时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2014年(一)月


英语课

 I'm John Berman, in for Anderson Cooper. Welcome to the 360 podcast. Colorado's experiment in legalizing pot. How was working so far? Also, from Antarctica, the rescue on ice. Let's get started. 


 
It's been a couple of days of legal recreational pot sells now on the books in Colorado, and the big headline seems to be sticker shock. The price of high quality product, according to the "Denver Post" approaching 400 dollars an ounce with heavy taxes on top of that. The reason is econ 101 plain and simple,  limited supply and very heavy demand. 
 
There is no stereotype 1 about it. There are, there people who are 21 and I've seen people who are 75 years old come through the door today. It's a big mix from all walks of life. I really think when people get the opportunity to choose a form of recreation, a lot of people in Colorado said they would like to choose cannabis and that's what we're seeing today. 
 
I want to get more on what they are seeing today in Colorado. Let's check in with Mxx Marxx in Denver who is surrounded by marijuana at a growing operation called Canyon 2 Harvest.  Good evening, Migxx. 
 
Good evening, there, John. This is Canyon Harvest. This is the growth facility for ever green Apothecary 3 which is just down the street here. These are yonger plants that aren't yet budding out, there's another room over here where they, where all the bud grows and that's the stuff they end up selling. It is running about 50 dollars for an eight ounce plus taxes, usually comes out about 61, 65 dollars so for an eight ounce that you can buy up from there. If you are a Colorado citizen up to an ounce, if you are from out of state, a quarter or a half ounce. It's going gangbusters for retailers 4 so far, I think beyond wildest expectations at this point. Medicine men, which is a very large dispensary here, they are expecting four to five hundred customers day or one, they've got over 650 turned people away. There was a line there today at every Apothecary that this place supplies. There was a line 100 people long all day long trying to get in there to buy. There's only a handful of these places open right now. More will come online as they get their certification, their licenses 5 down. But it is unbelieverable, I think beyond all expectations of how it is been sold right now. And I met people from as far away as Maine, Maryland, Oregon, all across the country coming into Oregon. I didn't think it would happen that way, it has, amazing. 
 
Migxx Marxx is botanist 6, economist 7, journalist. Are there, have any problems so far now we've had two days of legal sales?
 
There have not been problems with the sales. All of that has gone relatively 8 smoothly 9, the long force reporting no concerns. That said, there are lot of edibles 10 coming on the market as well there was an incident today in Longmon, Colorado, where a two-year-old girl pick up a cookie her mother set on the grass outside their home, she ingested it, she was taken to the hospital because she fell ill, and she tested positive for THC. The mother said she does not smoke marijuana or use marijuana, but she and her other child announced subjective 11 to a test, basically, to see if they are using marijuana. The police search the house to make sure that there was no marijuana paraphernalia 12 in there. The concern is that there's going to be a lot more kids in this situation. Doctors here saying that before 2009, no kids entered the hospital for marijuana, after 2009, you have 12 kids now who have entered  the hospital on symptoms of THC. John
And these may be the problems,  they are literally 13 discovering everyday there. Migxx Marxx in Colorado for us. Thanks so much,Mixx. 
 
I want to dig deeper now into the implications and perhaps the complications here. Supreme 14 Court Justice Louis Brand famously calls states the laboratories of democracy. Well, the experiment is now very much underway in Colorado and soon also in Washington state with legal, medical and political and social dimensions to talk about. Here to explore them, chief medical respondent Dr. Sanja Gupta and Senior legal analyst 15 Jeffery Tooben.
 
So Sanja, clearly the laws have changed in some places. Public opinions have changed nationwide. But what about the science? Where is the science now on whether pot is additive 16 and what it might do to your brain?
 
Well, science is emerging, but I'll preface by saying look, you know, this has been illegal substance for a long time in this country. So science is hard to comeby. And that's part of the problem. Having said that, if you look at an addiction 17 sort of across the board,addiction sort of means not only the idea that someone is physically 18 addicted 19 to something, they'll have physical withdraw if you take away that substance, but also is it interfering 20 with their way of life. Do they so seek out a substance that earn, it's gonna interfere 21 with things that they should be doing as part of their normal lives. And if you look at all of that, you know, marijuana, across about 9 percent of people would become addicted to it. Compared to heroin 22 which is close to 23 percent, cocaine 23 is in the 20s, alcohol 15, 16 percent depending on studies that you look at. So it is addictive 24, although maybe not addictive as some of these other substances.

1 stereotype
n.固定的形象,陈规,老套,旧框框
  • He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
  • There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。
2 canyon
n.峡谷,溪谷
  • The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
  • The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。
3 apothecary
n.药剂师
  • I am an apothecary of that hospital.我是那家医院的一名药剂师。
  • He was the usual cut and dry apothecary,of no particular age and color.他是那种再普通不过的行医者,说不出多大年纪,相貌也没什么值得一提的。
4 retailers
零售商,零售店( retailer的名词复数 )
  • High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
  • Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。
5 licenses
n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准,许可,颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )
  • Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句
6 botanist
n.植物学家
  • The botanist introduced a new species of plant to the region.那位植物学家向该地区引入了一种新植物。
  • I had never talked with a botanist before,and I found him fascinating.我从没有接触过植物学那一类的学者,我觉得他说话极有吸引力。
7 economist
n.经济学家,经济专家,节俭的人
  • He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家,自以为什么都懂。
8 relatively
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
9 smoothly
adv.平滑地,顺利地,流利地,流畅地
  • The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作,所以工作进展顺利。
  • Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
10 edibles
可以吃的,可食用的( edible的名词复数 ); 食物
  • They freely offered for sale what edibles they had. 他们很自愿地把他们的一点点可吃的东西卖给我们。
  • Our edibles the wild vegetable. 我们只能吃野菜。
11 subjective
a.主观(上)的,个人的
  • The way they interpreted their past was highly subjective. 他们解释其过去的方式太主观。
  • A literary critic should not be too subjective in his approach. 文学评论家的看法不应太主观。
12 paraphernalia
n.装备;随身用品
  • Can you move all your paraphernalia out of the way?你可以把所有的随身物品移开吗?
  • All my fishing paraphernalia is in the car.我的鱼具都在汽车里。
13 literally
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
14 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
15 analyst
n.分析家,化验员;心理分析学家
  • What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务?
  • The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。
16 additive
adj.附加的;n.添加剂
  • Colour is often an additive in foods.颜料经常是各种食物中的添加物。
  • Strict safety tests are carried out on food additives.对食品添加剂进行了严格的安全检测。
17 addiction
n.上瘾入迷,嗜好
  • He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
  • Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。
18 physically
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
19 addicted
adj.沉溺于....的,对...上瘾的
  • He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
  • She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。
20 interfering
v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰
  • If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话,可能弊多利少。
  • When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件,棘手的事情就来了。
21 heroin
n.海洛因
  • Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
  • Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。
22 cocaine
n.可卡因,古柯碱(用作局部麻醉剂)
  • That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
  • Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。
23 addictive
adj.(吸毒等)使成瘾的,成为习惯的
  • The problem with video game is that they're addictive.电子游戏机的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
  • Cigarettes are highly addictive.香烟很容易使人上瘾。
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A Chorus Line
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Art Institute of Chicago
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autocapacity coupling
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Avnyugskiy
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carrying charge on investment
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commercial community
common collector amplifier
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corticopinum cum zinco
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dyo-
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erythrol
Etionizin
Facebook Timeline
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have a suck of
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industrial and provident societies
intake canal
Iridoviridae
Japan current
kolong
late-acting
lift strut
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made a martyr of myself
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neomorph
new high key
Nu-iron process
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overtanned
OWV
partition equilibrium
peices
Pemalang, Ujung
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PES
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reach out to somebody
Romerolagus
saffron glucoside
sagbs
scared into
scheduled reactor outage (period)
scrotumed
searchers
shock line
silvisar
smoke wave
square reticle
SSSC
subsurface pump
sweet wormwood
target routine
task driver
thermal compensation
thermoelectric actinograph
thermoplastic phenolic resin
thiopeptide
torsion module
tubenose
tuna-melt
tylee
typika
Virchow-Hassall bodies
xo gonadal dysgenesis