美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-10-26

 It’s Thursday, I’m Carl Azuz. This is CNN Student News bringing global headlines to middle and high school classrooms around the world. Today, we are starting in the Middle East.

 

Fighting in Syria has been going on for almost two years. But it could stop tomorrow, maybe just for a little bit. It’s part of a cease- fire proposal that members of the Syrian government and the rebels fighting them say they agree to in principle. Now, in principle and in reality are two different things. There was a cease-fire in Syria back in April, but it barely lasted a day. This one was the idea of a United Nations representative who is trying to work on a solution to the fighting. Tomorrow is the start of the Muslim holiday called Yid Al Ada. It lasts for several days, the question is, will the proposed cease-fire last that long, if it happens at all.

 

Our next headline takes us from the Middle East to the Caribbean Sea. Storm named Sandy is moving through the area, it became a hurricane yesterday with wind speeds of around 80 miles per hour, and it was on a path to hit the island of Jamaica. People there and across the Caribbean were warned to get ready for Sandy. Their concern’s that it could cause destructive waves and mudslides.

 

Forecast predicted that after Jamaica the hurricane would head toward Cuba and the Bahamas. It’s not expected to hit the United States.

 

Today’s first Shoutout goes out to Mrs. Jimenez’s math classes, at Cesar Chavez Academy in Denver, Colorado.

 

Which of these political parties has won a US presidential election?

 

Here we go. Is it the Reform Party, Green Party, Libertarian Party or Whig Party? You’ve got three seconds, go!

 

There have been four US presidents who were members of the Whig Party. That’s your answer and that’s your Shoutout. 

 

You obviously hear about the Republican and Democratic Parties, but as you saw there are other political parties in the United States, there have been throughout the country’s history. Like the Whigs back in the 1800s. These days other parties are usually referred to as third parties. This year’s third party presidential candidates weren’t part of the debates between Barack Obama and Mitt¹ Romney. They got together for their own debate this week in Chicago. Here is a rundown(纲要) of those candidates and the parties they represent.

 

Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson. He is the presidential nominee² for the Libertarian Party. Jill Stein, who once ran for governor of Massachusetts against Mitt Romney is the nominee for the Green Party.

 

Virgil Goode, a former US Congressman³ from Virginia is the presidential nominee for the Constitution Party and Rocky Anderson, the former mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah is the nominee for the Justice Party.

 

One of the big issues for these third party candidates is ballot⁴ access. Other than right-in vote, people can only vote for these candidates if their names are on the ballot, and that varies from state to state for each of these parties.

 

Jobs. Economy. Education. Issues that all of those candidates, the major candidates, most voters, everybody’s focused on them. A new national survey shows they are what you are concerned about too. Junior achievement spoke⁵ to more than 700 Americans ages 14 to 17, and found the two top concerns among them are jobs and the economy. Many students are worried, they’ll have trouble finding a job after finishing school.

 

64 percent say education is up there, 32 percent mentioned healthcare.

 

The survey showed the teens were almost evenly split about whom they’d vote for. But 57 percent said the candidates were more concerned with winning than listening to what Americans thought. What would your top concern be? Tell us on our blog today at cnnstudentnews.com

1 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

3 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

4 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。