美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-04-04

 Hi, everybody welcome to the CNN student news. It's April 1 and Carl is off today, no fooling. I am TisherLamd. We are gonna start things off with the country that has been in the news a lot recently. North Korea. The North says it's in the state of war with South Korea and there is actual fighting going on. North Korea is also threatening to attack the United States. The U.S. says it takes threat seriously, but America and South Korea officials say this kind of thing isn't new for North Korea.This weekend the atmosphere on the Korean Peninsula is very different depending on where you live.

The dolls of war howled from North Korean television screen Saturday as martial¹ music and mass rallies were the only choice if you are lucky enough to own a TV. A few times that broadcast switched straight side, to sample what was on the minds of Pyongyang’s patriots². We can't take any more said this man, we can't step back. It's now time to show the jerks are real test.I am holding my two fists hard. Kim Jong-un says if the war breaks out, we should mercilessly crush our enemies. This woman said crush them so they wouldn't even be able to sign the surrender papers. In fierce tones, TV anchorsrepeated morning said the country’s forces were on the highest alerts. The video onslaught takes viewers around the globe smashing the America withits fists, hammering home the message that from Kim Jong-un on down, this is country where everyone yearns³ to be armed and dangerous. 

 

Meantime, hearing the South Korean capital, it is acompletely different thing. People can see their past, their history; they are looking into a brighter further, one that does not include war.

 

I don't think there will be a war. Currently, North Korea just raised up their military alertness. South Korean people are not even interested. They want to attack, they would have attacked ready. North Korea is just threatening. 

 

The colorful changing of guard ceremony is gates of Seoul's Deok sugung Palace drew it share of tourists’ wealth, undoubted by the dire⁴ media forecast. On one peninsula this Sunday, two entirely⁵ different views of what lies ahead across the North images of nation on the desperate brink⁶ of war. In the South, people are preparing to go to work Monday morning. Jim Clansy CNN Seoul.

 

Coming back over to the U.S. now. 35 teachers and school administrators⁷ have been charged with crimes connected massive school cheating scandal here at Atlanta Georgia. The teachers and administrators are accused of cheating on scandalize its tests. They allegedly give the students the right answers or even change answers on the student exams. The investigation⁸ started because some of test results were suspicious.Based on statics, the school scores improve too much. Now, why would teacher and school officials want to cheat? Well, possibility is money. Better test scores could equal better performance reviews and bonus for some officials. And teachers claimed that they were threatened if they didn't cheat. 

 

Testing and results and targets being reached became more important that actual learning on the part of children.

 

Some students actually help to expose the all egedc heating. One told investigators⁹ that when she was in the fifth grade, her teacher offered her the answer for standardize¹⁰ test. The student said she tried to say no, but she wanted to take the test on her own. Her mother and the state investigators say the students are the victims of the scandal. 

 

I have a fifth old now who is behind in achieving hard goal on becoming what she wants to be when she graduates. 

 

The district's former superintendent¹¹ was one of 35 people charged last Friday. She denies any involvement in cheating and new superintendent says 95% of the district’s employees were involved in the scandal. Now, we want to give your guys a chance to talk about this on our blog. What do you think the impact of story will be, for students, for teachers for the community? Share you with us, cnnstudentnews.com.

1 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

2 patriots   

爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
• These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

3 yearns   

渴望，切盼，向往( yearn的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Every man yearns for sympathy in sorrow. 每个遇到不幸的人都渴望得到同情。
• What I dread is to get into a rut. One yearns for freshness of thought and ideas. 我害怕的就是墨守成规。人总是向往新思想和新观念的。

4 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。

5 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

6 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

7 administrators   

n.管理者( administrator的名词复数 )；有管理（或行政）才能的人；（由遗嘱检验法庭指定的）遗产管理人；奉派暂管主教教区的牧师

参考例句：

• He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself. 他手下有管理人员，但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。 来自辞典例句
• Administrators have their own methods of social intercourse. 办行政的人有他们的社交方式。 来自汉英文学 - 围城

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 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 standardize   

v.使符合标准，使标准化

参考例句：

• We will extend and standardize legal services and provide effective legal aid.拓展和规范法律服务，积极开展法律援助。
• There is a drive both to standardise components and to reduce the number of models on offer.正在为实现零部件标准化和减少推出的型号数量而努力。

11 superintendent   

n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长

参考例句：

• He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
• He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。