美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-12-05

 First up today, we're talking about violence in Afghanistan. Suicide bombings, three of them, all of them targeting a U.S-Afghan base in the eastern part of the country. Officials say at least 3 Afghan soldiers and 2 civilians¹ were killed. The Taliban, the militant² group that used to control most of Afghanistan says it's responsible for these attacks. They happened early Sunday morning before sunrise. Afghan authorities say all nine of the attackers were killed either in the bombings or in the firefight with U.S and Afghan troops that happened afterward³. This isn't the first time that the base has been targeted by suicide bombings. It's located in a region that's home to a lot of insurgent⁴ activity.

 

Next up today, we're looking at the political unrest in Egypt. An Elected Assembly has drafted a new constitution, but only after more moderate members of that Assembly left, complaining they weren't being hurt. On Saturday the Assembly turned over the draft to president Mohammed Morsi, and that's him on the right. He said there will be a referendum, a vote on December 15th. After that announcement, protests broke out. Some from people who support president Morsi, some from people who think he is trying to give himself too much power. Egypt's Supreme⁵ Court was planning to review the consitution, but some of Morsi's supporters gathered outside the court building. The court canceled its sessions indefinitely, it says judges won't go back to work until they can do their jobs without, quote, "any psychological or physical pressures".

 

Just the facts, Parkinson's disease is a disorder⁶ of the human nerve system. Unintensional shaking maybe the most well-known sign of Parkinson's, but it can also cause stiffness or slower movements. It can affect someone's balance or speech. Doctors don't what causes Parkinson's disease and there is no cure forwards. But medications can help improve its symptoms.

 

All right, so we don't know what caused Parkinson's, we do know about 4 million worldwide have it, and tens of thousands of new cases are diagnosed everyear. Now there is man who says he's found a new way to make that diagnosis⁷. Normally when something is wrong, you go to with a doctor, in this case, you might even not have to be in the room. Dr.Sanjay Gupta explains what we mean.

1 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

2 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

3 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

4 insurgent   

adj.叛乱的，起事的；n.叛乱分子

参考例句：

• Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
• The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。

5 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。

6 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

7 diagnosis   

n.诊断，诊断结果，调查分析，判断

参考例句：

• His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。