CNN 2012-06-12

 May  not ever have made a trip into space, but Enterprise is sill making history. NASA retire its space shuttle fleet last year, the four vehicles are hitting the different museums around the country,and Enterprise is the first space shuttle to land on a aircraft career. The vehicle's new home will be on board the I. space museum and in order to get there, Enterprise has to travel on a barge¹ down the Hudson river. It didn't make the trip alone, you can make out the shuttle in the middle of the floating convoy², and check out that  island that Enterprise just passed by, that is the statue of Liberty, welcoming the shuttle to New York city.//outdoor 3D-movie, but they are using special glasses to check out something we reported on earlier this week, it's an event that truly wants a lifetime, because it won't happen again for more than a century, we are talking about the transit³ of Venus. The giant glowing thing is the sun and little black dot passing infront of it is Venus. Remember Venus and earth are pretty close to each other and size, so this definitely gives you some perspective on just how big the sun is. One person who watch the transit in Canifornia said it was like watching grass grow, But he added, quote ,if you were told the grass only grow every hundred years you'd probably want to watch it. We're gonna stick with the space theme for our next report from R., it's about a student in Egypt and his science project on spiders. He internet contest recently that ask young people to come up with the experiments. That could be run in orbit. Thanks to his idea, the international space station will be getting a visit from some eight-leg travelers.

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Many teachers know that we operate weekly news' quiz at cnnstudents.com, since this is our last week  for the school year, we got something special lined up for you. At the end of  the year, the internet quiz that include 10 questions about events happen throughout 2011 and 2012 school year, find out the spotlight⁴ section of our website,cnnstudentnews.com.

 

 

Here's a story what would really rattled⁵ captain hook, you see those eyes poking⁶ out above Florida pond right there? They are reptilian⁷ variety. when they recently spotted⁸ a bobcat sitting by the water's edge, a photographer spied an opportunity and started sapping. Now you just saw it, the gator scaled the sand so silently that the cat didn't hear it until the very last moment, it jumped up just as the gator// and barely made into woods in time. One more second it would be lunch on a cat, if you wonder why they tails are so short, there's on explanation.

and this if for gator, we guess he's still // hungry. Back tomorrow to close out the week and the school year, I'm Carl Azuz for CNN student news.

1 barge   

n.平底载货船，驳船

参考例句：

• The barge was loaded up with coal.那艘驳船装上了煤。
• Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.通过铁路运货的成本比驳船运货成本高出近3倍。

2 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

3 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

4 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

5 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

6 poking   

n. 刺，戳，袋 vt. 拨开，刺，戳 vi. 戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• He was poking at the rubbish with his stick. 他正用手杖拨动垃圾。
• He spent his weekends poking around dusty old bookshops. 他周末都泡在布满尘埃的旧书店里。

7 reptilian   

adj.（像）爬行动物的；（像）爬虫的；卑躬屈节的；卑鄙的n.两栖动物；卑劣的人

参考例句：

• The chick is ugly and almost reptilian in its appearance. 这只小鸡长得很丑，看起来几乎像个爬行动物。 来自辞典例句
• Being from Orion do Zetas contain DNA from the Reptilian race? 齐塔人是从猎户座而来，DNA来自爬虫族吗？ 来自互联网

8 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。