美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-05-22

 Thanks to those news charter Students for getting things started. Thanks all of you for wrapping up your week with CNN Student News. I'm Carl Azuz.

For start today, parts of Texas were recovery from severe weather that hit on Wednesday. A national weather survey says at least 10 tornades touched down in the area. US gets more tornades per year than any other country. These storms can show up any time, but the peak month are April, May and June. The ones that hit north Texas killed at least 6 people. Rescue crews were searching for others who were missing yesterday.

Official say the victims were in its neighbhood. Most of homes there were destroyed. You can see some foundations where the buildings just completely gone; and some of homes that are standing¹ like this one still got massive damage. Recovery efforts could take a while.

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Following up now, a couple government stories. Earlier this week, we reported on the scandal involving the IRS. The agency admitted that when groups from the Tea Party movement and other conservative groups applied² for tax exempt³ status, their applications were targetted for extra review, was basically politial bias⁴. You can get all the details on what happened in the transcript⁵ for Monday show.

The acting⁶ commissioner⁷ of the IRS was forced to resign this week because of the scandal. The reaction from across Washington, outrage⁸.

--Whether you're a republican or a democrater independent in this country, to take the abuse of a 3.8-trillion government, the power of that government and to use it to stifle⁹ oppositon is profoundly un-American.

--It should not matter what political stride you're from, but the fact of matter is that the IRS has to operate with absolute integrity. The governemnt generally ask to conduct itself in a way that is true to the public trust, that's specially¹⁰ true for the IRS. It's inexcusable, and America is right to angery about it.

--There are laws in place to prevent this type of abuse.

--My question isn't about who is gonna to resign. My queation is who's going to jail over the scandal.

The other follow up is about a terrorist attack against US facility in Benghazi, Libya last year. 4 Americans were killed including the American ambassador in Libya.

There's been a lot of criticism about how president Obama's administration responded. Wednesday, the White House released more than 100 pages of e-mails about that response. The communications between the White House, CIA and the state department, show how the administration developed its talking points. That's the information the government would share publicly.

Representative Darrell Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight¹¹ Committe explained why Congress is holding hearings about Benghazi.

--Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to tax payers. Because tax payers have the right to know what they get from their government.

1 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。

2 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

3 exempt   

adj.免除的；v.使免除；n.免税者，被免除义务者

参考例句：

• These goods are exempt from customs duties.这些货物免征关税。
• He is exempt from punishment about this thing.关于此事对他已免于处分。

4 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

5 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

6 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

7 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

8 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

9 stifle   

vt.使窒息；闷死；扼杀；抑止，阻止

参考例句：

• She tried hard to stifle her laughter.她强忍住笑。
• It was an uninteresting conversation and I had to stifle a yawn.那是一次枯燥无味的交谈，我不得不强忍住自己的呵欠。

10 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

11 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。