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1【Schools closed in Turkish border town amid violence】土耳其边界城镇因暴乱学校关闭
TEXT:Turkish students in the border town of Akcakale arrive at school on Monday morning hopeful to return to their classes after a three-week break amid cross-border fighting with Syria. But to their disappointment the school doors remained shut. This girl said that the students miss their teachers and want to return to their lessons. She also said that many among them have relatives who died or were wounded in the violence. Fresh mortar fire from Syrian territory struck the town on Sunday. There were no immediate reports of casualties from yesterday's strike, but just four days earlier five civilians were killed by Syrian shelling. Turkey retaliated by several attacks on Syrian military targets. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey is prepared to face a war if it becomes necessary. Speaking at a conference in Istanbul, Erdogan said while Turkey does not want a war, it would take the "necessary" measures to protect peace and warned Syria not to test its resolve. Damascus claimed its fire hit Turkey accidently.
参考译文:周一早上在Akcakale边境城镇，土耳其学生怀着希望回到他们的教室。因与叙利亚发生边境之战，这已经是停课的第三个星期。但令他们失望的是学校的大门仍关闭着。这名女孩说，学生们都很想念他们的老师，希望能重回课堂，她还说他们中有许多人的亲人在暴乱中遇难或受伤。周日，新一轮叙利亚迫击炮袭击了该城镇。目前没有对昨天袭击事件伤亡的及时报道，但早在四天前有5名平民死于叙利亚炮击中。土耳其报复性向叙利亚军事目标发动多次袭击。总理Tayyip Erdogan称周日如果有必要，土耳其准备好了面对一场战争。在Istanbul的一次新闻发布会上，Erdogan称尽管土耳其不想发起战争，但会采取"必要的“措施维护和平，并警告叙利亚不要测试其决心。大马士革称袭击土耳其属意外。
2【Israeli airstrike wounds eight in Gaza】以色列空袭致8人受伤
TEXT:A Palestinian boy receives treatment in hospital after being caught in an Israeli airstrike. The Sunday attack wounded two militants and eight bystanders in the south end of the Gaza Strip. Two of the wounded are in critical condition. Hospital officials say the militants were riding a motorcycle near the town of Rafah, which borders Egypt. Israel claims the strike was meant to target two members of the "Global Jihadist" group, which is responsible for violence against Israelis and weapons manufacturing. The Israeli military and various militant factions have traded blows several times this year since a fragile cease fire failed. Islamist Hamas leaders did not immediately comment on the attack, but the group has often accused Israel of escalating the conflict.
参考译文:在遭以色列空袭后，一名巴勒斯坦男孩在医院接受治疗。周日的袭击事件造成加沙地带南端两名激进分子及8名局外人员受伤，其中两名伤势严重。医院人员称那时激进分子正在埃及边界Rafah城镇附近驾驶摩托车。以色列声称袭击的目的是为了攻击两名圣战组织人员，该组织暴力反对以色列及武器制造。自今年脆弱的停火协议失败，以色列军方和各类武装派别有多次交锋。伊斯兰哈马斯领导人没有立即对此次袭击事件发表评论，该组织经常指责以色列逐渐升级的冲突。
3【Mom turns sleeping child into art】熟睡小宝贝变身艺术品
TEXT:When the sun goes down and all go to bed a Tokyo mother gets ready for work. After making sure her daughter Nuno is sound asleep, Mami Koide gets creative around her toddler using the floor as her canvas. Everyday items such as clothes, socks and even vegetables turn into fantastic scenery with Nuno as the center star. Koide says the resulting image mirrors her daughter's dreams. She sent her first picture to her bartender husband who is away from home during the night. This late night ritual continued and Koide produced many photographs. She recently published a limited edition book that became an instant hit on Amazon Japan, prompting her publisher to print more copies. But despite the success Koide is worried about one thing - will Nuno approve of her work? 41-year-old Cartoonist and Mother Mami Koide saying (Japanese) "I'm still not confident whether she will be happy and satisfied with what I'm doing without her permission while she is sleeping." For now Nuno seems to be happy in the land of dreams where she is perhaps playing in a field with horses and cats.
参考译文:当太阳落下，万物沉睡，一位东京的母亲开始准备工作。在确保女儿Nuno睡着后，Koide Mami在婴儿边用地板作帆布创造。日常用品如衣服、袜子、甚至蔬菜都能在中央明星Nuno下变成一道亮丽的风景。Koide说由此产生的图像反映女儿的梦境。她把第一张照片发给了晚上离家的酒保丈夫。今天深夜一切照旧，Koide制作了许多图像。最近她还发表了限量版书籍，立即在日本亚马逊风靡，使得她的出版商印刷更多的副本。尽管如此，成功的Koider在为一事担心--Nuno会赞成她的工作吗？41岁的漫画家和母亲Mami Koide说：“尽管她睡了，但没经过她的允许，我还不确信她是否会高兴并且满意我现在所做的工作。”现在，梦里的Nuno似乎很高兴，也许她正在有马儿、猫儿的场地玩耍。
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CNN学生新闻
CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: A dino discovery, an explorer`s legacy and a sport`s expanding diversity. It`s Monday. I`m Carl Azuz, and we`re kicking off a new week of CNN STUDENT NEWS.
The first thing we are talking about today involves jobs, the monthly unemployment report includes information about who has them, who doesn`t and who is looking. And teenagers who are searching for work or maybe getting part time jobs, you are part of this, too. The report includes two big numbers, one is the unemployment rate, that`s lower than it has been in more than three years, the other is the jobs number. Experts say the economy needs to add about 150,000 jobs each month, just to keep up with population growth. In the last month, it didn`t hit that level. Now, Lisa Sylvester is going to explain how that monthly report gets put together. And she is going to examine why some people are questioning the numbers in the latest report.
LISA SYLVERSTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The Labor Department has a bureau that every month asks for 400,000 businesses in all kinds of fields from retail to manufacturing, to hotel services from all around the country how many people are on your payroll. That number is reported as the payroll survey on the first Friday of every month. That`s what we usually call the jobs number. In September, 114,000 payroll jobs were added, but there is another survey also done. This one from the Census Bureau. About 60,000 households are phoned every month and asked among other things, are you working? In September, a whopping 873,000 more people reported working than the month before. That`s a big number. And that household report pushed the unemployment rate down from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent. That`s a strong jobs showing, good news for the White House. But naysayers are wondering, if it`s too good to be true. Jack Welch, General Electric`s former CEO tweeting this "Unbelievable jobs numbers .. These Chicago guys will do anything ... can`t debate so change numbers." And the group, Americans for Limited Government, has suggested, maybe someone tinkered with the numbers.
RICK MANNING, AMERICANS FOR LIMITED GOVERNMENT: Very convenient timing for the president. If he`d mapped it out to be able to have it, this would be when you`d want to have it, you know, he is facing 43 straight months of eight percent plus of unemployment, the longest time in the history since the Great Depression.
SYLVESTER: The Labor Department and the Bureau of Labor Statistics scuff at any notion that someone manipulated the jobs report.
TOM NARDONE, U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS: It`s collected by about 2,000 interviewers who are all federal employees, career federal employees. And so, you`d have to imagine that the people who participate in the survey, and they do this voluntarily, are for some reason trying to manipulate things.
SYLVESTER: And it`s not unusual for the two surveys, one based on asking companies and the other based on asking individuals to have wide disparities. Why? The household number that shows a gain of 873,000 new workers includes all kinds of workers, including self-employed and certain agriculture workers. And it`s based on a much smaller sample than the survey of businesses. Keith Hall is a former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He says the numbers can vary widely.
KEITH HALL, FORMER COMMISSIONER OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS: I understand people`s frustrations and suspicion when the unemployment rate goes down, you know, right before an election. But in reality, the - all the federal statistical agencies, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics are independent agencies, they have a long tradition of being very professional and very non-political.
SYLVESTER: To change the report, well, that would be a crime. And also, very difficult to do. Lisa Sylvester, CNN, Washington.
AZUZ: All right now. Based on your perspective, our next story is either 50 or possibly 200 million years in the making. A scientist says, he`s discovered a new species of dinosaur. Actually, he came across it in a fossil that was discovered in South Africa back in the 1960s. But this is the fist scientist to describe it. He`s calling it Pegamastics Africanos. He says it lived around 200 million years ago, and this is what it might have looked like. The scientists compared it to a two-legged porcupine, saying it was covered with bristles, about the size of a house cat, you could see those sharp teeth. The scientist says, he thinks those teeth were for self-defense. He believes Pegamastics was a plant eater, not a meat eater.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: See if you can I.D. me. I was born in 1451 and died in 1506. I am an Italian explorer, but my most famous trip was paid for by Spain. You`ve probably heard of the ships I took on that journey: the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria.
I`m Christopher Columbus, and there are streets, towns and even a country all named after me.
AZUZ: In fact, there is a whole day named after him. It is Columbus Day, and it is today. For a long time, individual states celebrated Columbus Day on October 12th, Christopher Columbus landed into Bahamas on October 12th, 1492. When it became a federal holiday in 1971, Columbus Day was set to always be the second Monday in October. New York City held the first Columbus Day celebration on the 300 anniversary of his landing. The city has been holding a Columbus Day Parade, like this one, every year since 1929.
You post a status or picture on Facebook and think, I would pay a million dollars to have all my friends see this. Well, maybe you can. It`s not going to cost you a million dollars, but it will cost you. It`s a new feature called "promote." If you pay about seven bucks, your post gets pushed to the top of your friends` news feeds. Companies have been able to do this for a while, but this would be a first for every day users. Now, we are not paying to promote it. But we are talking about this on our Facebook page. If you are already on Facebook, head on over and tell us what you think on our wall. The address, Facebook.com/cnnstudentnews.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is this legit? NASCAR stands for North American Sports Cars and Racers.
No, not true. It`s the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. And it was born in 1947.
AZUZ: Hispanic heritage month honors trailblazers, men and women from the Hispanic community who`ve opened doors for future generations. NASCAR is working to develop some of its own trailblazers, the Drive for Diversity program offers minority drivers new opportunities in the sport. Fredricka Whitfield introduces us to one of these programs` success stories.
SERGIO PENA, NASCAR DRIVER: You have so much adrenaline rushing to your body and you are so concentrated on hitting every mark and, you know, making sure everything that you do is absolutely perfect. My name is Sergio Pena, I`m Colombian, and I`m a NASCAR driver in the Kanon Pro (ph) series east.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Pena has been racing professionally since he was 13. Motocross, go-carts, formula cars, you name it. Now, the 19- year old Virginia native is working his way up the NASCAR ranks. Seeing the potential, NASCAR officials enrolled Pena in their Drive for Diversity program, a program designed to give minorities a chance to compete, gain experience and exposure
SERGIO PENA: The Diversity Program, (inaudible) me, I had a great two years there. They put my name on the map, they gave me great opportunities, I learned a lot.
WHITFIELD: Pena learned enough to land a big time sponsor, much to the delight of his father who spent over $1 million to fund his son`s efforts over the years.
JAL PENA, SERGIO`S FATHER: Everything you make to try to dump it into the sport, hoping that year, that he will get a shot out at it. I wouldn`t change, I think, yeah, economy is tough, but if I had to do it again, I think I would do it again.
SERGIO PENA: I`m so thankful that my dad put such an effort to my career. I wouldn`t be doing anything that I`m doing right now without him. It has put a huge toll on my family, but now, you know, all the hard work seems to be paying off.
WHITFIELD: A great support system and the right opportunities will only get you so far. Pena still has to deliver, and he has. Last year, Pena was tied for most wins in his series, and he finished fifth overall in points. He is eager and hungry to get to the next level.
SERGIO PENA: You know, I really hope to be in the spring cup series, and it`s not - one of the top three series, especially the nationwide. I really hope to be competing up there with the big names.
WHITFIELD: As for bringing more diversity to NASCAR, Pena says, the building blocks are there.
SERGIO PENA: You see African Americans, Latinos, and I think it`s going to be great for the sport if we can see diversity in NASCAR, not only as drivers but in the stands as well, I think it`ll be a great thing for us.
WHITFIELD: Fredricka Whitfield, CNN.
AZUZ: Presidential candidates make stump speeches on the issues. Now we want to hear yours. Go to iReport.com/cnnstudentnews. And look for the stump speech assignment. In 30 seconds or less, tell us what issue you picked, why you think it`s important and what you would do about it as president. Remember, you have to be at least 13 years old on your mark, get set, stump.
It`s just about time for us to fly, but before we do, we`ll let these guys go first. This colorful career is part of an international balloon fiesta. It`s an annual event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, it`s been going on for 40 years. Hundreds of thousands of people show up to watch the balloons fill the sky. The first year of the fiesta was held it only had 13 balloons, now there are more than 600, you could say the event has really ballooned, but it`s possible those numbers have been inflated. After all, the fiesta is full of hot air.
Enjoy the rest of your day, for CNN STUDENT NEWS, I`m Carl Azuz.
CNTV新闻
【Cast of "Dangerous Liaisons" in Busan for film festival】
《危险关系》主演亮相韩国釜山电影节
A film directed by a South Korean director, shot in China, and starring top stars from both countries is receiving great popularity in South Korea this week. The cast of “Dangerous Liaisons” is in Busan for the international film festival.
本周，韩国导演在中国拍摄的电影，以及两个国家的顶级主演明星在韩国大受欢迎。《危险关系》参加韩国釜山国际电影节。
Director Hur Jin-ho’s “Dangerous Liaisons” grasped Busan’s attention with the three big Asian stars Jang Dong-kun, Zhang Ziyi, and Cecelia Cheung.
由导演Hur Jin-ho执演的电影《危险的关系》因三大亚洲巨星张东健，章子怡和张柏芝参演受到釜山的关注。
"Dangerous Liaisons" is a based on an 18th century French novel. Although there are already more than a handful of adaptations of the same plot, this one is set in Shanghai in the 1930s. In this Chinese romantic film that relies heavily on how well the lines are delivered by the actors, Jang Dong-kun acts in smooth Chinese, even though he doesn’t speak the language.
《危险的关系》来源一部18世纪的法国小说，尽管同样的情节已经有不少的改编版，但这次故事设置在20世纪30年代的上海。这部中国式浪漫的电影很大程度上依赖与演员如何传递故事主线。尽管张东健不懂汉语，但在电影里说了一口流利的中文。
Zhang Ziyi, actress, said, "I think Jang Dong-kun will be able to act perfectly in any language like Russian, German, or Arabic."
女演员章子怡说,：“我认为张东健能够完美的演绎任何国家的语言，像俄语、德语或阿拉伯语。”
This isn’t Jang Dong-kun’s first time acting in a Chinese film. And it’s his second time working with Cecelia Cheung, after the film "The Promise" in 2005.
这不是张东健第一次表演中国电影，早在05年就拍摄过电影《无极》，这是他第二次与张柏芝合作。
Jang Dong-Kun, actor, said, "Looking back on the past 20 years of acting in South Korea, this is the first time I’ve acted with the same actress twice. I have a special relationship with Cecelia Cheung. We even have the same surname, ’Zhang’."
演员张东健说：“回顾在韩国过去20年的演绎生涯里，这是我第一次与相同女演员两次演出。我和张柏芝有特殊的关系，我们甚至都姓张。
But "Dangerous Liaisons," a film on romance and revenge is far different from the action fantasy “The Promise’, which the two starred in together. And Cecelia Cheung says acting as Miss. Mo, a manipulative character who uses her beauty and intelligence to control those around her, still feels like a dream.
但电影《危险的关系》主要是讲述浪漫和复仇，与共同主演的动作魔幻片《无极》截然不同。张柏芝称扮演莫小姐，这个机明通过美丽和智慧控制周围的人物，仍然感到像一个梦。
Cecelia Cheung, actress, said, "Acting out as Miss. Mo still feels like a dream. I have a lot in common with the character in real life. We are both under certain pressures from society."
女演员张柏芝说：“扮演莫小姐，仍感觉就像一个梦。在现实生活中我和这个人物有很多共同点。我们都生活在一定的社会压力下。”
In the evening, Zhang Ziyi also wooed fans at the Haeundae beach, by appearing with another South Korean director, Lee Chang-dong. Fans swarmed to the bottom of the stage, in an attempt to capture the Chinese star on their smartphones and cameras.
晚上,章子怡和另一位韩国导演Lee Chang-dong一同亮相，同样吸引了云台海滩的粉丝，他们拥至舞台底部，试图用手中的智能手机和照相机拍摄这名中国演员。
"Dangerous Liaisons" is already out in China. And many local fans here are already looking forward to its release in South Korean cinemas next week.
《危险的关系》已经在中国上映。许多当地粉丝已经在期待下周在韩国影院的上映。
VOA慢速新闻
【US Postal Service Wants Congress to Make Changes to Its Business Model】
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.
这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。
This month, the United States Postal Service reported a loss of over five billion dollars from Apri
l to June. The Postal Service says it expects to report a loss of fifteen billion dollars for the twelve-month period ending in September. And the government agency has warned of even bigger losses if Congress does not let it change the way it does business.
本月，美国邮政服务公司本月从四至六月录得亏损超过50亿美元。邮政公司称，预计在截至9月份的12个月内将录得亏损150亿美元。而该政府机构警告称，如果国会不让其改变业务方式，将出现更大亏损。
The United States Postal Service, or USPS, has a long history in America. Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first Postmaster General, or head of the postal service, in seventeen seventy-five.
美国邮政服务公司或USPS在美国有着悠久的历史。1775年，本杰明?富兰克林曾被任命为第一任邮政部长。
But the Postal Service says its income has not kept up with growing costs. Profitable first class mail is decreasing.
但是邮政称，它的收入未能跟上日益增加的成本。可盈利的头等邮件锐减。
The service says most of its recent losses resulted from making payments to its health care program for retirees. About a billion dollars of the loss was for payments to injured workers.
邮政公司称，它最近的亏损主要来自支付退休人员医疗保健计划。亏损中的约10亿美元支付给了受伤员工。
The news from April to June was not all bad. Improvements in the economy fueled a nine percent increase in income from shipping and delivery. The Postal Service says it is less costly to send letters and packages in the mail than to use private companies.
从四月到六月并不全是坏消息。经济的改善为运输和投递增加了9%的收入。邮政公司称使用邮件寄送信件和包裹比其它私人公司便宜。
The Postal Service says it has cut operating costs by a total of fourteen billion dollars in the past five years. To improve its financial health, the agency has proposed cutting service on Saturdays. It also wants Congress to cancel a requirement that the postal service make advance payments to the health care program for retired workers. USPS also wants the Treasury Department to return eleven billion dollars in overpayments made to its pension plan for retirees.
邮政公司表示，在过去的5年中，其运营成本总共削减了140亿美元。为了改善其财务状况，该机构已经提议削减周六的邮政服务，还希望国会取消邮政公司为退休员工预付医疗保健计划的要求。美国邮政还希望美国财政部能返还离退休人员养老金计划多付的110亿美元。
On August first, USPS failed to make a required payment of five point five billion dollars for health care benefits for future retirees. It was the first time the postal service has ever failed to make such a payment. And, the service is warning that it may have to delay making payments to companies to which it owes money.
在8月1日，邮政公司未能如期支付未来退休人员医保福利的55亿美元。这是邮政公司首次第一次未能如期支付这样的账单。此外，邮政服务警告称，它可能不得不推迟向那些它欠账的公司付款。
The Postal Service says that without major changes, it will continue to lose billions of dollars a year. The Washington Post newspaper reported that Postmaster General Patrick Donohue told reporters “Congress needs to act responsibly.” In his words, “this is no way to run any kind of business.”
邮政服务称，如果没有大的变化，它每年仍会亏损数十亿美元。《华盛顿邮报》报道称，美国邮政署长Patrick Donohue告诉记者，“国会需要采取负责任的行动。”用他的话说，“业务没法进行了。”
The Postal Service receives money to pay for operations from the sale of stamps, products and shipping services. It does not receive direct government assistance, but is controlled by the federal government.
美国邮政收到钱用于支付邮票销售、产品和运输服务。它不接受政府的直接援助，但由联邦政府控制。
