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Hi there, I'm Ore¹ from BBC World News for Schools. It's Thursday the 30th of June. 

Coming up: 

?Thousands of teachers strike in the UK, 

?Jellyfish makes a power plant close 

?And six-time champ Roger Federer is out of Wimbledon! 

First up the UK is having one of its biggest strikes in years. People who work for the government such as teachers, civil servants and some airport staff are angry at plans to change their pensions² - that's the money that they live on when they retire. 750,000 of these workers are thought to be taking part in today's one-day strike. It means thousands of schools are closed or only part open because the teachers just aren't there. The country's Deputy³ Prime⁴ Minister, Nick Clegg, thinks the strikes don't help and says workers should carry on talking with the government to sort things out. 

CLIP:"I don't think the strikes help members of the trade unions, I don't think they help the public, and I don't think they help the country at large. I think what everyone wants is to stick with it, carry on talking and sort this out." 

Next to Greece where there've also been strikes. The government has voted YES to funding cuts to public services despite lots of protests⁵ and strikes by the Greek people. Politicians say the cuts are needed to solve the country's big money problems. But people living there don't like the plans and think it will make life harder: 

CLIP:"Greek people are fighting because poverty is something tough, and only someone living it, knows how difficult it is." 

A Scottish nuclear power station has had its reactors⁶ shut down because of ... jellyfish. Huge numbers of the creatures were found in the sea water that's used to cool parts of the power station. Officials said the jellyfish were clogging⁷ up the filters⁸ but there's no danger to the public. 

To tennis now and Roger Federer has been knocked out of Wimbledon. He was beaten by Frenchman Jo-Wilfred Tsonga. Federer was winning the match at the start but Tsonga managed to fight back and take the victory. He'll now go on to play Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. Despite losing, Federer is staying positive: 

CLIP:"Even though I took a tough loss today I don't feel discouraged in any way and I think that is key for me right now, not to let anything get to me. I'll work harder than ever, the way I usually do, and hopefully come back extremely strong for the Davis Cup and then the American summer." 

Federer has won Wimbledon six times, but for today's question we want to know, how many tennis Grand Slam⁹ singles titles has he won altogether? 

Yesterday we asked who was the first human in Space? 

And the answer is... 

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. 

And finally Prince William and his new wife Kate Middleton are heading to Canada today on their first official overseas visit. Thousands of people are expected to line the streets to greet them during their two-week trip. But the visit won't be all work for the couple, as this journalist explains: 

CLIP:"There's a lot of fun involved - they'll be cooking with students for the Prime Minister of Quebec and steering¹⁰ dragonboats apparently¹¹." 

OK, that's all from the World News for Schools team. We're back tomorrow.

1 ore   

n.矿，矿石，矿砂

参考例句：

• How many tons of ore can this machine crush in an hour?这机器每小时可以破碎多少吨矿石？
• They refined gold out of the ore.他们从矿石中提炼出黄金。

2 pensions   

n.退休金，养老金( pension的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Pensions are linked to inflation, whereas they should be linked to the cost of living. 养老金与通货膨胀挂钩，然而它们其实应该和生活费用挂钩。 来自辞典例句
• At the moment they are existing on pensions that are subsidised by the government. 此刻他们正依靠政府发放的养老金维持生计。 来自辞典例句

3 deputy   

n.代理人，代表，副职；adj.代理的，副的

参考例句：

• John will act as a deputy for me during my absence.我离开期间，约翰将代理我的职务。
• She is the deputy headmistress of the school.她是那所学校的代理校长。

4 prime   

adj.首要的，主要的；最好的，第一流的

参考例句：

• The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
• He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。

5 protests   

n.[体]抗议；抗议，反对( protest的名词复数 )v.声明( protest的第三人称单数 )；坚决地表示；申辩

参考例句：

• The protests have forced the government to back-pedal on the new tax. 抗议活动已迫使政府撤销新的税目。
• Plans to build a new mall were deep-sixed after protests from local residents. 修建新室内购物中心的计划由于当地居民反对而搁浅。

6 reactors   

起反应的人( reactor的名词复数 )； 反应装置； 原子炉； 核反应堆

参考例句：

• The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆，必须使用普通铀作为燃料。

7 clogging   

堵塞，闭合

参考例句：

• This process suffers mainly from clogging the membrane. 这种过程的主要问题是滤膜的堵塞。
• And you know that eyewitness that's been clogging up the airwaves? 你知道那个充斥着电视广播的目击证人？

8 filters   

过滤( filter的名词复数 )； 滤光器； （香烟头上的）过滤嘴； 交通红灯指示不得直行的同时

参考例句：

• Filters do not remove all contaminants from water. 过滤器无法过滤掉水中的所有污染物。
• A liquid filters through a strainer,into the receptacle beneath. 液体经过过滤器流入下面的容器。

9 slam   

v.猛力地推、放或扔；砰地关上

参考例句：

• They were surprised by the slam of a car door.关汽车门时发出的声音使他们很吃惊。
• Why should you slam the window?你干吗要使劲关窗户呢？

10 steering   

n.操舵装置

参考例句：

• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
• Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵，口吻也马上变得温和了。

11 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。