美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-01-11-英语课

时间：2018-12-19 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2014年(一)月

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Hey, everyone. I\'m Carl Azuz and this is CNN Student News. Our first story today centers on the Middle Eastern country of Iraq. There\'s been an increase in violence there. One reason, terrorist. The Islamic state of Iraq and Syrian known as ISIS has been fighting the Iraqi government and trying to seize more power in the country and the region. Another reason, religious divisions. Iraq\'s 2 main religious groups, Shiite Muslim and Sunni Muslims don\'t always get along. In some places, they\'ve been fighting each other. The US is getting involved again. It let an international group of countries to invade and overthrow 1 Iraq\'s former dictator in 2003. The coalition 2 then battled terrorists and insurgents 3 for years. The last US combat troops left in 2011. Now, America is sending weapon and drones to help Iraq\'s government.

The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has been very clear in his support for the Iraqi government saying that the United States will support the legitmiate and elected government in the Iraq. He describes, ISIS A. in Iraq and Syria was being the biggest threat in the region. Their brutality 4 is well known but he does say that the United States will stop short of sending in troops on the ground. This is what he said.

\"This is the fight that belongs to Iraqis. That is exactly what president and the world decided 5 some time ago when we left Iraq. So, we are not absolutely contemplating 6 returning. We are not contemplating putting boots on the ground. This is their fight but we are gonna help them in their fight.\"

For the first time in its 100 year history, the US federal reserve will be led by a woman. The Fed sets US monitory policy. It decides things like interest rates and how to stimulate 7 the US economy. It has an influence on world economy decisions. On Monday, the Senate confirmed 67-year-old Janet Yellen as Fed chair. She\'s worked at the bank for more than a decade. She has expertise 8 in macroeconomics and elements of unemployment. Some of Yellen\'s work in high school may give clues as how she sees herself.

\"She\'s cracked of the highest class ceiling in America. We take a look at Janet Yellen\'s younger years. She graduated from Ford 9 H. High School in Brooklyn in 1963. In high school, she was both valedictorian and editor of the school news paper. Her school had a tradition for editor to interview the valedictorian and since Janet Yellen held both titles, she ended up interviewing herself. It certainly does give you a sense of how Janet Yellen viewed herself objectively in the article. She doesn\'t shy away from listing her success, listing her awards, describing herself as a versatile 10, attractive and talented senior. But she means it in a very sort of tongue-in-cheek kind of way.

Yellen will be taking over Ben Bernanke\'s job. The current Fed chairman second term is up at the end of the month. Yellen and B. share many of the same views on U.S. monetary 11 policy. So, Bernanke\'s critics have concerns about Yellen\'s appointment.

1 overthrow

v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆

After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。

2 coalition

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

3 insurgents

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。来自《简明英汉词典》
Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。来自互联网

4 brutality

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军

5 decided

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 contemplating

深思，细想，仔细考虑( contemplate的现在分词 )；注视，凝视；考虑接受（发生某事的可能性）；深思熟虑，沉思，苦思冥想