美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-05-13

 First up hearing in the US house representatives. This is about an attack on American facility that happened last year in Libya. It was Sep. 11th 2012. The terrorist attack targeted on the US consulate¹ building, a government building, in the city of Benghazi. 4 Americans were killed, including ambassador Chris Stevense, American top representative in Libya. Some members of Congress have criticized president Obama and his administration for the response to that attack, what was done and what was said. At first the administration official said the attack developped out of a protest over entire Islamic film madem in the US. Later they said it was a planned terrorist attack. During yesterday's hearing, congressmen talked former government officials about what information was known and when.

--Was there any evidence when you were there in Libya, on that day, this was a protest?

--There was none. And I'm confident that Ambassador Chris would have reported to protest immediately if one appeared on this door. The protocol², of course, was for us to evacuate³ immediately from the consulate and moved to the annex⁴.

--Did you report to anyone in Wahsington within the first couple of days that it was anything connection, a protest, in connection to a YouTube video?

--No, they only reported that our mission made through every channel was that there had been an attack.

--Not a protest.

--No protest.

The chairman of the committee said the goal of this hearing is to getting answers, because the victims' families deserve them.

The British legislated⁵ branch, its congress, is called parliament. Its new session started yesterday with a long standing⁶ tradition. The Queen's speech, threatened by the British government and then ceremonilly read by the British Monarch⁷. The speech includes some of the biggest issues that parliament expects to face during its new session. In yesterday's speech, Queen Elizabeth the second said these:

My government will continue to make the case for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom.

OK, here is the deal with that. The United Kingdom is made up of 4 places: England, Welsh, Scotland, and Northern Irland. Nest year, Scots are set to vote on whether they wanna stay in the UK or become an independent country.

Amanda Berry, George, Mitchel, 3 women from the Cleveland, Ohio area. They disappeared in 2002, 2003 and 2004. And then Monday, this call camen in the 911.

--Cleveland ...

--Hello, police, help me, I'm Amanda Berry.

--You need police, fire or ambulance?

--I need police.

--OK, and what's going on then?

--I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for 10 years. And I'm here, I'm free now.

The women were found alive on Monday. All in a same Cleveland house. Berry was ble to escape and make that 911 call after nbeighbors kicked in the door when they heard screaming from inside the house. The owner of the house was arrested. He was charged yesterday with 4 counts of kidnapping. The 3 women are believed being abducted⁸ when they were 14,16, and 21. We don't know the all of the circumstances. We're not telling this story to scare anyone. No matter how old you're, there're things you can do to avoid becoming a victim of crime. We're gonna bring Mike now, a long enforcement expert, to talk about that, Mike.

Carl, it's good to be with you. I'll tell you. When some like this happens, we heard about these 3 girls being found alive. You know it's not something you really like to talk about, but it's something we have to talk about. Because no matter where you are, whether you're in school, and I know schools get ready to get out, so everybody's going up to the summer time. You have to be aware of your surroundings.

Now I don't care how old you are. If somebody comes up to you, and you feel it in your gut⁹ that you know what, some just seems wrong here. Let somebody know about it. Somebody tries to get you to a car, somebody tries to grab you. Run, scream, kick, do whatever you can to get away. Because the status prove that if you do fight, most likely you can get away.

But the other thing. If someone you see going to school, from school, at the mall, anywhere at all, kind of give you the creeps, and you just say to yourself, you know what, this person really creeps me out, let somebody know. If you are not with your parents, let somebody, the authoity, the security officer at the mall, any where you're, know about it. Don't worry about being a snitch, it's not about being a snitch; it's about keeping yourself safe.

And also, Carl, there are some other great programs. If you want more information, everybody wants know a little bit more about they should go to the website for the national centre, for missing exploited children, and also for red kids. It'll help empower you to know what to do, should you get at a bad situation

1 consulate   

n.领事馆

参考例句：

• The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

2 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

3 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

4 annex   

vt.兼并，吞并；n.附属建筑物

参考例句：

• It plans to annex an England company in order to enlarge the market.它计划兼并一家英国公司以扩大市场。
• The annex has been built on to the main building.主楼配建有附属的建筑物。

5 legislated   

v.立法，制定法律( legislate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Congress has legislated a new minimum wage for workers. 国会制定了一项新的关于工人最低工资的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Most member countries have already legislated against excessive overtime. 大多数成员国均已立法禁止超时加班。 来自辞典例句

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

7 monarch   

n.帝王，君主，最高统治者

参考例句：

• The monarch's role is purely ceremonial.君主纯粹是个礼仪职位。
• I think myself happier now than the greatest monarch upon earth.我觉得这个时候比世界上什么帝王都快乐。

8 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

9 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。