美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-05-03

 Welcome to our commercial free coverages for classrooms around the world,including those medicine campus in Tennessee, hope you enjoy your trip here.I am Carl Azuz, first up  this  Wednesday .

 

Nepal is wealing. Last Saturday’s earthquake  was its worst natural disaster in more than 80 years. Nepal is poor country,it is just a little larger than the state of Arkansas,and 1/4 of its population was affected¹ by the quake.Officials now say  at least 4,600 people were killed,9,000 were injured ,1million children are need of help.The Nepalese army says at least  90% of its 96,000 troops are deployed² in relief rescue operation.They are getting help from around the world.One aid organization says the hardest part is simply  reaching  the  villages near the quake epicenter. 

 

“62 -year-old X sits quietly away from rest of her family.It is as closed she can be  towards  was her home. XX on to the balcony when suddenly this part of building collapsed³,trapping her.She did managed to call herself free and then  called out through there.Someone   helping⁴ her off  the embankment . The entire  roof of this part of the  home collapsed ,trapping her  daughter XX who was freed as well.And right now, this is all that remained of the home she and her husband worked their entire lifes to build. “

 

Other families who lost everything took a wander by the side of road,unsure how they were rebuilt ,or even where to start.An old man seize to the rubble⁵ ,looking for anything to salvage⁶.We were just 30 kilometers about 20 miles from the capital ,but it takes 1.5 hour by car,a luxury ,most to live in the rugged⁷  terrain don’t have.But  at least it is accessible ,there are parts of Nepal so remote that  takes days to reach under normal circumstances .Villages one can only get into on foot, it was those areas that was hardest hit,while  aid has yet to arrive.While no one really know the full extent of human loss.

 

Some teachers email us about Maggie Doy ,a CNN heroine in character study from April 16th show. Doy opened a home school for kids in western Nepal were told they are  all fine.School out there in Doy in the US ,but there is no significant damages to her homeschool  in Nepal. They encouraging donations groups to help other parts of Nepal. 

 

A state of emergency  in eastern US city ,Baltimore , Maryland.The city ’s policeman department said as  yesterday afternoon,at least 235 people had been arrested,at least 20 officers had been injured.Riots started there  Monday, the same day is the funeral for a25-year-old African American man named Freddie Gray.He died under mysterious circumstances, following his arrest in mid-April.Many protestors blamed police.The first demonstrations⁸ were mostly peaceful,but earlier this week,rioters burned cars and buildings,a senior center under construction of a  church burned down.And schools were closed because officials didn’t think it was safe for children to be outside.The statement of emergency declared by Maryland’s governor on Monday night. Despite up the deployment⁹ of national guard troops to Baltimore,the mayor impose a monitory curfew from 10 pm to 5 am.For the first time in baseball history ,a professional  game were not be opened to public. Fans will be allowed to see the Baltimore Orioles play the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday .Monday and Tuesday’s Orioles games were postponed¹⁰.The  pastor who gave eulogy¹¹ in  Freddie Gray’s funeral was one of dozens of religious leaders who came out and urged peace among the protestors. A number of residents joined them and tried to discouraged violence and cleared up the damage parts of this city.

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

3 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

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 rugged   

adj.高低不平的，粗糙的，粗壮的，强健的

参考例句：

• Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
• The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。

8 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

9 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

10 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

11 eulogy   

n.颂词；颂扬

参考例句：

• He needs no eulogy from me or from any other man. 他不需要我或者任何一个人来称颂。
• Mr.Garth gave a long eulogy about their achievements in the research.加思先生对他们的研究成果大大地颂扬了一番。