美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-08-28

 It’s Friday. My name is Carl Azuz. Welcome to CNN Student News. Thank you for watching. Our lead story, a college athlete is dead. Teenagers are facing murder charges, and the word people keep using to describe all this is senseless. Christopher Lane, the man in this Facebook pictures, was 23 years old. Born and raised in Australia, Lane was attending college in Dunkin, Oklahoma, on a baseball scholarship. Last week, he was shot and killed while out jogging. The teens accused of killing¹ Lane are 15 year old James Edwards Jr. and 16 year old Chancey Luna. They’ve been charged as adults with first degree murder. Seventeen-year old Michael Jones, their alleged² driver, has been charged in connection with the murder. Police say, Jones told them the reason for the alleged shooting, quote, "We were bored and didn’t have anything to do, so we decided³ to kill somebody." Authorities say the suspects were in a house when Lane jogged by and he became their target. Christopher Lane’s girlfriend said the reaction to his death has been a mix of shock, anger and sadness. The shooting has caused outrage⁴ in Lane’s home country, too. One Australian politician called for a boycott⁵ on visiting the U.S.

 

 

 

Next today, we’re heading over to Italy for a salvage⁶ operation on an infamous⁷ shipwreck⁸: in January of 2012, the Costa Concordia ran aground. Thirty-two passengers were killed after a rock tore a giant hole in the ship. The Concordia flipped⁹ on to its side and it’s sat there in the water ever since. Engineers say the salvage operation, which caused at least $400 million is like no other in history. Hundreds of workers have been added. Now, they say they are ready for the next big step: here’s an animation¹⁰ of the plan. The salvage crew built steel platforms under the water. In September, they are planning to use cables and massive flotation devices to get the ship back upright and ready to be towed to a nearby port. Engineers say they only have one shot to get it right, any error could cause the Concordia to break apart or just sink completely.

 

 

 

We’ve talked this school year about sinkholes: how some formed when water eats away at certain types of rock and soil. Look at this video from Louisiana. This sinkhole is under the water. Now pay close attention to the trees: they are cypress¹¹ trees around 150 feet tall, but they are getting shorter, faster, as the sinkhole swallows them up. And look at this, in less than one minute, they’ll be completely under water. Officials estimate that this sinkhole is 324 feet across, about 50 feet deep in most spots, although in one corner, it goes down more than 400 feet. They think an underground salt cavern could be the cause

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

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 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

5 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

6 salvage   

v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救

参考例句：

• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
• The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

7 infamous   

adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的

参考例句：

• He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
• I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。

8 shipwreck   

n.船舶失事，海难

参考例句：

• He walked away from the shipwreck.他船难中平安地脱险了。
• The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.那次船难是一个惨痛的经历。

9 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

10 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

11 cypress   

n.柏树

参考例句：

• The towering pine and cypress trees defy frost and snow.松柏参天傲霜雪。
• The pine and the cypress remain green all the year round.苍松翠柏，常绿不凋。