美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-01-22

 Fridays are awesome¹ on CNN Student News. On this particular Friday, we¡¯re going to dip deep into the presidential inauguration². We¡¯re going to look at how organizers getting ready for the event. We¡¯re going to check out some of the history behind it as well. Monday¡¯s forecast for Washing D.C.-high of 37 degrees, 30% chance of snow, near certain chance of inaugural³ pageantry. Technically⁴, President Obama is going to be sworn into his second term on Sunday, January 2oth. The Constitution requires that. But Monday is when the public ceremony happens. Officials are expecting up to 8,000 people on the National Mall Monday. They¡¯ll all be looking towards the U.S. Capitol where public swearing in will take place. Planning for a crowd that big can be tough for organizers. 

If you are one in a throng⁵ of people here on the National Mall during the inauguration, try posting your photos on Facebook, and it may be slow going. 

You¡¯re going to experience slow data speeds, because everybody is trying to do the same thing. 

They want to be able to talk, they want to send their pictures, they want to be able to send their text messages. 

Cell phone providers are hoping to prevent service disruptions like four years ago, and they are putting cell towers like this around the National Mall to handle the crowd. Most people are likely be coming with more than one device. 

Since the last inauguration, we have built additional permanent sites that serve this area, we have added capacity to existing cell sites and then we have added temporary locations like we have here. 

Something else that goes in the planning for inauguration, security. Streets will be shut down, bags will be checked. Certain things like coolers and backpacks not allowed for people going to see the ceremony. Brian Todd talks with someone who has experienced this kind of inauguration day security firsthand, because he was part of it. 

Joe Hagin remembers his first jolt⁶ working security in an inauguration. January, 2001, just after George W. Bush¡¯s swearing in, Hagin in the motorcade moving with the new president toward the White House. 

Turned down the Pennsylvania Avenue and the military aid who was in the right front seat of the car I was right in, turned around and said, sir, there is a gas mask under seat, get ready to put it one. Which was a little, a little startling. 

That was to prepare for possible tear gassing of protesters. As we looked at the buildings President Obama will pass. Hagin said the Secret Service, the lead security agency for the inauguration will make sure the buildings are clear of potential snipers. Elsewhere, manhole covers will be welded shut, SWAT teams will be deployed⁷ all over the city. Plain clothes law enforcement officers mingling⁸ in the crowds, bomb-sniffing dogs, even teams trained on weapons of mass destruction, and¡­

Our dive team, our intelligence analysts⁹ will be working around the clock, our hostage negotiators. 

That FBI officials spoke¹⁰ to us inside the multi-agency communications center, where security teams will do real time monitoring of surveillance cameras posted on buildings and roads. They¡¯ll share tips and incident reports. 

With all the check points, monitoring stations and other precautions, it¡¯s this stage, the parade route, here along Pennsylvania Avenue where the real unknown comes in. It¡¯s often along here where the president gets out of his car. That¡¯s when the president is most exposed, and the crowds are massive. 

If he is right in this area, and gets out of his car and walks, what¡¯s going through your mind at that moment?

Well, what¡¯s going through my mind is, you know, having, having faith in the plan and, you know, assuming that the agents are, you know, doing their job.

1 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

2 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

3 inaugural   

adj.就职的；n.就职典礼

参考例句：

• We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
• Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。

4 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

5 throng   

n.人群，群众；v.拥挤，群集

参考例句：

• A patient throng was waiting in silence.一大群耐心的人在静静地等着。
• The crowds thronged into the mall.人群涌进大厅。

6 jolt   

v.（使）摇动，（使）震动，（使）颠簸

参考例句：

• We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
• They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着，担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。

7 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

8 mingling   

adj.混合的

参考例句：

• There was a spring of bitterness mingling with that fountain of sweets. 在这个甜蜜的源泉中间，已经掺和进苦涩的山水了。
• The mingling of inconsequence belongs to us all. 这场矛盾混和物是我们大家所共有的。

9 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

10 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。