美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-01-05

 Well, of course, we wish you a very happy New Year and a very warm welcome as we kick off 2013 on CNN student news. My name is Carl Azuz, we're glad you're joining us, we hope your year is off to a good start.

One question we had going into the break was will Congress and president Obama find a way to avoid the fiscal¹ cliff? When we put this show together last night, we still had that question. What came to be known is the fiscal cliff was really a series of automatic tax increases and government spending cuts that were scheduled to take effect at the start of the year. The reason, U.S government has too much debt, now the president and the Congress could have avoided that fiscal cliff by coming up with a compromise, a different plan to reduce the debt. But as of yesterday, still no agreement.

There are two main ways to reduce debt, cut down on spending and or raise taxes. One big sticky point was whom to raise taxes on, and by how much. The president want families making more than $250,000 a year to pay more in taxes. He said they could afford, critics said the economy is too weak to raise taxes on anyone. The Senate came up with a bipartisan compromise to raise taxes, but only on families making more than $450,000 a year. The plan would be a temporary fix, it would last for two months, and it would delay any cuts of government spending. The thing is the compromise also has to pass the U.S House of Representatives, and it wasn't sure yesterday if it would do that. CNN.com has your latest updates.

See if you can ID me? I was born in Chicago in 1947, in 1992, my husband was elected president and in the year 2000, I was elected to U.S senate, I'm the only former first lady to have served there in the presidential cabinet.

I'm Hillary Clinton, the current U.S Secretary of State.

Secretary Clinton spent New Year's Day in the hospital after getting a blood clot² in her head. Doctor said she is on blood thinners to dissolve the clot and they expect she'll be OK. This is the latest over a few health issues she had. Clinton cauthgt a stomach virus in December which made her dehydrated. She fainted because of that which gave her a concussion³. This blood clot was a result of that concussion. Clinton had to stay home for most of December, she did not testify as scheduled about September's deadly terrorist attack on a U.S building in Benghazi, Libya. Dr.Sanjay Gupta explores what's next in her recovery.

It is a blood vessel⁴ that actually drains blood away from the brain, it's called the cerebral⁵ vein⁶, I want you show you here, we know that in Secretary Clinton's case, it's actually on the right side of her head, somewhere in this area, it's called the right transverse sinus. Let me show you in this model here, I'll show you that left side just for sake of demonstration⁷ here, if I remove the hemisphere of the brain here, you can actually see where the veins⁸ are, you see that blue area, right in there. That is an area that it's actually draining blood away from the brain, and one of these veins in this area, that's where that clot actually has occurred. Most likely, due to a combination of the head trauma⁹ that she had a few weeks ago, in addition to the fact that she has had a problem with blood clots¹⁰ in the past dating back to 1998. We heard from her doctors, they said she is on blood thinners, they say she is awake, she is talking. Most importantly, there's no evidence of stroke or neurological damage. My guess is that they are going to continue monitor her at least for another couple of days in the hospital. And probably get another scan at some point to make sure that clot is in fact dissolved, as a result of those blood thinner medications. As we get more details, we'll certainly bring it into the air. Back to you for now.

Thank you Dr.Gupta. For a while, our Secretary Clinton has been planning to step down from her position. Once a new nominee¹¹ is confirmed by the Senate, the president's choice for the job is this man, senator John Kerry. You might heard that name before, he ran for president and lost to incumbent¹² president George W.Bush in 2004. On December 21st, president Obama nominated Kerry for U.S Secretary of State. He's done extensive traveling and met with international officials on behalf of the Obama administration. But as many of you have already learned, Kerry's nomination¹³ doesn't necessarily mean he'll get the job. The Senate will have the final say as part of the advice and consent it gives the president.

1 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

2 clot   

n.凝块；v.使凝成块

参考例句：

• Platelets are one of the components required to make blood clot.血小板是血液凝固的必须成分之一。
• The patient's blood refused to clot.病人的血液无法凝结。

3 concussion   

n.脑震荡；震动

参考例句：

• He was carried off the field with slight concussion.他因轻微脑震荡给抬离了现场。
• She suffers from brain concussion.她得了脑震荡。

4 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

5 cerebral   

adj.脑的，大脑的；有智力的，理智型的

参考例句：

• Your left cerebral hemisphere controls the right-hand side of your body.你的左半脑控制身体的右半身。
• He is a precise,methodical,cerebral man who carefully chooses his words.他是一个一丝不苟、有条理和理智的人，措辞谨慎。

6 vein   

n.血管，静脉；叶脉，纹理；情绪；vt.使成脉络

参考例句：

• The girl is not in the vein for singing today.那女孩今天没有心情唱歌。
• The doctor injects glucose into the patient's vein.医生把葡萄糖注射入病人的静脉。

7 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

8 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

10 clots   

n.凝块( clot的名词复数 )；血块；蠢人；傻瓜v.凝固( clot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• When you cut yourself, blood clots and forms a scab. 你割破了，血会凝固、结痂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Milk clots when it turns sour. 奶变酸就凝块。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

11 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。

12 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

13 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。