CNN 2011-10-09

 A country that surrounded be water ran out of it.The answer is coming your way. I'm Carl Azuz welcomimng you to this Thuesday edition of CNN student news.

 

First up, anger in athenes as Greek protesters take over the streets of their capital city. Earlier this week We talked about Greece being in financial trouble. The goverment is trying to find ways to cut spending in order to avoid going broke. They've already made some changes including layoffs¹ and salary cuts, and they are planing to do more. Obviously this is no going over well with Greek citizens. Yesterday thousand of them march trough Athenes, speaking out against their goverment and its cuts. They actually shut down part of the city. There was also a nationwide strike by public workers that shut down the athenes airport, government offices and schools. Some high school students held their own protests at schools that were in session.

 

Several countries are trying to find ways to stop the violence that's been going on in Syria. Protesters there are speaking out against their president, and Syrian goverment forces are reportedly cracking down on the protesters. The United Nation Security Council voted on a resolution Tuesday that would have called an immediate² end to the violence. But two of the Council's permanent members, China and Russia, voted no, so the resolution didn't pass. China said it wouldn't have helped Syria's situation. Russia was concerned it might send the wrong message. The "no" votes led some of pretty harsh words from other nations. "The United States is outraged³ that this Council has utterly⁴ failed to adress a urgent more challenge and a growing threat to regional peace and stability." "This veto will not stop us. No veto can give carte blanche to the Syrian authority who has lost full legitimacy⁵ in assasinating and killing⁶ their people."

 

There is a bill that moving through the US Senate that could take aim at one of America's trading partners, China. This bill would put a tax on any product that come from the nation whose currency is undervalued. China has been accused of manipulating its currency to keep it weak. Now why whould a country want to so that? If your currency is weak, it means your products are cheaper to buy. That might be good for the country with the weak currency, but if you are an American manufacturer, it means having to compete cheaper Chines products. The senators who support this bill says they are trying to help pout⁷ Amercian companies. But some of leaders in the House of Representatives say the US should not get involved with another country's currency."I think it's pretty dangerous to make move on legislation through United States Congress on forcing someone to deal with the value of their currency. This is well beyond, I think, what the Congress ought to be doing."

1 layoffs   

临时解雇( layoff的名词复数 )； 停工，停止活动

参考例句：

• Textile companies announced 2000 fresh layoffs last week. 各纺织公司上周宣布再次裁员两千人。
• Stock prices broke when the firm suddenly announced layoffs. 当公司突然宣布裁员时，股票价格便大跌

2 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

3 outraged   

a.震惊的，义愤填膺的

参考例句：

• Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
• He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。

4 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

5 legitimacy   

n.合法，正当

参考例句：

• The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
• Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 pout   

v.撅嘴；绷脸；n.撅嘴；生气，不高兴

参考例句：

• She looked at her lover with a pretentious pout.她看着恋人，故作不悦地撅着嘴。
• He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted.他要是没得到想要的东西就会发牢骚、撅嘴。