CNN英语听力2012年02月合辑（文本 翻译）：20120228.doc

1、First up today, authorities are investigating an accident that led to the deaths of seven U.S. Marines. It happened Wednesday night when two military helicopters collided in midair.The crash took place during a training operations near a Marine base in Arizona. Arizonas governor said its a reminder

2、that no military mission is ever routine, whether its in combat or in training.The two helicopters that were involved in the crash were a Super Cobra attack helicopter and a Huey utility chopper. The Marines on board were getting ready to deploy to Afghanistan, and thats why they were training in Ar

3、izona, because the terrain there is so similar to what they would experience overseas.The tension in parts of Afghanistan doesnt look like itll ease up any time soon. This, of course, is related to the coalition forces admitting that they accidentally burned some copies of the Quran, Islams holy boo

4、k.President Obama apologized yesterday to Afghanistans president for the, quote, error.Meantime, hundreds of Afghans have been protesting for days, sometimes outside of military bases in the country. Afghan officials who are investigating the situation have urged the protesters to avoid resorting to

5、 violence.Two U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday, and an unnamed official said the gunman is thought to have been acting in conjunction with a protest taking place outside the base.Is this legit? The word forensics means the study of formal debates.This ones true. You might have hear

6、d about forensic science, but the word also applies to debates.And it applies to an event held in Arizona Wednesday night. Another forensic foray, if you will, for the leading Republican presidential candidates. They got together for the 20th debate this campaign season. And the last one before a bu

7、nch of upcoming primaries and caucuses.Health care, the economy and social issues were some of the big topics the candidates focused on, and this was their first time Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Senator Rick Santorum and Texas Representative

8、Ron Paul shared a stage since the debate in Florida about a month ago.And it was the last opportunity the candidates will have to face off against each other before next Tuesdays primaries in Arizona and Michigan.The eventual Republican nominee will face off against President Obama, the all-but-cert

9、ain Democratic nominee. Yesterday the president was focused on another issue that came up during Wednesday nights debate: energy.This is something a lot of people are worried about, especially as prices at the pump climb higher and higher. In fact, the average cost of a gallon of gas is up more than

10、 10 percent over the last two months.And during a speech in Miami yesterday, President Obama talked about developing a policy that includes different sources of energy, like oil, nuclear, solar and wind. The president said hell work to help Americans who are dealing with the rising cost of gas.Were

11、going to look at every single aspect of gas prices, because we know the burden that its putting on consumers. And we will keep taking as many steps as we can in the coming weeks.The housing industry is one of the big factors that experts look at when theyre figuring out how the U.S. economy is doing

12、. Now this much we know: home sales are increasing.Good news if youre looking to buy, but part of the reason for that increase is that home prices are incredibly low, and thats, of course, bad news if you already own a house. Christine Romans has a look at where things stand right now. Home prices i

13、n this country are now the lowest theyve been in a decade. Since November 2001, thats the verdict from the National Association of Realtors. This is what home prices looked like in January of 2012, last month, $154,700 is the median price of an existing home in this country.Take a look at how that h

14、as come down dramatically from the peak of $219,000 in 2007. Lets move it forward, shall we? Zillow says last year home prices were down nationwide almost 5 percent. And this year they could go down another 3.7 percent.That means overall, home prices are still falling. But look, all real estate is l

15、ocal. Its different where you live, and there are three categories here: places where home prices are still falling, where theyre bottoming out and also where theyre starting to rise.Lets look at the zones that are still falling: Atlanta. This year, Zillow says, Atlanta home prices could go down ano

16、ther 8 percent and change. Chicago as well, down more than 7 percent. Seattle, Cleveland, Sacramento, St. Louis - you get the picture. These are some of the areas where home prices in this country are still falling.Where are they bottoming out? Places like Dallas-Ft. Worth, San Diego, San Francisco,

17、 you could see small, very minor losses in home prices for the year. But for the most part, theres a feeling that in those places the worst price losses are behind us.And where are prices rising? Because there are some parts of the country where very low mortgage rates and a washout of all of these

18、foreclosures is providing some opportunity. Those are places like Baltimore; Riverside, California; even Phoenix, which has had a real estate crisis for several years; Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.首先,当局正调查一起导致7名美国海军陆战队员死亡的事件。它发生在星期三晚上,两架军用直升机在半空中相撞。事故发生时亚利桑那州附近海军陆战队基地正在执行一次训练任务。亚利桑那州州长说这为人们敲响了警钟,

19、任何军事任务总是不按常规的,不管是战斗或训练中都是如此。卷入这起事故的两架直升机是一架超级眼镜蛇攻击直升机和休伊战斗直升机。海军陆战队准备部署到阿富汗,这就是为什么它们在亚利桑那州训练,因为这里的地形可以让驾驶员体验到类似海外飞行的经历。阿富汗部分地区的紧张局势看起来不像会放松。当然,这关系到联军承认他们偶然焚烧古兰经的副本,这是伊斯兰教神圣的书。奥巴马总统昨天对阿富汗的总统表示道歉,他称这是一个:“错误。”与此同时,数百名阿富汗人抗议了好几天,有时在这个国家的军事基地外。正在调查情况的阿富汗官员们敦促抗议者尽量避免使用暴力。星期四两名美军士兵在阿富汗丧生,一位未透露姓名的官员称持枪男子在基地

20、外的抗议开始时行动。这是合法的吗?辩论学这个词意味着研究正式辩论。这是真实的。你可能听说过司法科学,但是这个词也适用于辩论。它适用于周三在亚利桑那州夜晚举行的一项活动。另一个法庭突袭,如果你愿意,共和党总统候选人竞选就是适合辩论一词。他们在这个选战季节为了20场辩论聚在一起。最后的一轮辩论为即将到来的初选和党内预选做准备。健康、经济和社会问题是一些候选人集中讨论的大主题,这是大约一个月以前在佛罗里达以来前众议院发言人纽特金里奇,前麻萨诸塞州州长米特罗姆尼,前参议员里克桑托姆,代表罗恩保罗和德克萨斯州代表让保罗第一次同台竞技。这是候选人下星期二前在亚利桑那州和密歇根州的初选前面临的最后一次相互对

21、抗的机会。最终共和党总统提名人将面对民主党提名人奥巴马总统的对抗。昨天总统集中在另一个问题上,就在周三晚上的辩论中出现:能量议题。这些是很多人都担心的,尤其是当价格攀升甚至更高。事实上,每加仑的平均燃气费用在过去的两个月也已经上涨超过10%。在迈阿密昨天的一次演讲中,奥巴马总统谈到发展政策,包括不同的能源,如石油、核、太阳能和风力。总统说他将尽力以帮助美国人解决价格攀升中的燃气问题。我们要去看看燃气价格的单一方面,因为我们知道重担在消费者这边。我们会在今后几个星期争取更多解决措施。住房产业是一个大的因素,专家根据这个行业计算出美国的经济状况。现在我们只知道这么多:住房销售持续增长。如果你正在观

22、望,这是好消息；但增长的部分原因是国内价格非常低,那就是,当然,坏消息是如果你已经拥有一栋房子。克里斯汀罗曼斯有相关的详细报道。房价在这个国家已经达到了几十年的最低阶段。2001年11月以来,这是来自全国房地产经纪人协会的审核结果。2012年1月房价看起来也是这种势头,上个月这个国家的现有住房价格中间价格是154700美元。来看看2007年如何来的从顶峰的219000年美元大幅下降。让我们翻开历史,好吗?兹罗表示去年全国房价下跌了几乎5%。今年可能继续下跌另外的3.7%。这意味着总的来说,房价仍在下降。但看看,所有的房地产是局部的。你所居住的地方价格是不一样的,这里有三种类型:房价仍在下降的地

23、方,价格走出谷底的地方，当然另外一个就是价格已经开始上升的地方。让我们来看看仍在下降的地区: 今年的亚特兰大。兹罗说,亚特兰大的房价可能下降8%或者有所变动。芝加哥,暴跌超过7%。西雅图,克利夫兰,萨克拉门托,圣路易你知道是怎么回事。这些地区的房价在这个国家仍在下降。他们在哪里走出谷底?达拉斯,圣地亚哥、旧金山这样的地方,你就能看见房价非常小的损失,。但在大多数情况下,有一种感觉,在那些地方的是在我们后面损失最严重的价格。价格上升的地方在哪里?因为在这个国家的一些地方,非常低的贷款利率和冲刷了这些所有的丧失抵押赎回权提供了一些机会。诸如巴尔的摩;河边市,加利福尼亚,甚至凤尼克斯,这里的房地产危机已经有好几年,还有洛杉矶和华盛顿特区。* ，每天更新： ： .