CNN 2012-05-23

 Great, and I’m almost certainly well. Thank you for the students *** for that introduction. I am Carl Azuz. CNN Student News is kicking off a new week’s headlines in this Monday, May 21st.

First up, President Obama is wrapping up four days’ meetings with other world leaders, started last Friday as annual two-day gathering¹ of the G8. This is a group of eight powerful countries to get together every year to discuss global issues. Its members are the US, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and Canada. President Obama hosted this year’s meeting as the presidential country residents at Camp David. The leaders talked about food issues in Africa, political issues in Italy and Iran’s controversial nuclear program. The main focus of this meeting was on the global economies, specifically on the financial struggles happening around Europe. [People’s name(s)] has more.

As the Europe is on crisis and it’s the third year, we thought to shift this G8 summit toward the strategy that President Obama has been advocating for some time focusing not only on government’s spending cuts, on budget cuts but also on economic growth and creating jobs something that is allured² many yields-own nations for some time now. President Obama has eyed very much on the crisis there during this election year as it threatens to affect the fragile economic recovery here in the US.

After the G8 the US president headed to Chicago for a NATO meeting that started yesterday and runs to today. The leaders of more than fifty countries were at this conference which is primarily about the war in Afghanistan.

At this meeting the leaders are expected to work on the plan for how security in Afghanistan and will shift from NATO forces to Afghan troops. They are mapping out the time frame and looking at who will pay for the increase number of Afghan forces a little take to secure the country. Well, the NATO members are working on that inside. World protesters have been gathering outside the conference. And five men have been arrested in connection with the alleged³ terror plot in Chicago. Police said there are no imminent⁴ threats to the world leaders at the NATO meeting.

Chen Guangcheng is a Chinese human rights activist⁵. But he’s not in China any more. On Saturday, Chen, his wife and his two children arrived in the United States. You may remember these names from reports we gave you last month when Chen took shelter at the US embassy in Beijing after his escape from house arrest. That caused some attention between the United States and China. [People’s name(s)] was in New York when Chen Guangcheng arrived there Saturday night.

Chen arrived here in New York University, Washington Square Village is his new home now. Came here by a van from New York Airport in neighboring [People’s name(s)], Chen was escorted from the van and approached the microphones to cheer on lookers who screamed “welcome to the USA.” He’s been through a lot and he was grateful.

After much turbulence⁶ I have come out of Shandong. This is thanks to the assistance of many friends.

He thanks to the US embassy. He thanks to Chinese government for come straight in handling the matter. But he’s very worried about the *** back home. And he three times made the point that Chinese government should lead up to promises to respect the lives of his family members.

As we see, *** in Shandong may not have been the bitter and my rights to practice law have been curbed⁷ and we hope to see in the future a thorough investigation⁸ into these events.

This human rights activist to escape house arrest by scaling wall is seeking refuge in the US embassy in Beijing. Now on everyone tried to get along.

I believe that no matter how difficult the environment, nothing is impossible as long as you put your heart to it.

Chen is going to be a fellow studying here with a lot of departments in New York University likely to be an interview of the days ahead. And he is going to stay concerned about family’s back at home. And for now, of what was used diplomatic affair. [People’s name(s)], CNN, New York.

We told you earlier that Italy is a part of G8. The country’s Prime Minister Mario Monti was also at the NATO meeting in Chicago. But he headed home early after an earthquake hit Italy on early Sunday morning. The quake has a *** to 6.0, striking around 4 am local time on Sunday. At least seven people were killed. There were fifty others who were injured and a large number of people were forced out of their homes by the damage you can see in these pictures. Rescue workers are digging through the rubble⁹ and hopes finding survivors¹⁰. They’re also being making their way out to search smaller more remote villages. Prime Minister Monti promised to help victim seeing quote all that is necessary would be done as soon as possible.

What you’re looking at here is a mountain in Switzerland. We pay attention because this thing is about to look very different. Watch this, trees are just collapsing¹¹. Over the course of several hours, more than ten million cubic feet of rocks slid down the mountain side into the valley below. Officials evacuated¹² the area to avoid any potential injuries from these landslides¹³. Scientists said the cliff was stable afterward¹⁴ but it was still classified as a dangerous zone.

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 allured   

诱引，吸引( allure的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They allured her into a snare. 他们诱她落入圈套。
• Many settlers were allured by promises of easy wealth. 很多安家落户的人都是受了诱惑，以为转眼就能发财而来的。

3 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

5 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

6 turbulence   

n.喧嚣，狂暴，骚乱，湍流

参考例句：

• The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.空气的激流导致飞机翻转。
• The world advances amidst turbulence.世界在动荡中前进。

7 curbed   

v.限制，克制，抑制( curb的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Advertising aimed at children should be curbed. 针对儿童的广告应受到限制。 来自辞典例句
• Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia. 俄罗斯需要抑制通货膨胀。 来自辞典例句

8 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。

9 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。

10 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

11 collapsing   

压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂

参考例句：

• Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
• The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。

12 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

13 landslides   

山崩( landslide的名词复数 )； （山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌； 滑坡； （竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数

参考例句：

• Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
• The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。

14 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。