美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-09-02

 Next week we'll be focused on the democratic national convention in Charlotte, but right now, it's all about the republican party in Tampa. Tonight, Mitt¹ Romney, the main republican's hope will be the party's 19th president, take the stage to accept the nomination². His running mate Paul Ryan accepted the nomination for vice³ president last night. These speeches are happening pretty late, usually after we produce our show. You check them out on our homepage, cnnstudentnews.com by clicking on the link for the election center.

 

 

 

Mitt Romney's wife Ann gave one of the main speeches on Tuesday, she talked about how her husband's personal background shows why he is qualified⁴ to be president.

 

 

 

"Mitt will be the first to tell you who that he is the most fortunate man in the world. He had two loving parents who gave him strong values and taught him the value of work. He had the chance to get the education his father never had. But, as his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it!"

 

 

 

Tuesday's keynote speech, the last biggest speech of the night was given by New Jersey⁵ governor Chris Chritie. He discussed leadership.

 

 

 

"Leadership delivers, leadership counts, leadership matters. And here is the great news i came here tonight to bring you. We have this leader for America, we have a nominee⁶ who will tell us the truth, and will lead with conviction, and he has a running mate will do the same. We have governor Mitt Romney and congressman⁷ Paul Ryan, and we need to make them the next president and the vice president of the United States."

 

 

 

It's time for the shoutout, which of these words describe someone who was absent without permission. If you think you know it, then shout it out. Is it tardy⁸, tedious, truant⁹, tenuous¹⁰? You've got three seconds, go.

 

 

 

Someone who is absent without permission is truant, and hopefully that's not you. That's your answer and that's your shoutout.

 

 

 

There is a new study out on truancy¹¹. Getschool.com interviewed about 500 eight to twelve graders who said they skip regularly. And found out that about 7 million American students, about 15% missed at least a month of school each year. Those who do usually spend the time hanging out with friends, some just sleep, they are also less likely than their classmates to graduate high school, go to college or get any kind of college degree. Skippers don't think a lot of people notice when they are out, and when asked what could make them want to skip less often. They said they wanted school to better connect to them in their lives, and that they were influenced by teachers, parents and celebrity¹². You probably know some people who skips school, what else could influence them to be there. It's what we're talking about on our blog today at cnnstudentnews.com. You know it can have some bad effects down the roads. So, tell us your ideas on what could be done to stop skipping. And please remember the blog is first names only.

 

 

 

Now before we go today, is a tomato, a vegetable, or a fruit. When one is flying right in your face, who cares. Welcome to the annual tomatina festival in Spain, where the streets run red with tomato juice. Thing looks like one massive food fight, and that's supposedly how it started. Some kids started tossing tomatoes at each other, and they showed up the next year and do it again. Now tens of thousands of people take part every year. Some might call it a festival, others just say it's a giant food fight there tomato, tomato.

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 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

5 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

6 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。

7 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。

8 tardy   

adj.缓慢的，迟缓的

参考例句：

• It's impolite to make a tardy appearance.晚到是不礼貌的。
• The boss is unsatisfied with the tardy tempo.老板不满于这种缓慢的进度。

9 truant   

n.懒惰鬼，旷课者；adj.偷懒的，旷课的，游荡的；v.偷懒，旷课

参考例句：

• I found the truant throwing stones in the river.我发现那个逃课的学生在往河里扔石子。
• Children who play truant from school are unimaginative.逃学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。

10 tenuous   

adj.细薄的，稀薄的，空洞的

参考例句：

• He has a rather tenuous grasp of reality.他对现实认识很肤浅。
• The air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous.距离地面十公里的空气十分稀薄。

11 truancy   

n.逃学，旷课

参考例句：

• Schools need to reduce levels of truancy.学校需要减少旷课人数。
• It was a day for impulse and truancy.这是个适于冲动或偷懒的日子。

12 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。