美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-06-02

 Welcome to our viewers worldwide, to this special edition of CNN Student News. I'm Carl Azuz at the CNN Center.

 

Our network turns 35 years old today. And what we're doing today and tomorrow is looking back at some of the major news stories that have made headlines and history since 1980. 

 

Teachers, as always, we encourage you to preview this show. It contains images of some of the most tragic¹ stories CNN has covered.

 

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Good evening, I'm David Walker.

 

And I'm Lois Hart. Now, here's the news.

 

Approximately four shots were fired at the president.

 

Mike Chinoy, CNN Beijing.

 

The skies over Baghdad had been illuminated².

 

This is one pocket of turmoil³ in the Egyptian capital.

 

Lift off of the space shuttle mission. Obviously a major malfunction⁴.

 

I'm going to have to interrupt this call. Police believe that O.J. Simpson is in that car.

 

Quick. Let's go.

 

Israeli officials say they're trying to use restraint.

 

You can see the people below trapped on Sinjar Mountain.

 

I'm outside this pediatric hospital. Just take a look inside.

 

Some of these people have been waiting outside now for more than three days.

 

As far as we can see under blue sky, it's totally leveled.

 

Princess Diana has died.

 

George Zimmerman not charged with anything in this case.

 

A third of the building has been blown away.

 

There has been a second explosion. 

 

What normally would be the World Trade Center is no more.

 

The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama Bin⁵ Laden⁶.

 

USA! USA!

 

It's so rare that we get the cover story that have a happy ending.

 

What is going on in Ferguson, Missouri in downtown America.

 

Here come flash bangs and canisters coming right up at us.

1 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

2 illuminated   

adj.被照明的；受启迪的

参考例句：

• Floodlights illuminated the stadium. 泛光灯照亮了体育场。
• the illuminated city at night 夜幕中万家灯火的城市

3 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

4 malfunction   

vi.发生功能故障，发生故障，显示机能失常

参考例句：

• There must have been a computer malfunction.一定是出了电脑故障。
• Results have been delayed owing to a malfunction in the computer.由于电脑发生故障，计算结果推迟了。

5 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

6 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。