美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-02-27

 Hi, welcome to a new week of CNN student news. I'm Carl Azuz. Fris up today, a little history in the making, four of these famous frist were heading over to South Korea. As of today, that country has a brand new leader, Park Geun-hye is 61 years old, she won the presidential election last December and by now you probably guess why her win is historic.

Park is South Korea's first female president, but it's not the first time she's been connected to the South Korean presidency¹. In fact, her experience around this job started when she was younger than all of you.

Well the world may not know much about South Korea's first female president. The life of Park Geun-hye and her family fill her nation's history books. Born into politics, her father Park Chung-hee was described by some as the country's first dictator. He seized power when the military took control of the government in 1961. Park was just nine years old then, her father would rule South Korea with an iron fist for the next 18 years, overseeing huge economic growth as well as human rights abuses. Personal tragedy hit Park Geun-hye while she was studying in overseas in 1974. Back in Seoul, her mother was shot by someone loyal to North Korea, the bullet was intended for Park's father. The failed assassination² attempt drastically changed the course of Park Geun-hye's life. Her dreams of being a professor was set aside, she had act as South Korea's first lady, putting the nation's interest above her own. Five years later, there was another assassination attempt on her father, this time it was successful, his intelligence chief shot him in a dinner party saying he wanted South Korea to become a free democracy. It was two decades later that Park Geun-hye decided³ to return to the public spotlight⁴ and launch her own political career. And then last December, as head of the Conservative Party, the 61-year-old, who never married and doesn't have children was elected president with an overwhelming majority.

One of her major challenges as the president will be dealing⁵ with North Korea. She met the late Kim Jong-il in 2002 in an attempt to end the bad blood between the two family. Park Geun-hye says she wants to resume talks with North Korea and restart the aid program on the conditions that North Korea abandons its nuclear weapons program. But after its third nuclear test, analysts⁶ believe North Korea leader Kim Jong Un clearly isn't interested.

Heading to Japan for our next story. Engineers there getting rid of an old hotel in Tokyo.

But not like that, they're trying a different demolition⁷ approach, say hello to the incredible shrinking building. This hotel is 40 stories tall and the engineers are taking it away one story at a time. May not look like much on the outside but check out what's happening on the inside. The crews go floor by floor using temporary jacks⁸, those hold up the higher floors while the workers take out beams, support columns and debris⁹, then the jacks lower what's left and the crew moves on, why do it this way? It's a lot quieter than a standard demolition which keeps the neighbours happy. And new chance of an implosion¹⁰ damaging other buildings. It's also more expensive and it takes longer, in this case, and estimated six or seven months.

1 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

2 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

5 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。

6 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。

7 demolition   

n.破坏,毁坏,毁坏之遗迹

参考例句：

• The church has been threatened with demolition for years. 这座教堂多年来一直面临拆毀的威胁。
• The project required the total demolition of the old bridge. 该项目要求将老桥完全拆毁。

8 jacks   

n.抓子游戏；千斤顶( jack的名词复数 )；（电）插孔；[电子学]插座；放弃

参考例句：

• Hydraulic jacks under the machine produce the movement. 是机器下面的液压千斤顶造成的移动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The front end is equipped with hydraulic jacks used for grade adjustment. 前瑞安装有液压千斤顶用来调整坡度。 来自辞典例句

9 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

10 implosion   

n.向内破裂，内爆

参考例句：

• The population explosion is accompanied by a population implosion.人口爆炸还伴随着人口爆聚。