CNN 2012-05-03

 It is the end of the month, but new week of CNN Students is just getting started, we want to give big thanks to Eric Booth for helping¹ us get things started today, you will hear a lot more from later on, first up though, we are looking at a conflict in Africa. 

 

The president of Sudan has declared a state of emergency for cities along his country southern border, that's because a fighting between Sudan and South Sudan, the Sudanese air forces have launched attacks against ground forces from South Sudan, several south Sudanese soldiers were wounded in an attack on Sunday, according to reporter who is travelling with them. Sudan used to be Africa's largest nation, it's struggle through decades of war until a peace deal was reached in 2005, that led to south Sudan, becoming an independent country last year, but disagreements remain between the two countries, including the status of their citizens, areas along the border that are disputed and how the countries share their oil. Early this month, South Sudan took control of a region that produces about half of Sudan's oil, that was part of what led this weekend's fighting. 

 

 

It's April 30th and this day in history in 1789, George Washington was inaugurated in New York as president of the United States. In 1803, representatives from Unite States and France finished negotiating the Louisiana Purchase, the deal doubled American size. In 1945, the leader of Nazis³ Germany Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin headquarters. Germany surrendered soon afterward⁴. And in 1975, the Vietnam war came to an end when South Vietnam surrendered after north Vietnam's troops took over side gun. 

 

 

One year and 3 days ago, outbreak tornadoes⁶ ripped across parts of the United States, 53 people were killed in Tuscaloosa Alabama when one of the twisters hit there.

 

 

On Saturday, former pro² football and baseball player Bone Jackson arrived in Tuscaloosa at the end of 300-mile bike ride, Jackson said his goal was to raise money for tornado⁵ victims and raise awareness⁷ about the struggle to rebuild. George Howl has more on those efforts. It's been one year since this EA full monster left its mark on Tuscaloosa, a year since we last spoke⁸ to the owner of the crispy cream donuts. Is all this a total loss? A total loss. Today Evan Smith is working to rebuild. We are talking like a year after the tornado came through, we are still waiting for the concrete to be formed. That's amazing, you know, in one statue, you wanna be, upside, how could it take 12 muds but a lot when on those 12 muds. the first came to massive that for to remove debris⁹ according to city officials, 1.5 million cubic yards of it county wide. Overall,12.6% of the city was destroyed,  most tornadoes hit house, skip by house ,hit house, this thing would take everything out, you know, half of them mile-wide. there were trees all through here. Gary survived by taking shelter in his basement, his home had to be demolished¹⁰, so now he is starting over, it does take a while to figure out how do you wanna build, how do you wanna do it , do you wanna come back. I mean, there were a lot of people, there is still across the light , they tried to decide,some of them decided¹¹, they just can't take it, they couldn't be here in the constant reminder¹² everyday of seeing it. You can see the difference best from satellite image, this is the corner of 15th A Boulevard before the tornado hit, here is the image of the corner just after the storm came through, there is debris everywhere. This is what they say neighborhood looks like today, while left here was an empty field where these homes once stood, the tornado was on the ground for less than 6 minutes and overall 53 were killed here in Tuscaloosa. This is gonna be the safe room, this is poured in place concrete wall, residents are rebuilding to be better prepared, do you worry this would happen again? yes, I think it's obvious that the Tuscaloosa is on the pay up now, and those signs of progress. far as being in business, I am not better off to like it the door is open again.

 

 

From Alabama, we are heading north to NY city for what's expected to be  a towering achievement, this timeless video shows construction at the area known as grounds zero, it's a site of former world trade center, the twin towers that were destroyed by the 911 terrorist attacks in 2001, the building that's gone up has the same number as one of those towers, one world trade center, the project has been moving along at the rate of about 1 floor every week, today it's expected to become the tallest building in NY City, but it won't stop there, one world trade center is schedule to reach its ultimate altitude, 776 feet some time next year. 

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

3 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。

5 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

6 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网

7 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

8 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

9 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

10 demolished   

v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
• They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。

11 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

12 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。