美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-05-30

Hi, I am Carl Azuz. This is CNN studentnews. We hope you enjoy the long weekend. Our first story today is aboutinfrastructure. The fundamental system that serve city, state or country. Sothings like power plants, roads and bridges. Part of this bridge in Washingtonstate collapsed¹ last week. When a tractor trailer with oversized load hit anoverhead part of the bridge. Several vehicles fell into the water. Rescue crewshowed up to help the victims. Three people were injured. Officials estimatedthat it's going to cause 15 million dollars to fix the bridge. It's part of animportant shipping² route between the U.S. and Canada. Nearly 400 billiondollars in cargo³ crosses that bridge every year. Authorities are hoping to havea temporary bridge up and a permanent bridge up in September.

Another parts in the country, people havebeen struggling through different forms of severe weather. In San Antonio,Texas, huge amounts of rain over the weekend led the flash flood. At least,three people were killed. Thousands of people lost their power. And dozens ofstreets were closed because of it. San Antonio's fire chief said on Saturday in15 hours 250 water related calls came in. Up in the northeast, it looked morelike winter than spring. This is late May. Vermont seemed to get some of the worst of this. Up to 7.5 inches of snow fell in some parts of the state. Oneconcern there is about the snowfall weighing down trees and branches. That canincrease the chance of them falling on power lines.

See, if you can ID me. I am an Americanorganization that was founded in 1910 since then I have had more than 100million members.  My highest rank isEagle, and my motto is "Be Prepared." I am the boy Scott of America and I amaimed to build the character, values and fitness of young people.

Next year, it is going to be a change to aboy Scots membership policy. Starting on January first, the organization willallow who are openly gay to join. Last week, the group's national council votedfor the change. They also decided⁴ to maintain the current policy of notallowing gay adult leaders. The reaction to openly gay youth to joining thescouts has been mixed. Here is what a former scout⁵ leader and the former Eagle Scouthad to say about it.

This is a victory for scouting⁷, this is avictory for gay youth, the youth would no longer have to hide in the closetswhen they are participating in their scout activities and with their troops.So, it gives freedom to and acceptance to gay youth in the scouting program.It¡¯s historic.

I can¡¯t in good conscience represent thescouts anymore. Because of the abandonment, that I see, of the basic values,the transcendent God-given Bible-based about guides that the Scouts⁶ have beenbased on for over a century.

In Moore, Oklahoma, graduations ceremonieshappened as planned on Saturday. The town is recovering from last week¡¯sdevastating tornado⁸, which was on the minds of the graduates.

We¡¯re damaged, but we survived. We¡¯re hurt,but we¡¯re resilient. We¡¯re graduating, but we¡¯re not done with our successes.

1 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

2 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

3 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

4 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。

5 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。

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 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

8 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。