高中英语 CNN听力02月合辑（文本+翻译）0209素材.doc

cnn英语听力2012年02月合辑（文本+翻译）：20120209hi, im carl azuz, broadcasting from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia. we welcome all of our viewers around the world to the first february edition of cnn student news.were leading things off today in florida, with the race for the republican presidential nomination. three states held primary or caucus events earlier last month, and a different candidate won each contest. so some experts were looking to see if the florida primary would bring some clarity to the republican field.the goal of these primaries and caucuses is to win delegates. you need 1,044 of them this year to be the republicanpartys nominee for president. there were 50 delegates up for grabs in florida, and yesterdays primary was winner-take-all. you win the primary, you get all 50 delegates.representative ron paul and former senator rick santorum moved on to campaign in other states, because they didnt think they had much chance of winning florida. that left former massachusetts governor mitt romney and former house speaker newt gingrich.as the results came in last night, cnn projected that mitt romney would win the florida primary.c is where you can always get the latest details on developing stories, like yesterdays florida primary. the full results came in after we produced this show. but you can find them. theyre going to be in the spotlight section on our home page.were staying in florida now to talk about a series of car crashes that happened along a major highway over the weekend. at least 12 cars and seven tractor-trailers were involved in these accidents. you can see some of what happened in the pictures were showing you right here.the highway was covered in smoke from a nearby brush fire. that made it very difficult for drivers to see. ten people were killed in the wrecks. more than 12 other people were taken to hospitals.chad myers spoke with cnns anderson cooper about why the smoke was covering the highway. they also talked about the conditions that led to these crashes over the weekend. have a listen.there was a fire in the swamp and in the forest, only 60 acres, not that big. but in a regular fire, smoke goes up and keeps going up. but in florida, it didnt keep going up. the reason why is because there was a layer of warm air up here. so as soon as the smoke tried to go up, it hit the layer of warm air and came back down. its called inversion.the most famous inversion ever was in donora, pennsylvania, many, many years ago where people died because they suffocated from the smoke that just wouldnt leave the valley.thats the allegheny-monongahela valley near pittsburgh im talking about, but thats what happened. the smoke was trapped near the surface. it couldnt go away. people drove into the smoke and they were hitting cars that were already stopped in the roadway.and a lot of survivors, i mean, they were saying the smoke and fog was so thick, they couldnt see - you know, a woman said they couldnt even see the hazards. this isnt that common, though, is it?it is not. what happened here, this smoke and fog got in a bowl, this bowl is just south of gainesville. ive driven through this bowl many times on i-75, its the prairie right through here. literally, it looks like youre driving through the serengeti.you look to the left and you look to the right, and its completely flat, but all around you are hills. when you drive this, youre literally - - you look for giraffes, because you think youre in africa. it looks crazy, high elevations here. high elevations there.and right through there, its kind of a swampy area. and that air, that smoke settled right into that low area, into the bottom of that bowl and thats what caused the visibility down to literally zero.and i guess, one thing investigators will be looking into, is could this have been avoided? i mean, should there have been warnings or road closures?well, anderson, there were road closures. the roads were closed for three hours, and then the smoke kind of cleared,because the wind blew just a little bit. but then half an hour after they re- opened the road, the crashes happened and 10 people died.so i guess, you have to think the road probably should have stayed closed. theres not much you can do. once you are in this smoke, you are in it.february 1st marks the beginning of black history month. its a time to honor the accomplishments and contributions of african-americans. when dr. carter g. woodson started the tradition in 1926, it was a week long. the celebration was expanded into a month in 1976 by president gerald ford.throughout our coverage of black history month, were going to focus on some of the people, the places, the moments that have been significant in african-american history. were starting with a lunch counter and an event that happened 52 years ago today.thats when four black college students walked into a woolworths in greensboro, north carolina. they sat down at the whites only counter to order lunch. they stayed in their seats after they were refused service, and launched a peaceful protest for civil rights. the woolworths lunch counter in greensboro was desegregated later on that year.some other events on february 1st: in 1790, the u.s. supreme court met for the first time. the first court had six justices, not nine like the u.s. has now.in 1865, president abraham lincoln signed the 13th amendment to the u.s. constitution, which would abolish slavery.the amendment was ratified by the states later on that year.and in 2003, the space shuttle columbia broke apart while reentering the earths atmosphere. all seven crew members were killed 嗨,我是卡尔?阿祖兹，这里是亚特兰大格鲁吉亚的cnn新闻中心，欢迎收看我们的节目。我们热忱欢迎世界各地的广大观众收看2月份的首次cnn学生新闻节目。我们首先看看今天在佛罗里达州发生了什么,这里成为共和党总统候选人的竞选之地。三个州在上月早些时候举行了初选和党内竞选活动,不同的候选人赢得了每一次比赛。所以一些专家们都想看看佛罗里达州是否可以让共和党候选的局势明朗。竞选的目的是赢得初选和党内会议的代表。你只需要1044名代表的支持即可成为共和党内的总统提名者。在佛罗里达州有50名代表互相争夺,昨天的赢家所得所有代表。你赢得了初选,你就得到了所有50名代表。代表罗恩?保罗和前参议员瑞克?桑托姆将竞选转移到了其他州,因为他们不认为自己会有机会赢得佛罗里达州。战场上只剩下了前麻萨诸塞州州长米特?罗姆尼和前众议院发言人纽特?金里奇。结果在昨晚公布,cnn预计米特?罗姆尼会赢得佛罗里达州初选。登陆c，你就可以获得最新的发展故事的细节,就像昨天的佛罗里达州初选一样。我们这档节目播放完毕后，完整的结果就会出来。点击我们的主页上的“焦点”栏目中是你就可以找到详细报道。我们在佛罗里达，现在要谈论在这个周末发生在主要公路上的一系列的车祸惨剧。至少12辆汽车和7辆牵引拖车被卷入这起事故。从我们展示的图片中，你可以看到发生些什么。附近的丛林大火致使高速公路上满是烟雾。这让司机能见度降低。10人在灾难中丧生。其他超过12人被送往医院。查德?梅尔与cnn的安德森?库柏谈论为什么烟弥漫了高速公路。他们还谈到了导致这起事故导致的原因。让我们一起听下。火灾发生在只有60亩的沼泽地里和森林中, 区域不是很大。但按照常规火灾的发展势头,烟不断上升。但是在佛罗里达,它没有继续上涨。原因是因为这里有一层温暖空气。于是当烟雾试图上升的时候,遇到热空气,随后掉头向下。这被成为反转。最著名的反转曾发生在很多年前宾夕法尼亚州的多诺亚,人们因烟雾而窒息死亡,只是因为烟不肯离开山谷。我谈论的是匹兹堡附近的阿利加尼和孟农加山谷,但那是所发生的事。烟被困在地表附近。它不能离开。人们开车进入浓烟当中，因为能见度降低而发生撞车，最后被迫停在路中央。许多的幸存者,我的意思是,他们说烟和雾太浓,他们不能看到你知道,一个女人说她们甚至不能看到危险。这有点非比寻常,是不是?不是这样的。这儿发生了什么,这烟和雾被笼罩,就像碗一样。这是南面的盖恩斯威尔所致。我曾驾车驶过这里,这里是草原。从字