CNN 2011-06-26

First Lady Michelle Obama is a superstar of sorts in South Africa today.She addressed the packed congregation at a church in Soweto,inspiring young women to be a generation that works to end hunger, corruption¹ and combat HIV and AIDS.

CNN's Nkepile Mabuse joins us now from Soweto.

Tell us more about the speech.

Look, Kyra, Graca Machel, who's Nelson Mandela's wife,described to the first lady of the United States as the "queen of our world." And she says that Mrs.Obama has redefined womanhood in the 21st century. And I think that just gives you a sense of just how excited people are about Mrs. Obama's presence here.

Of course, in her speech,she did not disappoint. She paid tribute to those who gave their lives really for the freedom of this country,for democracy in this country,but she also challenged the youth. She said to the youth of today that so much has been achieved in South Africa.

Yes, you do have political freedom but there are so many things that are still going wrong on the continent.There's still poverty. There are still so much left. There's HIV/AIDS.Those are the battles that you guys should be waging.

And she asked them,what generation will  you be? Because the Mandelas of this world were the freedom generation.

So, it was a very inspiring speech. There was a lot of reaction after the speech.I was getting tweets all the time after the speech from young people who were in that church,about 2,000 people were present there ,who were listening to Mrs. Obama, Kyra.

Well, I also heard that many people were inspired by listening to her two daughters. Let's take a listen.

And I said, I do not like the way that they play. If mother could see this, what would she say?

Then said, look, look! Your mother is owner her way home! Do you hear? Oh, no! What will she do for us? What will she say?

Nkepile, I bet those kids were inspired by the reading of the stories!

Definitely. I mean, I think what has amazed South Africans so much is that they see the first family as so down to earth. You know, Mrs. Obama started that day, yesterday, by meeting with one of our first ladies here in South Africa. Of course, President Zuma is married to several wives.

So, she was he is presidential guest house meeting at the first let's there. And then from there, she went to shanty² town and she was dancing with these kids, singing with these kids , and reading what she says was Malia and Sasha's favorite story book when they were growing up. So, she took books to them.

I think, you know, South Africans are really touched by just how genuine she is. A lot of people say she is approachable, yet classy,Kyra.

Nkepile, thank you very much.

Checking other top stories, Transocean has released an internal investigation³ into last year's Gulf⁴ oil spill. The oil field services company criticized BP decision-making in the two weeks before the explosion and spill.

More than 50 large uncontained wildfires are burning across the country right now. The biggest is Arizona, where residents of one town can go home but other areas still off limits.

And flooding is the crisis in North Dakota. Twelve thousand people have been told to leave their homes by this evening. The swollen⁵ river is expected to burst its banks.

Checking stories cross-country.Columbia, South Carolina, Governor Nikki Haley says she'll sign the states' new tough immigration law.

It requires police to check the legal status of any suspect and forces all businesses to first clear the people they hire through a federal immigration database.

Probably first for police in Milroy, Indiana, they arrested a 21-year-old Amish man for sending hundreds of texts, nude⁶ pictures and videos to a 12-year-old girl he tried to solicit⁷ for sex. Police arrested him when showed up for the undercover string. He was in his horse-drawn buggy.

Albuquerque police arrested a college professor who allegedly started a companion's web site. He called it a safe place for prostitutes and johns. Police called it a virtual house of prostitution.

Take a Look at this video from Queens, New York. A 400-pound tire flies off a city bus. The driver says luckily it just missed a woman pushing a baby stroller. This happened in May, but it has happened before. The MTA blames maintenance cutbacks to save money

Now, usually, the guy asks the parents face-to-face for permission to marry their daughter. Well, in this case, 51-year-old actor Doug Anthony Hutchinson needed written permission.That's because the young lady is only 16 years old. Courtney Alexis Stodden reportedly married the actor in May. He is known for starring in movies like "The Green Mile" and the TV show "Lost."

Singer Nick Lachey will marry TV host Vanessa Minnillo.Their wedding will actually become a reality show for TLC. You may remember that his last wedding was to Jessica Simpson, which has also turned into a reality show.

And a revolver once owned by gangster⁸ Al Capone just hit Christie's auction⁹ block. Colt .38 was made the same year as the infamous¹⁰ St. Valentine's Day massacre¹¹. It's expected to pitch as much as $100,000.

1 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

2 shanty   

n.小屋，棚屋；船工号子

参考例句：

• His childhood was spent in a shanty.他的童年是在一个简陋小屋里度过的。
• I want to quit this shanty.我想离开这烂房子。

3 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。

4 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

5 swollen   

adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀

参考例句：

• Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
• A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。

6 nude   

adj.裸体的；n.裸体者，裸体艺术品

参考例句：

• It's a painting of the Duchess of Alba in the nude.这是一幅阿尔巴公爵夫人的裸体肖像画。
• She doesn't like nude swimming.她不喜欢裸泳。

7 solicit   

vi.勾引；乞求；vt.请求，乞求；招揽(生意)

参考例句：

• Beggars are not allowed to solicit in public places.乞丐不得在公共场所乞讨。
• We should often solicit opinions from the masses.我们应该经常征求群众意见。

8 gangster   

n.匪徒，歹徒，暴徒

参考例句：

• The gangster's friends bought off the police witness.那匪徒的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
• He is obviously a gangster,but he pretends to be a saint.分明是强盗，却要装圣贤。

9 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

10 infamous   

adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的

参考例句：

• He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
• I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。

11 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！