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1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Fridays are awesome. And so are the Seahawks at Cold Spring Harbor High, because one of you got our social media question of the week correct.Im Carl Azuz. This is CNN Student News. Our first headline today takes us from the Netherlands to Africa.Charles Taylor, the former president

2、of Liberia, has been found guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes in neighboring Sierra Leone. Theres a lot of information behind that headline, but heres why its significant. This is the first time since 1946 that an international court has convicted a former world leader of war crimes.The last t

3、ime this happened it involved Nazi leaders right after World War II.From 1997 through 2003, Charles Taylor was the president of Liberia. Its a West African country that is on the Atlantic Ocean. Taylors policies, how he ran Liberia, led the country into multiple problems. There was no power or runni

4、ng water for many Liberians. Rebels tried to overthrow Taylors government. The United Nations put sanctions - punishments - on Liberia.Taylor was forced out of power in 2003. He was arrested three years later and hes been on trial since 2007. The charges against Taylor are connected to a civil war i

5、n Sierra Leone. Thats one of the countries that borders Liberia.Taylor was accused of funding and giving orders to rebel fighters in Sierra Leone. The war crimes charges also involved murder, slavery and forcing young teens to fight in the war. Taylors trial took place at The Hague in the Netherland

6、s. Thats where the International Criminal Court is located. Taylor claimed he was innocent and pled not guilty. But the court convicted him on all 11 charges against him.When it did, it made Taylor the first former head of state in more than 60 years to be convicted of war crimes by a international

7、court. Theres no death penalty in international criminal law. A sentencing hearing for Charles Taylor is scheduled for the middle of next month.Todays first Shoutout goes out to Ms. Ingrams journalism classes at Gainesville Middle School in Gainesville, Virginia.The word bovine refers to which of th

8、ese animals? Here we go. Is it alligators, bears, cows or ducks? Youve got three seconds, go.Bovine comes from a Latin word, and it refers to cows or oxen. Thats your answer, and thats your Shoutout.So if you hear about bovine spongiform encephalopathy, you might be able to figure it has to do with

9、cows. Thats the technical name for mad cow disease. A case of that was recently discovered in California. And it has some people worried about the possibility of humans getting sick. Scientists have made a connection between eating contaminated meat and developing a deadly brain disease.Public healt

10、h officials say the risk is pretty low in this case. The animal in question had a rare form of mad cow disease. Officials also say it never entered the human food chain. But one South Korean company is suspending the sale of American beef because of this discovery. This is the fourth case of mad cow

11、 thats ever been confirmed in the U.S. Some critics say the government needs to do more testing for this disease.A new study about teens and distracted driving says girls are more likely to engage in dangerous or distracting behaviors by almost 15 percent. The girls who were surveyed said some of th

12、e biggest distractions include reading texts, eating behind the wheel and having other passengers in the car.Experts say 16-year olds have higher crash rates than drivers of any other age, but the number of teen drivers involved in fatal accidents is decreasing. 不错的周五。冷泉港高中Seahawks的学生们也很不错,因为你们当中的一位

13、回答对了我们本周的社会媒体问题。我是卡尔阿祖兹。这里是CNN学生新闻。我们的热点新闻今天将带我们从荷兰到非洲。利比里亚前总统查尔斯泰勒已被判犯有协助及教唆邻近的塞拉利昂战事罪。在这个头条新闻背后有很多的信息,但这是为什么它具有很重要的意义。因为这是自1946年以来国际法庭首次判决一名前世界领导人战争罪。最后一次涉及第二次世界大战的纳粹领导人。从1997年到2003年,查尔斯泰勒就任利比里亚总统。这是一个大西洋上的西非国家。泰勒的政策及对于利比里亚的掌控使这个国家陷入了多种多样的问题当中。而许多利比里亚人甚至没有电力或自来水。叛军企图推翻泰勒的政府。联合国制裁惩罚利比里亚。泰勒在2003年被迫下

14、台。3年后他被逮捕,自2007年以来开始接受审判。泰勒被指控与塞拉利昂内战联系到了一起。这是利比里亚边界的国家之一。泰勒被指控提供资金和下达命令给在塞拉利昂的反叛武装人员。战争罪行还包括谋杀、奴役与强迫未成年青年在战争中参战。泰勒的审判在荷兰的海牙进行。这里是国际刑事法庭的所在地。泰勒表示自己是无辜的,于是申请无罪。但法院判的11项罪名都可以对他提出指控。这使泰勒成为第一位在超过60年内被国际法庭判有战争罪的前国家元首。在国际刑法中没有死刑。而一场审判泰勒听证会定于下个月中旬举行。今天的大喊答题节目环节由维吉尼亚盖恩斯维尔盖斯威尔中学的英格拉姆女士的新闻班提供。这个拉丁单词指的是以下哪个动物?

15、现在我们可以开始了。是鳄鱼,熊,牛还是鸭子?你有三秒钟的时间，3,2,1，现在揭晓答案。这个词出自拉丁语,它指的是牛。那是你的答案吗？这就是本期的大喊答题节目。所以,当你听到关于牛海绵状脑病,你可能想到这跟牛有关。那是疯牛病的专业名称。最近的一起案例在加州被发现。有一些人们担心人类可能会因此患病。科学家们已经将感染肉类和致命的脑部疾病联系起来。卫生部门官员称这样的案例风险很低。问题动物形成疯牛病非常罕见。官员称它从未进入人类的食物链当中。但一家韩国公司由于此美国牛肉已停止销售。这是第4起在美国被证实的疯牛病案例，一些批评者称政府对于这种疾病需要做更多的测试。一项对于青少年和分心驾驶的最新研究表明将近15%的女孩更有可能从事危险行为或分心了。接受调查的女孩表示包括阅读短信,在车后吃东西或者有其他乘客在车里等都可以让人分心。专家表示16岁之间这个年龄段比其它任何年龄段的司机发生的撞车率更高，但青少年司机发生重大事故的几率正呈下降趋势。 版权所有高考资源网