CNN 2012-06-03

 How could I have that awesome¹ in my report. Thanks to Mr. W’s class for that introduction and thanks all of you for spending this last day in May with CNN Student News.

 

For start today, 50 years prison sentence for Charles Taylor, the former leader of Liberia. Taylor was found guilty by the International Criminal Court last month. He is the first former world leader since WW II to be committed to world crimes. Taylor was the president of the African Nation of Liberia from 1997 to 2003. During that time, he was accused of being involved with a civil war in a neighboring country, C. The charges included murder, slavery, and forcing people younger than 15 to fight in the conflict. A special court in Netherland * down Taylor’s sentence yesterday. The judge says Taylor was responsible for quote aiding and batting some of the most brutal² crimes in human history. The former Liberian leader is appealing his conviction.

 

International anger about what’s going on in Syria is growing. The UN Security Council is finding ways to pressure Syria’s government to stop the fighting that’s going on for more than a year now. Thousands of people, most of them are Syrians have been killed in this violence. There is anger inside Syria as well. This protest was in the city of Hula, that’s where more than 100 people were killed last Friday, and what people described as a massacre³. One big question is what the international community can do about this. No country is openly pushing for military action. Some have spoken out against the idea; other say it should be an option. Some officials say right now the situation in Syria is at a tipping point.

 

Today spark Shoutout goes out to coach Ivy⁴ and coach G S’s classes at Mana High School in Mana Texas. What city is hosting this year’s Republican Party national convention? Is it SNL, SPM, DFC or TF? You’ve got 3 seconds, go. T is hosting the Republican national convention at the end of August. That’s your answer and that’s your Shoutout.

 

During that convention, the Republican Party will officially name its presidential nominee⁵. That is now almost certain to be M R. This week, the former Massachusetts’ governor unofficially won his party’s nomination⁶, thanks to the Texas primary. Governor M has been waiting delegates in primary * since January. Tuesday’s Within Texas, * over the so-called magic number of 1144, that’s how many delegates have taken to win the republican nomination this year. One of the people who offer congratulations to M R, his opponent, President Obama called governor R about the milestone⁷ yesterday. The president will officially be named the democratic nominee at that party’s national convention. That’s taking place in S in September.

 

State’s hosting those conventions and others along the US east coast are dealing⁸ with the rain and wind from Beryl. This is the same severe weather system that we’ve reported on early in the week. Wednesday evening, Beryl was no longer a tropical depression, even though it was losing strength, it still was raising concerns though; because in addition to the wind and the rain, Beryl was also causing dangerous rip currents. One person was swept away in Florida on Monday. Around 170 other swimmers had to be rescued from the circle with the weekend. Forecaster said the rip currents were a threat along the coast from Florida up through North and South Carolina.

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 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

3 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

4 ivy   

n.常青藤，常春藤

参考例句：

• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
• The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。

5 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

6 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

7 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。

8 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。