CNN 2012-03-10

 Fridays are awesome¹ and so are the Noels at Seminole High School in Florida,because one of you got our social media question of the week correct.All right.I am Carl Azuz.Let's get to the day's headlines.

 

Peaceful purposes or weapons?That is the constant debate over Iran's controversial nuclear program.It's been a source of tension between the middle eastern nation and other countries and now Iran says it's willing to restart talks about the program.At the meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency yesterday,an Iranian official said,it's the start of a new chapter for his country and the IAEA.He also said Iran will "never suspend its nuclear activities".The IAEA has been worried that Iran is trying to clean up signs of that nuclear activity.Some western officials say these satellite photos might show that clean up at work.Iran called any suspension about this particular facility ridiculous. 

 

See if you can ID me?I am a famous star,who wants nothing to do with the night life.I am a major provider of the light and heart.Not to be self-centered,but the whole world does revolve² around me.I am the sun and scientists estimate I have been around for millions of years.

 

All things are little stormy upon the sun right now.There isn't any rain or thunder there.To solar storm,that involves geomagnetic particles and the sun doesn't always keep those to itself.There were two solar flares³ earlier this weeks and they sent those geomagnetic particles toward earth.It takes light about eight minutes to travel the 92 million miles from the sun to the earth.The material from these flares got here about 23 hours, so it was moving at four million miles per hour.Those solar storms can sometimes cause problems for power grids⁴ here for GPS.Scientists say that doesn't seem to be happening right now.

 

Most Americans will be seeing more of the sun and maybe a little less sleep.Daylight saving time starts this Sunday,when we move our clocks ahead one hour will move them back again one hour on November 4th.The idea is to reduce the amount of electricity that's used by extending daylight hours.Ben Franklin came up with daylight saving time in the seventeen hundreds.It was used for the first time in Great Britain during World War One.US states don't have to take part in daylight saving,some of they don't,but around seventy countries,do move clocks forwards in the spring.

 

Japan won't be moving its clocks ahead on March 11th,but the nation will be marking a tragic⁵ milestone⁶.It will be one year since the massive earthquake hit the island nation and triggered tsunami⁷,a giant ocean wave.Mark Biello was part of CNN crew that went to Japan to cover this disaster.One year later,he looked back on his experience.

 

My name is Mark Biello.I am a senior photo journalist.Now I have been working here at CNN for 28 years.When we got to this disaster,it was very challenging to cover,because we didn't have any kind of office or bureau to work out of.We worked out of the back of a van.We had a generator,it was bitter cold at times.The infrastructure⁸ was completely shot and we had many challenges,trying to feed and do live shots with our systems and do coverage⁹ of these different villages that were just destroyed.

 

And the first town we traveled to was Minamisanriku.When we first arrived,the level of destruction was incredible,basically a small fishing village that was completely destroyed.It was heart-breaking to think that how many people could be buried under this rubble¹⁰.And there was always threat of aftershocks,there were aftershocks that happened they rocked the van,that would,you could feel under feet or while we were editing or broadcasting their live shots.There were some other tsunami warnings in the days after,so the sirens would go off.And the Japanese defense¹¹ forces and the Japanese fire and rescues,they were very much on edge,very stressed,you know they were trying to keep us safe too.So they would come down,you know,just screaming and yelling,tsunami,tsunami,and so we had to listen and get to higher ground.

 

Another town that we were sent to was,Hachinohe.What was amazing about what happened with tsunami there,the tsunami wave actually picked up giant freighters and they were mostly fishing trawlers,and tossed them on their side, like little toy boats.And also picked some of the ships up and took them into the city.It was a very,it's a rare scene.

 

It's been a year since the tsunami,I think about Japan constantly.I think about the people,how they are getting by.At some point,it will be great to go back and cover this again to see the rebuilding process.

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

2 revolve   

vi.(使)旋转；循环出现

参考例句：

• The planets revolve around the sun.行星绕着太阳运转。
• The wheels began to revolve slowly.车轮开始慢慢转动。

3 flares   

n.喇叭裤v.（使）闪耀( flare的第三人称单数 )；（使）（船舷）外倾；（使）鼻孔张大；（使）（衣裙、酒杯等）呈喇叭形展开

参考例句：

• The side of a ship flares from the keel to the deck. 船舷从龙骨向甲板外倾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation. 他是火爆性子，一点就着。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 grids   

n.格子( grid的名词复数 )；地图上的坐标方格；（输电线路、天然气管道等的）系统网络；（汽车比赛）赛车起跑线

参考例句：

• Typical framed structures are beams, grids, plane and space frames or trusses. 典型构架结构为梁、格栅、平面的和空间的框架或桁架。 来自辞典例句
• The machines deliver trimmed grids for use or stock. 这种机器铸出修整过的板栅，以供使用或储存。 来自辞典例句

5 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

6 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

7 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

8 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

9 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

10 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

11 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。