CNN 2012-05-29

 started in the Waterloo. Now people celebrate the holiday all over the US still be doing that this weekend. But they’re going to call it in a different name. For lots of folks, this means three days of cook outs, pool parties, time-off from schools or works. But there is a deeper meaning in this annual events and we examine it right here.

 

It started as the decoration day. During the Civil War, the deadliest conflict in the history, Americans would decorate the graves of the troops who died in battle. The holiday became Memorial Day after WW I in honor of fallen servicemen. And that’s what distinguish it from veteran’s day, while that occasion, honors everyone who’s ever served to the US Arms Forces, Memorial Day honors everyone who is died in US wars. This unifying¹ theme is symbolized² as the tombs of the unknowns in the Arlington National Cemetery³. It was originally known as the tomb of the unknown soldiers who died in WW I. But in 1958, unknown troops from WW II and the Carrier War were also interred⁴ there. You’ll see the ceremony of reframe at the tomb every Memorial Day. You’ll also see flags and hear suffuses⁵ across the nation. Unofficially, Memorial Day signals the beginning of the summer, which in a way, also makes it attribute to life.

 

Take characters to serve the US Arm Forces, and head it in this Memorial Day weekend, we ask how you will define character. Well in the sense, character is who you are and what you do when no one is watching. A A’s saying it’s the type of person you really are which is showing through your actions when you’re by yourself. B defines character as being a role model to others who want to be successful in their lives. S believes character is who you are, doesn’t matter where you come from, or what your surroundings look like. J feels it as how you act when you have to make a difficult decision. J R: character is what defines you as a person, our football team has a motto, ability may get you to the top, but character is what keeps you there. V defines character as something that a person has that proves that they can be responsible and that they can be trusted. And to Nicholas, character is who you are in the inside; it’s not who you pretend to be, or who you become so that others would like you. 

 

The comments there. And before we go today, how do you celebrate a 95th birthday? If you are at Restaurant in Detroit, drop it like its hot dog. Apparently⁶, they drop a whole lot of them. It doesn’t seem much like a party, but they are not done yet. Once the hotdogs hit the ground, people then run in, trying to scoop⁷ up as many as they could. The winner gets 1000 bucks⁸ and a lifetime supply of, guess what, at least one person decided⁹ to feed part of what you pick up to his pup. You know what they say, it’s a *** world. All right, let’s gonna wrap things up for us today before we go, though, we do want to congratulate the ** Pirate for getting in this weeks, social * question, right, we’ll not have a show on Monday; we’re off the year observance of Memorial Day. We’ll see you again on Tuesday, unless you’re out of school for the summer in which case we wish you all the best. For the rest we’ll see on Tuesday, for CNN Student News, I’m Carl Azus.

1 unifying   

使联合( unify的现在分词 )； 使相同； 使一致； 统一

参考例句：

• In addition, there were certain religious bonds of a unifying kind. 此外，他们还有某种具有一种统一性质的宗教上的结合。
• There is a unifying theme, and that is the theme of information flow within biological systems. 我们可以用一个总的命题，把生物学系统内的信息流来作为这一研究主题。

2 symbolized   

v.象征，作为…的象征( symbolize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• For Tigress, Joy symbolized the best a woman could expect from life. 在她看，小福子就足代表女人所应有的享受。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• A car symbolized distinction and achievement, and he was proud. 汽车象征着荣誉和成功，所以他很自豪。 来自辞典例句

3 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

4 interred   

v.埋，葬( inter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Marie Curie's remains were exhumed and interred in the Pantheon. 玛丽·居里的遗体被移出葬在先贤祠中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The body was interred at the cemetery. 遗体埋葬在公墓里。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 suffuses   

v.（指颜色、水气等）弥漫于，布满( suffuse的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A rosy glow that suffuses snow-covered mountain peaks at a clear day. 她困恼的最顶点出现在一个覆盖著冰雪的纽西兰山上一时的无力感。 来自互联网

6 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

7 scoop   

n.铲子，舀取，独家新闻；v.汲取，舀取，抢先登出

参考例句：

• In the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫佣人把它剜出来。
• Uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。

8 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。