美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-12-19

One of the America second largest school distract in LA, California. After getting a school official call an electronic threads, the superintend of LA unify¹ district school canceled all classes yesterday. It impacted more than 640,000 students in more than 900 schools. A similar threat made yesterday in nation largest school distract in New York city. Official there called that thread a hoax² and kept schools in session for more than a million students. No one was hurt in either system as a result of the threat. Some people criticized the LA superintendent³ were overacting, while others say they did the right thing. The distract get threats all the time, while officials in New York called their threat generic⁴ and outlandish, those in LA called theirs rare. And after the December second terrorist attack in San Bernardino California which is 60 miles away from Los Angeles. LA official said they were taking no chances.

“Based on past circumstances, I couldn’t take the chance, either it relates to one student or our staff that serve our students”

Americans convicted making bomb threats to schools can get prison sentences as long as ten years. most states allow minors⁵ to be tried as adults and other penalties can include school suspension. Our serious looking back on some of the top stories in 2015 continues right now, today’s focused as promised US politics. There is a presidential election next year, you might’ve heard something about it. There will be one nominee⁶ for each major party on the ballot⁷. Currently for the democrats⁸ three people are seeking the party nomination⁹, three have withdrawn¹⁰ from the race. For the republicans 14 people are seeking the party nomination, three have withdrawn from that race. Now for the sense of why the campaign season has been so closely watched, here is Mary Moloney.

1 unify   

vt.使联合，统一；使相同，使一致

参考例句：

• How can we unify such scattered islands into a nation?我们怎么才能把如此分散的岛屿统一成一个国家呢？
• It is difficult to imagine how the North and South could ever agree on a formula to unify the divided peninsula.很难想象南北双方在统一半岛的方案上究竟怎样才能达成一致。

2 hoax   

v.欺骗，哄骗，愚弄；n.愚弄人，恶作剧

参考例句：

• They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
• They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。

3 superintendent   

n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长

参考例句：

• He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
• He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。

4 generic   

adj.一般的，普通的，共有的

参考例句：

• I usually buy generic clothes instead of name brands.我通常买普通的衣服，不买名牌。
• The generic woman appears to have an extraordinary faculty for swallowing the individual.一般妇女在婚后似乎有特别突出的抑制个性的能力。

5 minors   

n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 )；副修科目；小公司；[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修，选修，兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

7 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

8 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

10 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。