美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-05-19

 After ten minutes of commercial free current events, this is CNN student news, my name is Carl Azuz. Welcome to the show, we are starting today between Europe and the Middle East in the nation of Turkey. The country is mourning. During a shift¹ change at west Turkish mine on Thuesday, power tranformer exploded, it sparked² fire deep inside the mine. Rescuers are able to save at least 88 miners³. The Turkish officials say 274 others are died. Some people are holding out hope dozens of miners were trapped but still alive. Those hopes were fading last night. Rescuers say the conditions inside the mine are horrible, high smoky, filled with carbon monoxide after the fire. Families and friends of the miners have been holding individual outside. What happened this week in the town of Soma  is likely to become the worst mining disaster in Turkey's history. 

 

 

The Mers virus we have been telling you about its spead. The WHO says  this is not a global healthy emergency at this point. But the threat from Mers has become more serious. Mers stands for Middle east Respiratory Syndrome⁴. The first case was in Saudi Aribia. And you can see from this map, how the diseases⁶ has spread. It has reached 18 countries. Worldwide there has been 171  people confirmed cases of Mers. 171 people have died from it. There have been two cases in the US, one in Indiana, one in Florida. Both of them were healthcare workers who traveled to Saudi Aribia. The sober⁷ lining⁸ here is that Mers dosen't spread very quickly or easily. 

 

 

Mers, Middle east Respiratory Syndrome has come to the US. The virus was first confirmed in the Saudi Aribia in 2012 and has killed about 1/3 of the hundreds that have been infected.Mers does not spread easily between human beings like the Flu does for example. Words from the public general means low according to the centers for disease⁵ control and prevention. It takes close contact to the sick person.Usaually a health worker or loved one to catch the virus. Mers in the same families of the viruses are in the common code⁹, but the reasons why authorities¹⁰ are so concerned  is that there are 30% motality rate. Mers attacks the respiratory system and symptoms include fever and cough and can progressed  pneumonia and  kidney failure. Experts do not know where the virus came from , but it has been likned to infected camels in Saudi Aribia and othere countries in the Middle East. There is no medicine or vaccine¹¹ to prevent or cure Mers. To help to protect yourself, the CPC advises you to wash your hands, do not touch your eys, nose or mouth without clean hands ans avoid close contact with sick people. 

1 shift   

n.交换，变化，移动，接班者；vt.更替，移转，变声；vi.改变，定责，更衣

参考例句：

• Lend me a hand to shift this box,will you?来帮一下忙，把这箱子搬开，好吗？
• A sudden shift in the wind warned of the coming storm.风向的突然改变预示暴风雨来临。

2 sparked   

发出火星，发出闪光（spark的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The incident sparked off a whole series of events that nobody had foreseen. 那一事件引发出一连串谁都没有料到的事。
• The trouble was sparked off by an apparently harmless phrase. 这场麻烦是由一句明显无恶意的话引起的。

3 miners   

矿工( miner的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The coal miners have come out for about two weeks. 煤矿工人已罢工约两周了。
• The roof of the cave dropped in on the miners, trapping them. 洞穴的顶部坍了下来，砸在矿工身上。

4 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

5 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。

6 diseases   

n.疾病( disease的名词复数 )；弊端；恶疾；痼疾

参考例句：

• Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases. 抽烟是引起几种严重疾病的病因。
• The illness frequently coexists with other chronic diseases. 这种病往往与其他慢性病同时存在。

7 sober   

adj.清醒的，沉着冷静的，稳重的，颜色暗淡的；vt.使清醒，使沉着；vi.清醒，冷静下来

参考例句：

• He talked to us in a sober friendly fashion.他以冷静而又友好的方式同我们交谈。
• The man was still sober when he went home.那人回到家时头脑依然清醒。

8 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

9 code   

n.代码，代号，密码；法典，法规，规划

参考例句：

• What's the code for Tianjin?天津的代号是多少？
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

10 authorities   

n.当局，权力，权威；权威( authority的名词复数 )；权力；学术权威；[复数]当权者

参考例句：

• They interceded with the authorities on behalf of the detainees. 他们为被拘留者向当局求情。
• At his instigation we conceal the fact from the authorities. 我们受他的怂恿向当局隐瞒了事实。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 vaccine   

n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的

参考例句：

• The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
• She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。