CNN 2011-10-04

 Hi, checking stories cross country. A North Carolina man survived 4 days in the Utah dessert after breaking his leg on a solo hike. Wein Richard says that he lost his footing and fell 10 feet to a canyon¹. He then managed to drag himself five miles back to his car. Eventually, a helicopter spotted² him and got him straight to a hospital. Check out these amazing pictures of spouts³ along lake Michigan. Dozens funnel⁴ clouds spotted. But there were no reports of any damages or injuries. 

And in Reno, Nevada, more than 400 people attended the memorial service for the victims and families of that deadly air race crash that killed 11 people. Reno's mayor says it was a chance to show support for the victims and everyone related to them. Well, tomorrow, UC Berkeley, campus Republicans are holding a bake sale. And if you are a white, you are going to pay a lot more for your cookies than the black women. The point, SB 185. The California bill that would allow race and ethnicity to once again be factors in student admissions. We're going to get to the politics in just a minute, but first, here is what the sweets will cost you. If you are white, 2 bucks⁵. If you are Asian, buck⁶ 50, Latinos, a dollar. Hold on, it gets cheaper, 75 cents for African-Americans, 25 cents for American-Indians, and women, well, guess what? We get a 25 cent discount. And on campus, young Dems and Republicans are going at it.

The price structure is there to bring attention, to cause people to get a little upset. But it's really there to cause people think more critically about what this kind of policy would do in university admissions. 

 

 

The way that they made the statement, the words that they used, the fact that they humorized and mocked the struggles of people's color on this campus is very disgusting to me.

Joining us now CNN political analyst⁷ Roland Martin and also CNN contributor Will Kein. All right, Roland. it's satire⁸, good way to make a point or not. 

Hell no, these guys are idiots. But you know that, this has been happening for like 15 years making these ridiculous points. But here is I found interesting, they are very quick to say, oh, no purposes. But guess what, none of them will say a word about legacy⁹. When if your mom and dead went to your school, we're going to hook you up and help you out. In 2004, I questioned president Bush about this very issue, and he owed up to saying legacy should not be used in college admissions. Let's see college Republicans tackle that, I bet they won't, they don't have the guts¹⁰ to do it.

Will?

You know, the outrage¹¹ of this bake sale strikes me as unforgivably irrational¹², Roland. It's like being mad at the thermometer for telling you that it's hot. This is about whether or not the state should be using racial preferences, whether or not the state should be embracing racial discrimination. And this bake sale I think is a brilliant piece of satire to draw attention to that much more malignant¹³, that much more offensive state law that California is considering.

So..

Actually it's much more, actually it's much more offensive well is white privilege, OK?  When you have these college Republicans, they are not debating many of these guys when it comes from affirmative action. White women have benefited affirmative action more than anybody else, many of the same people, their moms, their aunts, their sisters, their cousins.

But, see, they are likely going to school being funded right now by some mother who is getting a government contract, although we don't want to talk about that because that might affect mom, but again, Will, address the inequalities of legacy. Why is it they like one preference, and they are quiet about that, or we're going to have problem with this preference? 

1 canyon   

n.峡谷，溪谷

参考例句：

• The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
• The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 spouts   

n.管口( spout的名词复数 )；（喷出的）水柱；（容器的）嘴；在困难中v.（指液体）喷出( spout的第三人称单数 )；滔滔不绝地讲；喋喋不休地说；喷水

参考例句：

• A volcano spouts flame and lava. 火山喷出火焰和岩浆。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The oil rushes up the tube and spouts up as a gusher. 石油会沿着钢管上涌，如同自喷井那样喷射出来。 来自辞典例句

4 funnel   

n.漏斗；烟囱；v.汇集

参考例句：

• He poured the petrol into the car through a funnel.他用一个漏斗把汽油灌入汽车。
• I like the ship with a yellow funnel.我喜欢那条有黄烟囱的船。

5 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 buck   

n.雄鹿，雄兔；v.马离地跳跃

参考例句：

• The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
• The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。

7 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

8 satire   

n.讽刺，讽刺文学，讽刺作品

参考例句：

• The movie is a clever satire on the advertising industry.那部影片是关于广告业的一部巧妙的讽刺作品。
• Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.讽刺往往是一种对不公正的抗议形式。

9 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

10 guts   

v.狼吞虎咽，贪婪地吃，飞碟游戏（比赛双方每组5人，相距15码，互相掷接飞碟）；毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的第三人称单数 )；取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 )；内脏；消化道的下段；肠

参考例句：

• I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净，我只需烧一下即可。
• Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 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。

12 irrational   

adj.无理性的，失去理性的

参考例句：

• After taking the drug she became completely irrational.她在吸毒后变得完全失去了理性。
• There are also signs of irrational exuberance among some investors.在某些投资者中是存在非理性繁荣的征象的。

13 malignant   

adj.恶性的，致命的；恶意的，恶毒的

参考例句：

• Alexander got a malignant slander.亚历山大受到恶意的诽谤。
• He started to his feet with a malignant glance at Winston.他爬了起来，不高兴地看了温斯顿一眼。