美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-08-21

 Whether it's your first day of the school year or your first day back from the weekend, thank you so much for spending part of it with CNN STUDENT NEWS. My name is Carl Azuz. We start today with the latest developments in Egypt. The country's been in the news recently because of fighting between government forces and people who support Mohammed Morsy. He is the former president who was forced out of power this summer. Large groups of Morsy supporters had been hiding inside this mosque¹ in Cairo, Egypt's capital. On Saturday, security forces raided the mosque and arrested hundreds of people. Morsy's supporters say the Egyptian government and the military are responsible for starting the violence that's led to hundreds of deaths. Egyptian officials say terrorists are to blame for the chaos² in their country.

 

In the northwestern part of the U.S., hundreds of firefighters are battling a huge wildfire in Idaho. Over the weekend, an I-reporter captured these photos of the flames. On Saturday, the fire had spread across nearly 93,000 acres. To think of that, it's roughly the same area as 93,000 football fields. Authorities say strong winds and dry conditions are only feeding the flames. More than 2,200 homes are under evacuation orders. Brianna Keilar has more on this.

 

"Oh I came up here earlier and I, the tears started to come and the heart started to race."

 

A desperate fight to save lives and property. The so-called Beaver³ Creek⁴ fire is now threatening to destroy neighborhoods, vacation homes, and ski areas in Ketchum and Sun Valley, Idaho.

 

Residents are being told to get their essential belongings⁵ and pets, and get out now.

 

"My mom prompted me to come down, and I didn't think it was a big deal. And then coming south, I realized I am glad not to be up north."

 

While some people are speeding out of town, others are watching the fire from a nearby hillside. Robert Cole has lived in the area for the past 15 years.

 

"I've seen a lot of disasters in my lifetime, you know, like tornadoes⁷ down in Oklahoma where I come from, but never any fires that threatened my home like this."

 

"It's unbelievable, man."

 

Jack⁸ Dees, a local insurance agent, is getting phone calls from his clients. They want to know where the fire is headed and what's being done to stop it.

 

"Everybody kind of from out of town wants to know what's going on. They've got more people helping⁹ them, which I think makes them feel a little bit better at a time like this, which is pretty nerve-wracking."

 

The wildfire was sparked by lightning on August 7th, and today hundreds of local and national firefighters are using everything at their disposal to contain the blaze, which is turning out to be unpredictable and dangerous.

 

About three months ago, the city of Moore, Oklahoma was hit by an EF5 tornado⁶. 24 people were killed. Two elementary schools completely destroyed, and 24 other schools were damaged. Last Friday was the first day of the new school year in Moore. Nick Valencia caught up with the students and teachers to talk about what it was like to start back there.

 

There a lot of emotions when it's time to go back to school, especially when part of that school is not there anymore.

 

"You look at that. That is destroyed. I don't know how we survived this."

 

I first met Dylan Ellis nearly three months ago, in the days immediately following the EF5 tornado that wrecked¹⁰ Moore, Oklahoma and left 24 people dead. The word hero got thrown around a lot during those days, but Ellis really was nothing short of one.

 

"I see her start to go up. I jump on her, lay on her, and then grab on to the bottom of these lockers¹¹ that were in the ground."

 

Like most of the students who survived the tornado, Ellis had a lot of time over the summer to think about what happened. Excited, nervous, anxious, those are just some of the feelings he said he's had about starting eighth grade. And after everything that happened, he says he is just ready for things to be back to normal again.

 

"It is going to be a process to get it back, but it's going to eventually get the way it was before."

 

First grade teacher Wayne Lamaze wishes it was that easy. Her school, Briarwood Elementary, took a direct hit for the tornado. She laid on her students and even played music to them as debris¹² rained down on them.

 

"You hear the children that they don't want to go to school, you know, the ones that I had last year, they, I saw this summer, and they would tell me I don't want to go to school, Ms. Mayes. That breaks my heart, cuz you know, they, they kind of lost their innocence¹³."

 

And she welcomes new students to their temporary buildings this year, she says the most difficult part for her will be making them feel that they are safe.

 

 

"A thunderstorm might scare me but there is so much love in the world, and that's what we are going to teach the children, too. That's the strength that we have to draw on." 

1 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

2 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

3 beaver   

n.海狸，河狸

参考例句：

• The hat is made of beaver.这顶帽子是海狸毛皮制的。
• A beaver is an animals with big front teeth.海狸是一种长着大门牙的动物。

4 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

5 belongings   

n.私人物品，私人财物

参考例句：

• I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
• Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。

6 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

7 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网

8 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

10 wrecked   

adj.失事的，遇难的

参考例句：

• the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
• the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞

11 lockers   

n.寄物柜( locker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I care about more lockers for the teachers. 我关心教师要有更多的储物柜。 来自辞典例句
• Passengers are requested to stow their hand-baggage in the lockers above the seats. 旅客须将随身携带的行李放入座位上方的贮藏柜里。 来自辞典例句

12 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

13 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。