美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-10-09

 The civil war that’s been raging in Syria for a year and a half has reached across a border.The nation of Turkey is north of Syria, more than 90,000 Syrians, people who left their homes because of the fighting are living in refugee camps inside Turkey. On Wednesday, a Turkish town on the border,Akcakale, was hit by Syrian artillery¹ fire. Five people were killed, and Turkish officials say, Syria has accepted responsibility for the shelling and said it won't happen again. But, Turkey responded it. It launched artillery fire against military sites inside Syria. First, on Wednesday, and again, on Thursday. Turkey’s parliament also voted to allow the government to send Turkish troops into other countries. And official said, quote, "Turkey has no interest in a war with Syria, but Turkey is capable of protecting it's borders and will retaliate² when necessary." 

 

Today’s first "Shoutout" goes out to Mrs.Johnson’s class at Woodworth Middle School in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. 

 

The first televised U.S. presidential debate featured which two candidates? Here we go. Was it Lincoln and Douglas, Reagan and Carter, Kennedy and Nixon or Bush and Clinton? You’ve got three seconds, go! 

 

In 1960, John F.Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon faced off in the first presidential debate shown on TV. That’s your answer and that’s your shoutout.

 

President Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt³ Romney got different reactions after their first presidential debate. A Republican strategist said Governor Romney rose to the moment, a Democratic strategist said President Obama didn’t bring his A game. A CNN /ORC international poll showed viewers thought the same way: 67% thought that Governor Romney won on Wednesday night.The latest polls heading into the debate showed President Obama leading in the race for the WhiteHouse. So, who do you think won the debate and do you think this will have an impact on the election? If you are already on Facebook, come talk to us about it at Facebook.com/cnnstudentnews.

 

Next up today, a labor⁴ dispute involving a professional sports league, that sounds familiar, we’ve seen it with the NFL,the NBA, even NFL referees⁵.Now, it’s hockey’s turn. The NHL was supposed to start its season on October 11th, supposed to. Yesterday league officials announced they are canceling the first two weeks of the season. The NHL and its players can't agree on a new contract for how the sport’s revenue gets split up. Eight years ago, a lockout forced the league to cancel its entire season.

1 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

2 retaliate   

v.报复，反击

参考例句：

• He sought every opportunity to retaliate against his enemy.他找机会向他的敌人反击。
• It is strictly forbidden to retaliate against the quality inspectors.严禁对质量检验人员进行打击报复。

3 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。

4 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

5 referees   

n.裁判员( referee的名词复数 )；证明人；公断人；（专业性强的文章的）审阅人

参考例句：

• The fiery player has had numerous run-ins with referees. 这位脾气暴躁的队员曾和裁判员发生过无数次争吵。
• If you want to appeal, the Court of Referees will decide. 如果你要上诉，可以由仲裁法庭去判决。 来自辞典例句