CNN英语听力2012年04月合辑（文本 翻译）：20120418.doc

1、Fridays are awesome and so are the Noels at Seminole High School in Florida,because one of you got our social media question of the week correct.All right.I am Carl Azuz.Lets get to the days headlines.Peaceful purposes or weapons?That is the constant debate over Irans controversial nuclear program.I

2、ts been a source of tension between the middle eastern nation and other countries and now Iran says its willing to restart talks about the program.At the meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency yesterday,an Iranian official said,its the start of a new chapter for his country and the IAEA.H

3、e also said Iran will never suspend its nuclear activities.The IAEA has been worried that Iran is trying to clean up signs of that nuclear activity.Some western officials say these satellite photos might show that clean up at work.Iran called any suspension about this particular facility ridiculous.

4、See if you can ID me?I am a famous star,who wants nothing to do with the night life.I am a major provider of the light and heart.Not to be self-centered,but the whole world does revolve around me.I am the sun and scientists estimate I have been around for millions of years.All things are little stor

5、my upon the sun right now.There isnt any rain or thunder there.To solar storm,that involves geomagnetic particles and the sun doesnt always keep those to itself.There were two solar flares earlier this weeks and they sent those geomagnetic particles toward earth.It takes light about eight minutes to

6、 travel the 92 million miles from the sun to the earth.The material from these flares got here about 23 hours, so it was moving at four million miles per hour.Those solar storms can sometimes cause problems for power grids here for GPS.Scientists say that doesnt seem to be happening right now.Most A

7、mericans will be seeing more of the sun and maybe a little less sleep.Daylight saving time starts this Sunday,when we move our clocks ahead one hour will move them back again one hour on November 4th.The idea is to reduce the amount of electricity thats used by extending daylight hours.Ben Franklin

8、came up with daylight saving time in the seventeen hundreds.It was used for the first time in Great Britain during World War One.US states dont have to take part in daylight saving,some of they dont,but around seventy countries,do move clocks forwards in the spring.Japan wont be moving its clocks ah

9、ead on March 11th,but the nation will be marking a tragic milestone.It will be one year since the massive earthquake hit the island nation and triggered tsunami,a giant ocean wave.Mark Biello was part of CNN crew that went to Japan to cover this disaster.One year later,he looked back on his experien

10、ce.My name is Mark Biello.I am a senior photo journalist.Now I have been working here at CNN for 28 years.When we got to this disaster,it was very challenging to cover,because we didnt have any kind of office or bureau to work out of.We worked out of the back of a van.We had a generator,it was bitte

11、r cold at times.The infrastructure was completely shot and we had many challenges,trying to feed and do live shots with our systems and do coverage of these different villages that were just destroyed.And the first town we traveled to was Minamisanriku.When we first arrived,the level of destruction

12、was incredible,basically a small fishing village that was completely destroyed.It was heart-breaking to think that how many people could be buried under this rubble.And there was always threat of aftershocks,there were aftershocks that happened they rocked the van,that would,you could feel under fee

13、t or while we were editing or broadcasting their live shots.There were some other tsunami warnings in the days after,so the sirens would go off.And the Japanese defense forces and the Japanese fire and rescues,they were very much on edge,very stressed,you know they were trying to keep us safe too.So

14、 they would come down,you know,just screaming and yelling,tsunami,tsunami,and so we had to listen and get to higher ground.Another town that we were sent to was,Hachinohe.What was amazing about what happened with tsunami there,the tsunami wave actually picked up giant freighters and they were mostly

15、 fishing trawlers,and tossed them on their side, like little toy boats.And also picked some of the ships up and took them into the city.It was a very,its a rare scene.Its been a year since the tsunami,I think about Japan constantly.I think about the people,how they are getting by.At some point,it wi

16、ll be great to go back and cover this again to see the rebuilding process.非常棒的周五,让我们祝贺佛罗里达州斯米诺尔高中的学生们,因为你们其中一人回答对了我们本周提出的社会问题。好的。我是卡尔阿祖兹。让我们看看今天的头条新闻。是出于和平目的还是武器?这是针对伊朗争议核项目不断的争论。为此中东国家和其他国家之间的关系已经开始紧张，现在伊朗表示愿意重新开始商讨这个项目。在昨天的国际原子能机构会议上,一位伊朗官员称这对他的国家和国际原子能机构而言是一个新篇章的开端。他还表示伊朗将“永不中止核活动”。国际原子能机构一直担心,伊朗

17、试图清理核活动的迹象。一些西方官员表示这些卫星图片可能会证明清理工作。伊朗称这个特定设备的停止是荒谬的。看看你能不能认出我?我是非常著名的天体,与夜生活一点关系都没有。我是光的主要提供者和焦点。我从不以自我为中心,但整个世界确实围绕我。我就是太阳，而科学家估计我已有数百万年。一切事物在太阳下都是微不足道的。在那里不会打雷，而且没有任何一场雨。对于太阳风暴而言包括地磁粒子而太阳并不总是自身保持。本周早些时候有两次太阳火焰，其中地磁粒子朝向地球而来。它在大约8分钟的时间内从太阳旅行9200万英里朝地球而来。这些来自火焰的物质大约在23小时到达这里,所以它以每小时四百万英里的速度移动。那些太阳风暴有

18、时可引起电网问题导致定位系统故障。科学家称似乎现在还没有发生。大多数美国人将看到更多日光，而且也许会有更少的睡眠。这个周日开始节约日光,当我们在11月4日把我们自己的时钟快1小时而他们将后退1小时。这个想法是为了通过扩展白天时间从而达到减少电的使用量。本富兰克林在17世纪想出夏令时间。在第一次世界大战中英国第一次使用。美国没有参加节约日光,一些人没有,但是大约70个国家的人民在春天把时钟向前拨。日本不会在3月11日提前将时钟拨快,但国家将会铭记这一悲剧的里程碑。这将是日本地震一周年的纪念。CNN的马克贝洛曾经亲身经历过日本的地震及其新闻报道工作。一年以后,他回顾他的那次历程。我的名字叫马克贝洛

19、。我是一名高级照片记者。到目前为止我已经在CNN工作28年。当我们到达灾难现场,对于掩体来说非常具有挑战性,因为我们没有任何形式的办公室或部门工作。我们就用一辆货车的后面解决。我们有一台发电机,而那时候天气非常寒冷。不但没有必要的基础设施,而且我们还面临许多的挑战,试图让自己活下去并用我们的系统拍出鲜活的照片,还要把覆盖面扩大到这些刚刚被毁的村庄。我们去的第一个地方是南三陆町。当我们第一次到达这里时,破坏的水平令人难以置信,基本上这座小渔村彻底被毁坏。想到有很多人可能被埋在这废墟之下就叫人心痛。而且总有余震的威胁，我们的车辆也没能幸免于难。当我们正在编辑或现场直播时你甚至能感觉到脚下的震动。在之后的日子中一旦有其他的海啸警报,警报器就会发出声响。日本国防力量，消防部队和救援人员工作艰苦,他们总是徘徊在生死边缘，而且自己也感到非常紧张,非常有压力,你知道,他们也正试图救助我们。所以他们会下来,你知道,只是那样喊着,海啸,海啸,所以我们只能听并且移动到较高的地方。另一个城镇是八户。然而,令人惊奇的是海啸发生的时候,巨大的货船和很多渔船被像玩具般被卷起。一些船甚至被海啸冲进城。这是一个非常罕见的场景。海啸发生以来已经一年,我有时候会想到日本。我会想起那些人,他们现在如何。从某种意义上说,重新回去看到重建的过程将会非常伟大。