时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2014年(三)月


英语课

 Venezuela is one of three divided countries we've told you about recently. It sees protests against its president, rallies and support of him and violence in the upheaval 1. Its current leader like its previous one has been controversial. He's moved the country further towards socialism, expanding the government's control over things like businesses, the economy, the media. In fact, the government's been pressing Venezuelan media to downplay the violence in the country, but word of instability is getting out.


 
More wreckage 2 to fortify 3 opposition 4 lines. ? wealthier east side is blockaded Monday. Anti-government activists's responding to the ? day of the barricades 6
 
"I don't want to wait in food lines. I don't want to be kidnapped. I'm a hostage in my own home." She says.
 
Scores of picket 7 lines sprang up. Your position seems to be beefing up its bit to top of Venezuelan socialist 8 government. Outrage 9 soaring crime and tanking economy triggered protests. But across on the city's poorer west side there are few signs government loyalists deserting on mass. ? motorcycle clubs just the latest call group to show public support to President Nicolás Maduro. The president insists the opposition is trying to stage US-funded ? attempt. 
 
"The right wing extremists are being marginalized in Venezuela and it thus the revolutionaries who will get in supports from other countries." the President said, "Not all opposition protests is agreed on the changing tactics, especially since the barricade 5 are on the opposition's own neighbourhoods."
 
"The pro-government loyalists armed and we armed, so we're shielding behind barricade and wait for until arrive." He says. 
 
As the day were on, there was no word of serious clashes, but the battle lines have been drawn 10.
 
It's worldwide Wednesday on CNN Student News, we're gonna stay in South America for the first part of today's world call. In the nation of Ecuador, we are glad to be part of your day and ?. This school is in Ecuadorian capital of Quito. Moving north now to Canada. Thank you for watching it ? high school. It's located in ?, Quebec and across the Atlantic Ocean in Italy. Hello to the students and teachers of ITCS ?. Glad to see you in ?.
 
For the first time the US government is getting involved in how food is marketed in public schools. The Obama administration wants schools to eliminate ads for food that are high in sugar, fat and salt. Critics say it shouldn't be up to the government to decide what kids eat, and some school districts think the latest rules might mean lost revenue from ads.
 
"Our classroom should be healthy places where kids are not bombarded with ads for junk food."
 
New rules proposed by First Lady Michelle Obama in the US Department of Agriculture would eliminate advertisements for unhealthy food and drinks in schools.
 
"Parents should be in control of their kids' health and their good efforts at home shouldn't be undermine when they send their kids off to school."
 
It would mean a hallways in school board with Coke or Pepsi advertisements would have to be change. The new push comes on the 4th anniversary of the First Lady's "Let's move" initiative. It's finding ? obesity 11 by promoting healthy eating and exercise while encouraging healthy choices.
 
"Water just surpass soda 12 as the most commonly consumed beverage 13 in America."
 
She says the program is showing resolves.
 
"Children ? a day will be accustomed to eating healthy food during the school day, so for them the norm will be fruits and vegetable and not chips and candy."
 
She says for schools ? the students are not the only benefit.
 
"Although they are not charging anymore for their lunches, they are actually making more money because more kids are participating in the school lunch programs."
 
The American Beverage Association which represents brands like Coke, Pepsi and ? cannot in favor of the new proposed measures.
 
I'm ? reporting.

1 upheaval
n.胀起,(地壳)的隆起;剧变,动乱
  • It was faced with the greatest social upheaval since World War Ⅱ.它面临第二次世界大战以来最大的社会动乱。
  • The country has been thrown into an upheaval.这个国家已经陷入动乱之中。
2 wreckage
n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏
  • They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
  • New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
3 fortify
v.强化防御,为…设防;加强,强化
  • This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
  • This treaty forbade the United States to fortify the canal.此条约禁止美国对运河设防。
4 opposition
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
5 barricade
n.路障,栅栏,障碍;vt.设路障挡住
  • The soldiers make a barricade across the road.士兵在路上设路障。
  • It is difficult to break through a steel barricade.冲破钢铁障碍很难。
6 barricades
路障,障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )
  • The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
  • Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。
7 picket
n.纠察队;警戒哨;v.设置纠察线;布置警卫
  • They marched to the factory and formed a picket.他们向工厂前进,并组成了纠察队。
  • Some of the union members did not want to picket.工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。
8 socialist
n.社会主义者;adj.社会主义的
  • China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家,也是一个发展中国家。
  • His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。
9 outrage
n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒
  • When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
  • We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
10 drawn
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
11 obesity
n.肥胖,肥大
  • One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
  • Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。
12 soda
n.苏打水;汽水
  • She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
  • I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。
13 beverage
n.(水,酒等之外的)饮料
  • The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。
  • Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。
学英语单词
5-oxoprolinuria
Aboriginal American
acceptable level of risk
actuarial principle
Amoucha
anchoring prohibited
assorting process
bardenas reales
bearing pedestal cap
cabin chief
Ch'erch'er Terara
channel definition table
Chegar Bongor
chelonibia testudinaria
clingage
containment wall
contiguous field
cranial vertebra
crater lake scenic spot
current unit
custom built machine
deadhorse
deisolation
Deutzia pulchra
Dikkelvenne
Dimerin
diphenylamine-sulfonate
down-draft carburetor
drum-type turret lathe
ductulus
electric mower
electrode interval
fidibuses
fine-leaved
fluorescence branching ratio
fluorite-granite
gastrelcobrosis
geolibertarians
geometry of affine connection
glyceride
gold dioxide
hainan lesser hellow bat
higher-order function
interstate immorality
jammer saturation range (jsr)
keyway
labour emulation
law of gaseous reaction
livestock water supply
maintenance outage hours
mean square approximation
mechanical picture of world
min max system
mnemonic field
moving totals
multimethod
NAHD
navajo pk.
NCCL
noughts
on-cry
Orr treatment
paralogs
parotitis neonatorum
phrygian cap
polycytosis
pseudocyst-like
rational injectivity
redbone
rough channel flow
rubidium ferric selenate
spermiaucal glands
spiked shoes
split-and-pool
subtheories
supernormal excitation
surveyor's cross
Tale of a Tub
tap for resin
Taxillus thibetensis
templaters
thumb pad
tighty-whity
time scale decomposition
to carry the can
touch-phone
transfer of payments
tying of aid
uncompounded rubber
under attack
unhitch
uptoss
Vaquez' disease
vertex cover number
vibrator cultivator
wash-water gutter
waskite
wave model
westhampton
wyntoun
yaw reference attitude