美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-02-07

 That feeling, he's a real card. Alright, first up today, an issue that's getting a lot of attention in Washington, immigration reform. President Obama talked about it yesterday, he says it's a top priority¹ for his second and he thinks the time is right to overhaul² the current immigration system. Undocumented immigrants, like these next two students, would probably want to see that.

"Identify myself with the American culture, but sometimes, the American society is like no, you're not part of us."

"It's amazing to see that, you know, they are willing to help us now, because all my life, you know, I've been here, Not knowing what's going to be my future, not knowing where I'm going to go."

You might remember that a group of U.S Senators³ announced an immigration reform plan earlier this week. It would include a path for undocumented immigrants, people who are in the country illegally to become citizens. President Obama agrees with that idea, some folks think it's a bad one.

"Why don't we talk about a pathway to legality? Why don't we talk about a pathway to a green card? Why don't we talk about some other things rather than going straight to pathway to citizenship⁴. You know, is this fair to those that have been in the queue for a long long time, going through the legal process, trying to get into this country?"

So, a lot of talked about immigration reform, what are your thoughts on this issue? Head to our blog at cnnstudentnews.com or if you are on facebook, you can talk to us there at Facebook.com/cnnstudentnews.

Interesting weather fact, U.S has more tornado⁵ than any other country on the planet. About a thousand of them are reported every year, most of those show up during Spring and early Summer, but some states were dealing⁶ with tornado watches this week. We talked with chief CNN meteorologist Chad Myers, and the first questions we asked is, why don't we see more tornado in the Winter?

"We do see tornado in the Winter, it's a little bit odd, but we don't think about them, we get them in the overnight, late night hours, in the southern part of the United States, follow the jet stream, in the Winter, the jet is over Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida. That's where the severe weather is, then it moves north, in March, April and May. That's tornado alley⁷, Oklahoma, Texas, all the way up to Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. And then by the Summer, it's all the way to Edmonton, it's in the Canada, because that's where the jet stream is, the jet stream is the energy, that's where the severe weather always is."

"First thing you need to know is that these storms that happen in the dark, those are the most dangerous. You're sleeping, you're probably not watching TV, you don't have a radio on, all of a sudden, those are the storms that can really hurt you. They're not going to be big, maybe you know, F1s or 2, small tornado  but if it hits your house, it's a big deal, isn't it? The thing we can do to protect yourself is that there is a iPhone, iPad, iTouch app, you get that, it will go off, it will alarm you when a tornado was happening, or just going to know where radio is, that's the old standby."

1 priority   

n.优先处理的事，居先，优先（权）

参考例句：

• The development of the national economy is a top priority.发展国民经济是应予以最优先考虑的事。
• Things should be taken up in order of priority.办事应有个先后次序。

2 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

3 senators   

n.参议员( senator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• When the senators vote, the ayes will have it. 参议员投票时，投赞成票的人将占多数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The committee concluded that the senators had engaged in improper conduct. 委员会断定议员们从事了不正当活动。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

5 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

6 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

7 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。