

参考例句：

• It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
• The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

7 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

8 ERECTED   

adj. 直立的，竖立的，笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立，建立

参考例句：

• A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. 在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。
• A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist. 树立了一块纪念碑纪念那位伟大的科学家。

9 discourse   

n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述

参考例句：

• We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
• He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。

10 lapsed   

adj.流失的，堕落的v.退步( lapse的过去式和过去分词 )；陷入；倒退；丧失

参考例句：

• He had lapsed into unconsciousness. 他陷入了昏迷状态。
• He soon lapsed into his previous bad habits. 他很快陷入以前的恶习中去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。