CNN 2012-02-22

 Hi,everyone.I am Natisha Lance sitting in for Carl Azuz today.We hope that you enjoyed the long weekend and you are ready for a new week of headlines from CNN Students News.

 

First up.International inspectors¹ are looking Iran's controversial nuclear program.Representative from the IAEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency are in Iran right now.Now they are responsible for making sure that the countries aren't secretly developing nuclear weapons but that was some countries accused Iran of doing but the middle east nation says its nuclear program only has peaceful purpose.The country of Israel if Iran does have nuclear weapons then Israel will consider that as a direst threat against itself.Israel government has also indicated that it's considering an attack against Iran nuclear facilities.US officials say that they understand Israel's concerns but they advice against any kind of attack,saying that could make the situation worse.

 

In Washington DC,authorities say they have stopped the planed tear attack.They have been watching the suspect for a while as part of a long-term investigation².He was arrested Friday at this parking garage here and allegedly went there to get what he thought was the bast with explosives.The people he met with were actually long enforcement officers.Now the suspect has been charged with attempts to bomb the US capital building in an suicide attack.

 

Here's what we know about him.He's 29 years old and from Morocco.Authorities say he was acting³ along and wasn't connected to any terrorist organization they also said that the public was never in any danger.

 

Just facts.An avalanche⁴ were first to a collection of material that moves quickly down slope.Avalanches⁵ kill about 150 people in north America and Europe every year.There are different kinds of avalanches,including rocks,ice,debris and snow.Snow avalanches can be trigger by certain weather conditions,skiers or explosive blast.

 

Part of the reason why avalanche are so dangerous is that they can pick up speed pretty quickly.Sometimes that snow are rushing down the hill at 80 miles per hour.Now a dozen of people were caught in avalanche in Washington stay ovre the weekend,three of them were killed.Elizabeth Dinh of affiliate⁶ KOMO has the details for us on what happened.

 

Here's what I can tell you.We understand that 12 very experienced skiers were in an area that is way back there when this avalanche happened.And unfortunately,the three men who did not make it,we are learning now they are aged⁷ of 30,30 and 45.And taking a look at this video,we understanding that the four out of that twelve that caught up in the worst of that and this avalanche took them down 1500 feet,according to the King County Sheriff office,that included the three men I have mentioned as well as one women.We understand she survived because she has a special jacket.It's like avalanche-safety jacket if you think what you would wear in water like life jacket.This jacket and avalanche can puffy up with air as did for her and give her a pock of air which official say helped her survive.Right after this happened,the other eight in this figure of the twelve were able to dig themselves pretty quickly and they got their cell phones and called for help but they realized the other four were still underneath⁸ all the snow.

 

They are skiing when the avalanche happens,at this points,almost all of them are probably up to 12,at some point are buried in the snow.They managed to dig themselves out of snow.At that point,they looked and found three of the skiers were suffering from medical  issues,they began CPR and unfortunately they wer not able to resuscitate⁹ the victims.

 

And officials tell me that these experienced skiers were in an area that was blocked off.It' not an area that closed off,it's just a lot of people can see this back country,skiing so it's area that basically you would ski on your own risk.They tell me that these skiers had all the right gear,and this is unfortunately,just mother nature,and just unfortunate the condition they got bad

1 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

4 avalanche   

n.雪崩，大量涌来

参考例句：

• They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
• Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。

5 avalanches   

n.雪崩( avalanche的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation. 火成碎屑崩落的最大危害可能是炽热和窒息作用。 来自辞典例句
• Avalanches poured down on the tracks and rails were spread. 雪崩压满了轨道，铁轨被弄得四分五裂。 来自辞典例句

6 affiliate   

vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司

参考例句：

• Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
• What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？

7 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

8 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

9 resuscitate   

v.使复活，使苏醒

参考例句：

• A policeman and then a paramedic tried to resuscitate her.一名警察和一位护理人员先后试图救活她。
• As instructed by Rinpoche,we got the doctors to resuscitate him.遵照仁波切的指示，我们找来医生帮他进行急救。