美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-01-15

 Fridays are awesome¹. My name is Carl Azuz. It\'s my pleasure to welcome you to CNN Student News.

Our first story on the last day of the week concerns Syria. For almost 3 years now, Syria has been torn apart by civil war. It involves government forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It involves rebels who want that government overthrown² and it involves terrorists who are trying to increase their power in Syria. Tens of thousands of people have been killed. Millions had to leave their homes. Last Spring, it appeared that chemical weapons had been used in the conflict. After pressure from other countries, the Syrian government agreed to get rid of its chemical weapons. One step in that process was taken on Tuesday.

Dangerous cargo³, a Danish ship has set sail carrying the first batch⁴ of Syria\'s chemical weapons due for destruction.

\"It\'s an unprecedented⁵ situation, unprecedented effort and also, unprecedented in the fact that chemical weapons are actually destroyed outside of the stat party\'s territory.\"

The toxic⁶ materials were removed under a UN back deal arranged by Russia and the US. In an effort to eliminate Syria\'s chemical arsenal⁷ by the middle of the year. The departure of this first shipment was delayed more than a week due to fighting in Syria\'s civil war, logistical problems and bad weather. The head of the UN back disarmament mission tells CNN: This is a milestone⁸ but much work remains⁹ to be done.

\"The process of accumulating and consolidating¹⁰ all the other priority on chemicals is still ongoing¹¹. More movements need to take place within the Syrian Arab Republic to Lat., the Danish vessel¹² will have to do many trips, multiple trips rather to Lat.\"

For each of those trips, the vessel carrying chemicals relief from the Syrian port of Lat. escorted by ships from China, Denmark, Norway and Russia headed for an undisclosed port in Italy where the chemicals will be transferred to a US ship capable of destroying them at sea. Workers put the finishing touches on that ship, the Kape Rae, just days ago at its own port in Virginia.

The world health organization says that one out of every three cigarettes smoke worldwide is smoked in China. It might make sense that the country with the most smokers¹³ would be the country with the highest population. According to a global adult tobacco survey in 2010, more than half of Chinese men smoke. Chinese health officials say more than a million people die from tobacco related diseases every year. So, China is putting a ban on smoking, specifically indoor smoking in public areas, restaurants, buses, hotels will be illegal in China by the end of the year. Smoking is both a health problem and an economic one when you factor in the medical and health care costs for tobacco users and their families. The Christmas season may be over but NASA says it just got a tremendous gift from the White House. The Obama administration wants to keep the International Space Station running until at least 2024. Without the extension, the laboratory would be expected to crash into the South Pacific in about 6 years. For the deal to be done, though, Congress has to approve it. Part of the reason for that, it\'s expensive. Though China, Russia, Japan and the European Space Agency contribute to the station, it costs the US government alone about 3 billion dollars a year to operate. It\'s taking 100 billion dollars to build. A White House science advisor¹⁴ and a NASA official say that\'s worth it because the station, \"offers enormous scientific and societal benefits\". Many Republicans and Democrats¹⁵ agree. Congress is expected to approve the move and the money.

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

2 overthrown   

adj. 打翻的，推倒的，倾覆的 动词overthrow的过去分词

参考例句：

• The president was overthrown in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被赶下台。
• He has overthrown the basic standards of morality. 他已摒弃了基本的道德标准。

3 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

4 batch   

n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量

参考例句：

• The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
• I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。

5 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

6 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

7 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。

8 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

9 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

10 consolidating   

v.（使）巩固， （使）加强( consolidate的现在分词 )；（使）合并

参考例句：

• These measures are meant for consolidating the system of basic medical care. 这些举措旨在夯实基层医疗体系，让老百姓看大病不必出远门。 来自互联网
• We are consolidating the Chinese and English versions of our homepage. 我们将为您提供中英文版本一起的主页。 来自互联网

11 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

12 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

13 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。

14 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

15 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》