美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-02-17

 Today is Monday, February 4th, 2013, a day the boy scout¹ to reconsider a ban on gays and lesbians.

"For gays of scout comes out as openly gay, how do that affect the other boys, and maybe that's where they learn tolerance²." 

A day to learn more about the job of our hostage negotiator. It's in an underground bunker which presents an unbelievable amount of challenges both on a tactical and negotiation³ side. And a day to gage⁴ security risks in Mali.

"When people were arrested, they were brought to this small room, and it was here they were tied and flopped⁵."

I'm Edgar Treiguts and this is CNN radio news day.

dong dong dong...

The boy scouts⁶ could remove a ban on openly gay scouts in scoutmasters this week. The group's executive board is meeting in Texas and is considering the idea after a den⁷ leader was forced out of her post because she is openly gay. Months of protests followed, including some of Eagle Scouts choosing to give back their well earned medals and awards. One possible change in the works includes allowing local boys scout charpters to make the call on whether you'll accept gay members. Before yesterday's superbowl, president Obama waited in the issue in a pre-gay interview with CBS.

"The scouts are great institution, let our, promoting young children and exposing them to, you know, opportunities and leadership that, you know will serve people for the rest of their lives and I think that nobody should be barred for that."

But there is a strong reaction from Conservative and faith groups like the family research council, it's spokesman, Peter Sprigg.

"The mere⁹ fact that someone openly identifies themselves as homesexual means that they are muddling¹⁰ for boys, they accept the ability of homesexual conduct."

Also today, Rick Santorum, the former presidential candidate and senator wrote on a conservative website that ending the ban could signally quote, "A challenge to the scouts' very nature."

CNN's Jim Roop takes a closer look at the issue and how scouting¹¹ maybe affected¹² if the bans lifted.

The age of the scouts were dealing¹³ with is that they're 11 years old and they're not up, they're so, they're like party.

"John Daniel is a scout leader, he is a typical of most scout leaders with whom might spoke⁸ in Los Angeles. He's not completely against, lifting the ban, but he's not embracing it either."

"First of all, I think over time there certainly have been member gay adult leaders, great gay scout leaders in scouts that we didn't even know about. They never came out of the class and they just keep their private lives private. So, I'm not in favor of discriminating¹⁴ or not allowing or rejecting any great leaders, who's been hanging on their sexual preference."

Of the leaders who would talk, no ones said would totally against exclusion¹⁵ of anyone. But all, including Daniel, said there are inherent problems that will come if the ban is lifted. Especially with a confusion on all levels, that comes with boy of those ages, then makes that with homos.

"And put them in some awkward situations if there is a, if were gets out, or if a gay of scout comes out as openly gay, how do that affect the other boys, and maybe that's where they learn tolerance, maybe that's a whole another issue now the scout is set to deal with. But what about parents and families gone, "I'm not social, I want to send my son to spend the weekend attend with that boy.""

And there is a issue of openly gay scout leaders. 

"How do we cope with that? how do we deal with that?"

Other scout leader say as long as the strict use protection guidelines are followed and enforced, there should be no problem. Some of the attendants of the guidelines include no leader is permitted in a tent, car, room, anywhere alone with a boy, and there must always be at least trained adult leaders in any outing. Daniel also says, he wouldn't want this to become a bigger issue than just acceptance, there is a difference between accepting and encouraging.

1 scout   

n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索

参考例句：

• He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
• The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。

2 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

3 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

4 gage   

n.标准尺寸，规格；量规，量表 [=gauge]

参考例句：

• Can you gage what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
• It's difficult to gage one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。

5 flopped   

v.（指书、戏剧等）彻底失败( flop的过去式和过去分词 )；（因疲惫而）猛然坐下；（笨拙地、不由自主地或松弛地）移动或落下；砸锅

参考例句：

• Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair. 他筋疲力尽，一屁股坐到椅子上。
• It was a surprise to us when his play flopped. 他那出戏一败涂地，出乎我们的预料。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

7 den   

n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室

参考例句：

• There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
• The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。

8 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。

9 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

10 muddling   

v.弄乱，弄糟( muddle的现在分词 )；使糊涂；对付，混日子

参考例句：

• Don't do that—you're muddling my papers. 别动—你会弄乱我的文件的。
• In our company you see nobody muddling along. 在咱们公司，看不到混日子的人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 scouting   

守候活动，童子军的活动

参考例句：

• I have people scouting the hills already. 我已经让人搜过那些山了。
• Perhaps also from the Gospel it passed into the tradition of scouting. 也许又从《福音书》传入守望的传统。 来自演讲部分

12 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

13 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。

14 discriminating   

a.有辨别能力的

参考例句：

• Due caution should be exercised in discriminating between the two. 在区别这两者时应该相当谨慎。
• Many businesses are accused of discriminating against women. 许多企业被控有歧视妇女的做法。

15 exclusion   

n.拒绝，排除，排斥，远足，远途旅行

参考例句：

• Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
• He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.他专打高尔夫球，其他运动一概不参加。