美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-04-05

 Hi, I'm Carl Azuz. So happy to be back with you for this Tuesday edition of CNN Student News. Thanks to Natisha Lance for filling in yesterday. 

 

First up today, a criminal mystery that officials in Texas described as shocking and uncomfortable. This weekend, Kaufman county district attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia were shot and killed in their home. Two months ago, assistant prosecutor¹ Mark Hasse was shot and killed outside thecounty courthouse. 

 

Prosecutors² like McLelland and Hasse are part of the US criminal justice system. They represent the government, in this case, the county government in criminal trials. It's their job to present evidence against the accused criminals. Authority say they don't know who's responsible for the death of the McLelland's and Hasse, but concerns that prosecutors may be targets has led to other Texas officials getting round-the-clock security. Authorities have launched this massive investigation³, local police, Taxes rangers⁴, now dozens of FBI agents, all getting involved. 

 

Just the facts. 

 

Autism is a general term used for a group of developmental disorders⁶. These disorders generally affect social interaction, behavior and language. There isn't a single known cause for autism and there also isn't a cure. Officials estimate that about one out of every 88 kids has an autism disorder⁵. 

 

Because autism covers a spectrum⁷ of a variety of disorders, it affects people in different ways. The symptoms can range from mild to severe. April is National Autism Awareness⁸ Month and today, April 2nd, is World Autism Awareness Day. The goal of both of these is to raise our awareness and help educate people about disorders. That's Alexis Wineman's goal as well. She was a contestant(竞争者) in this year's Miss America pageant⁹. For her, autism is personal cause. 

 

Miss Montana surrounded by more than 50 other beauty queens on stage, all hoping to become Miss America. But for most of her early life, Alexis Wineman spent her time alone. 

 

I was very quiet because I couldn't say anything right. I was picked on(作弄；总是挑剔) for the various folks. I really didn't have any friends. 

 

Her parents knew there was something wrong, but their small town of Cut Bank, Montana didn't have the resources to help them figure out what it was. And then at the age of 11, after years and years of searching for answers, a doctor finally put a name to Wineman's condition: Pervasive¹⁰ Development Disorder, a mild form of autism. Typically, children with autism are very intelligent, but very quiet, socially awkward, and they don't respond appropriately to interactions with other people. 

 

I longed to really accept myself and my autism, and I realized that my autism isn't what defines me. I define what is autism. 

 

She entered Miss Montana pageant as a way to prove to herself she can do anything she set her mind to. 

 

I fell in love with the program. Good thing too because I won. I wasn't expecting to win but it's funny that things work out sometimes. 

 

That win put her on the national stage in Las Vegas. 

 

Dr. Sanjay Cupta of CNN reporting. 

 

My name is Derek McKee. I am a high school senior at Heritage High School. 

 

Hello. 

 

Thank you, mam.

 

Thank you very much and I appreciate that hope. 

 

 

And I was in this spot for a week to raise awareness for homeless youth in Denver, Colorado. 

 

Food is definitely something a lot of people take for granted. 

 

One night I spent the night on Skid¹¹ Road on L.A. It just changed the entire outlook I had on life, but also it wanted me to give back. I'm gonna live in this spot until all of these walls are filled. There then you can't see me, so we make myself disappear, we’d also make child hunger disappear. 

 

When young people raise the awareness about situations that we need to change in this country, it has a slightly bigger impact. 

 

Derek is scheduled to wrap up his project today. If you are on Facebook, you can check out our Facebook page for an update once we find out if he had achieved this goal. 

 

Things were hopping¹² in Washington D.C. yesterday that Easter Bunny making a great entrance at the White House Easter Egg Roll.  More than 30,000 people, mostly kids were expected to be there. The First Family hosted the event. Malia and Sasha and First Lady Michelle Obama reading children's books with the crowd. President Obama presided over the Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn. He also stopped by the Tennessean basketball court(球场) for some game time.

1 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

2 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

5 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

6 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 spectrum   

n.谱，光谱，频谱；范围，幅度，系列

参考例句：

• This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
• We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。

8 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

9 pageant   

n.壮观的游行；露天历史剧

参考例句：

• Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
• The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。

10 pervasive   

adj.普遍的；遍布的，(到处)弥漫的；渗透性的

参考例句：

• It is the most pervasive compound on earth.它是地球上最普遍的化合物。
• The adverse health effects of car exhaust are pervasive and difficult to measure.汽车尾气对人类健康所构成的有害影响是普遍的，并且难以估算。

11 skid   

v.打滑 n.滑向一侧；滑道 ，滑轨

参考例句：

• He braked suddenly,causing the front wheels to skid.他突然剎车，使得前轮打了滑。
• The police examined the skid marks to see how fast the car had been travelling.警察检查了车轮滑行痕迹，以判断汽车当时开得有多快。

12 hopping   

n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The clubs in town are really hopping. 城里的俱乐部真够热闹的。
• I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末。