美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-12-13

 As the new week begins, many people around the world are paying tribute to Nelson Mandela.He helped end the apartheid, South Africa's practice of racial segregation¹. He became the country's first democratically elected President. Mandela died last Thursday at 95. Our show from last Friday covered his life and  legacy. Yesterday was a national day of prayer in South Africa and official memorial services are scheduled tomorrow, and several world leaders are said to attend. Mandela's memory has been honored around the globe.

 

Our nation has lost his greatest son.We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.

 

He was a huge and liable figure.  

 

He was a man of trust, he was a compassionate² person.

 

For the world, you know, there has been no leader like him in my lifetime.

 

He was remarkable³ and really has a good sense of humor, interest for the design,  yet at the same time there was a serious side in him.

 

What an extraordinary and inspiring man Nelson Mandela was!

 

He was the person that I have been following any other person  in the late twentieth century, represented the triumph of human spirit over adversity.

 

He did not compromise principles and he was so gracious, a gracious man. It is very few to find that combination of virtues⁴ and values principles  all in one person. They were all there, one man that we all candidly⁵ love indeed Nelson Mandela.

 

Many around the world were greatly influenced by his selfless struggle. He touched our lives in deeply personal rays.

 

I am one of the commonplace millions who drew inspiration  from Nelson Mandela's life. My very first political action was protest against apartheid. The day he was released from prison gave me a sense  of what human beings can do when they are gotten by their hopes not their fears. 

 

We have asked everybody at this high level to stand please for a minute's silence in respect of the life of Nelson Mandela.

 

For now let us pause and give thanks.

 

For our first Roll Call of the week we thought we'd add little color to Roll Call festivities. We are going start with purple letters form Martins ferry high school in Martins Ferry Ohio. O Fishers in  Indiana we have got the golden hocks from riverside junior high and we will round out our roll with red Devils there from  central high school in Phoenix⁶ city, Alabama.

 

Economics indicators⁷ and  the winter weather. Economies up first. The new US unemployent rate 7 percent, lowest level in five years. In November the economy added two hundred three thousand jobs. Some experts see these as  good signs for the economy but there is still 11 million unemployed⁸ Americans and more than a third of them have been out of work for at least six months.

1 segregation   

n.隔离，种族隔离

参考例句：

• Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the early 1960s.在60年代初，许多学校部门都觉得按水平分班是一个棘手的问题。
• They were tired to death of segregation and of being kicked around.他们十分厌恶种族隔离和总是被人踢来踢去。

2 compassionate   

adj.有同情心的，表示同情的

参考例句：

• She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。
• The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。

3 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

4 virtues   

美德( virtue的名词复数 )； 德行； 优点； 长处

参考例句：

• Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
• She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。

5 candidly   

adv.坦率地，直率而诚恳地

参考例句：

• He has stopped taking heroin now,but admits candidly that he will always be a drug addict.他眼下已经不再吸食海洛因了,不过他坦言自己永远都是个瘾君子。
• Candidly,David,I think you're being unreasonable.大卫，说实话我认为你不讲道理。

6 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

7 indicators   

（仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的）指针( indicator的名词复数 )； 指示物； （车辆上的）转弯指示灯； 指示信号

参考例句：

• The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
• It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。

8 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。