CNN 2010-04-15

PHILLIPS: A 28-year-old mother, she needed surgery to save her life, if red tape didn't kill her first.

 

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I offered it back to them and they said it's too late at this point. So I - I don't know where else to turn to and I'm out of time.

 

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PHILLIPS: Well, a community heard that and said "we can't let this happen." Outrage¹ is a powerful thing.

 

A girl who hanged herself allegedly because of bullies², remember talking about Phoebe Prince in that story for weeks. And then we've got other stories of kids being bullied³ throughout the school year. One middle school in Austin, Texas might have a solution. Students can send emails or texts to adults at the school like teachers or bus drivers about any concern from abuse and alcohol to bullies. And the senders can actually be anonymous⁴ if they want.

 

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A way to speak honestly is no fear of retribution. There’s no fear of students knowing that they’ve visited with us online.

 

A principal says that program is really taking a bite out of the bullies. Before it was set up, 75% of the students said bullying⁵ as a concern, a year later, that number actually went down to 25%. But bullies have feelings too when sometimes if you dig really deep down there you can see a good person who's just having a tough time. That's what one group in Atlanta is doing, digging down to build up successfully young women. CNN's Brook⁶ Baldwin has this story for us.
 

1 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。

2 bullies   

n.欺凌弱小者, 开球 vt.恐吓, 威胁, 欺负

参考例句：

• Standing up to bullies takes plenty of backbone. 勇敢地对付暴徒需有大无畏精神。
• Bullies can make your life hell. 恃强欺弱者能让你的日子像活地狱。

3 bullied   

adj.被欺负了v.恐吓，威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
• The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

5 bullying   

v.恐吓，威逼( bully的现在分词 )；豪；跋扈

参考例句：

• Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
• All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 brook   

n.小河，溪；v.忍受，容让

参考例句：

• In our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。
• The brook trickled through the valley.小溪涓涓流过峡谷。