美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-03-02

 It's Wednesday, I am Carl Azuz. This is CNNstudent news just few minuets. We are going to explain how musician can makemoney of a viral video. 

First up, we are taking a look insidePresident Obama's cabinet. These are the President top advisers¹ who rundifferent parts of U.S.government. Getting into the cabinet is a two step process. Step one, thePresident has to nominate you; Step two, the U.S. senate has to confirm you. Thefounding fathers give the senate that power in constitution is called adviseand consent.  Chuck Hagel has been onboth sides of this process. He served two terms of senate, now his PresidentObama picked a new secretary of defense². Yesterday, he was approved by thesenate for that job. The vote was regionally set for couple weeks ago, butthere was some controversy³ around Hagel, because of the things he said in thepast. His confirmation⁴ vote was delayed by a filibuster⁵. It's a legislatetactic that's used to block or delay action many of you study upon this. Ithappens only in the senate. U.S. House representative doesn¡¯t have a filibusterand this is how works. The senate allows for unlimited⁶ debate in order tofilibuster or something a bill or vote whatever. Once a senator is given thefloor, he or she just keeps it. You don't even have to talk about the issuethat's been delayed. Originally, senators had actually talked when they want tofilibuster. The record for that belongs to former South Carolina Senator StromThurmond. In 1957, he went more than 24 hours. Now you don't need to speak continuouslyin order to filibuster. What need if you want to end is 60 votes, it takesthree fifth of the senators to end that debate and end filibuster. Yesterday,the vote to end the debate on Chuck Hagel's confirmation was 71 to 27. That'sstopped the filibuster and opened the door for the vote on Hagel to be the new U.S. secretaryof defense.

1 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

4 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

5 filibuster   

n.妨碍议事，阻挠；v.阻挠

参考例句：

• A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.一个参议员硬把这个题目拉扯进来，作为一种阻碍议事的手法。
• The democrats organized a filibuster in the senate.民主党党员在参议院上组织了阻挠议事。

6 unlimited   

adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的

参考例句：

• They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
• There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。