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China's first aircraft carrier docks
中国航母新年首次出港探“新家”
China's first aircraft carrier cuts through fog to dock for the first time in the city of Qingdao. The Liaoning conducted several weapons tests during its voyage to the city, where it arrived on Wednesday (February 27) morning.
穿过大雾，中国首艘航母首次停靠在青岛市。航行期间辽宁号进行了多次武器测试，并于周三(2月27日)上午抵达青岛。
The aircraft carrier launched last year after being refitted from a Ukrainian ship. China says the Liaoning has boosted its overall naval strength and will help protect national sovereignty. It comes amid maritime tension in parts of Asia, with China and its neighbours rowing over territorial claims.
这艘去年服役的航母是由乌克兰一舰艇改建而成。中国表示辽宁号全面提高了海军实力，并将有助于保卫国家主权。在此之际，亚洲部分地区海上局势紧张，中国与其邻国就领土主张争论不断。
officials say Egypt balloon crash won’t affect tourism
官员称气球坠毁事件不会影响埃及旅游
Mourners and officials gathered Wednesday near the ancient town of Luxor, where 19 people died after their hot air balloon came crashing down the day before. Nearly all the victims were foreign tourists, but Luxor Governor Ezzat Saad is confident the accident won't affect tourism here.
周三，哀悼者和官员聚集在古镇卢克索附近，就在当地的前一天，一热气球发生坠毁致19人遇难。几乎所有的受害者都是外国游客，但市长Ezzat Saad称气球坠毁事件不会影响这里的旅游。
Governor Of Luxor City, Ezzat Saad saying: "This is the first time with victims as we have seen and that is why we think that this incident will not have a big or a decisive impact on the flow of tourists to our governorate." Tourists visiting a nearby temple are undeterred about visiting Egypt.
卢克索市长 Ezzat Saad说：“造成人员伤亡这是第一次，所以我们认为这次事故对前往我省的游客不会造成大的或决定性的影响。”正在附近一寺庙参观的游客对来埃及旅游并不因此害怕。
Tourist Pascal Michael, saying: "I have been in the Valley of the Kings and in Hatshepsut temple and other places are nice." The crash was caught on amateur video, as passengers on another balloon helplessly watched. The accident comes at a bad time. Tourism is a mainstay of Egypt's economy, but two years of political instability has kept millions of tourists away.
旅游帕斯卡迈克尔说：“我已经到过帝王谷和哈特谢普苏特神庙，其它地方也很不错。”业余人员拍摄了这段事故视频，视频里另一个气球上的乘客无助地看着。事故来的不是时候，因为旅游是一个埃及的一个经济支柱，而两年的政治动荡已致数以百万计的游客望而却步。
Millionaire plans to send couple to Mars
美富翁出资20亿美元送两人环游火星
Calling all Middle-age couples --- this could be just the adventure for you. Millionaire space tourist Dennis Tito is setting his sites on the red plant---- announcing on Wednesday plans to send two people, a male and a female, near Mars in 2018. Tito made history in 2001 as the first person to fund his own trip to International Space Station.
邀请所有中年人——这对你来说可能正是一次冒险活动。身价百万的太空游客丹尼斯·蒂托正在设置他在火星上的场所，周三他宣称计划派送两人，一男一女，于2018年环游火星。
Dennis Tito, Chairman of Inspiration Mars Foundation, saying: "We fly within a hundred miles of Mars. I mean that is essentially being there. Swing by, use the gravitational shift of Mars and come back to earth, just like a boomerang, you don't need to have any propulsive maneuvers."
灵感火星基金会主席丹尼斯·蒂托说：“我们在火星一百英里以内飞行。我的意思是，本质上是在那里。绕着火星变轨，通过引力转变火星轨道回到地球，就像一个回旋镖，你不需要任何推进机动。
Because the couple won't actually be landing on the red planet, his team won't have to worry about undocking or redocking or the do-or-die engine burn from the return from Mars. According to Tito, a middle-age couple, past their childbearing years would be the ideal crew members to make the journey in what can be best described as a space RV, a streamlined capsule with just 600 cubic feet of living space.
因为这两人实际上并不会降落在火星上，他的团队因此不需要担心脱离或重新对接，以及从火星返回时生死攸关的发动机燃烧问题。蒂托称，经历过生育年龄的中年人将是乘坐太空飞行器进行火星之旅的最佳人选，飞行器是一架流线型太空舱，里面有600立方英尺的生活空间。
Jane Poynter, President and Chairwoman Of Paragon Space Development Corporation saying: "It's a really long road trip. You are jammed into an RV that goes the equivalent of 32,000 times around the earth, and you can't get out for about a year and a half. "
模范空间发展公司主席和总裁Jane Poynter说：“这真的是一次漫长的旅行。你挤进一个相当于环绕地球32000圈的飞行器，大约一年半不能出去。”
While the American businessman is confident in the mission, he says the planets will have to be in perfect alignment. He finally decided on 2018 because it looks better than 2031, the next ideal window.
然而美国商人却对这个任务自信满满，他称行星必须精确对准。相比于2031年下一个理想窗口，他最终将时间定在了2018年，因为那年看上去更不错。
拜登谈枪暴:必须为纽敦死去的20名儿童说话
Biden on Violence: 'There Is Much We Can Do'
拜登:我们需要做的还很多
Vice President Joe Biden"There is much we can do. The thing that is most frustrating but understandable is in many cases - and I travel all around the country - the sense of hopelessness. People say how do we deal with any of this? I get asked on the shows I do and these large audiences - I get asked what's the one thing, what's the one thing that can be done? There's not one thing that can be done. When you say that people get a sense like god, there's no answer. Multiple things can and must be done, totally within our power. Totally within our control that will fundamentally alter the situation we find ourselves in."
Vice President Joe Biden"The facts are our culture isn't killing 25 people a day. It's weapons with high capacity magazines. It's criminals who get guns without going through a background check. I also get told, they say, there are too many of these weapons out there already so why do anything about putting more out? The ban will have no effect. That's certainly no argument to continue to proliferate weapons we don't think are healthy in society. For the president and me, it's a simple proposition tragically highlighted by what happened in Newtown. We can't remain silent. We have to speak for all those voices. We have to speak for those 20 beautiful children who died 69 days ago, 12 miles from here. They cant speak for themselves. We have to speak for the 6 adults who died trying to save the children in their care that day who can't speak for themselves. We have to speak for the 1,900 people who've died at the other of a gun just since Sandy Hook in this country. 1,900 just since that day. They can no longer speak for themselves."STORYLINE:Vice President Joe Biden is trying to rally support for the administration's proposals to curb gun violence, saying there will be a moral price to pay for inaction. Biden is speaking Thursday at a conference in Danbury, Conn., just a few miles from the scene of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He says that America has changed its views of gun control since the Dec. 14 massacre of 26 people inside the Newtown school.Other speakers, including the parents of a 7-year-old girl killed at Sandy Hook, urged Congress to honor the memories of the victims with strong action. Meanwhile, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced he wants to immediately ban high-capacity ammunition magazines, require background checks for the transfer of firearms and expand the state's assault weapons ban
CNN学生新闻:是谁操纵了我们的油价?
What Determines the Price of a Gallon of Gas?
是谁操纵了我们的油价?
CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: It`s Wednesday, I`m Carl Azuz. This is CNN STUDENT NEWS. Just a few minutes, we`re going to explain how musician can make money off of viral video. First of all, we are taking a look inside President Obama`s cabinet. These are the president`s top advisers who run different parts of the U.S government. Getting into the cabinet is a two step process. Step one, the president has to nominate you, step 2, the U.S. Senate has to confirm you. The Founding Fathers gave the Senate that power in the Constitution. It`s called advice and consent. Chuck Hagel has been on both sides of this process.
He served two terms in the Senate, now he`s President Obama`s pick to be the new U.S. Secretary of Defense. Yesterday, he was approved by the Senate for that job. The vote was originally set for a couple of weeks ago, but there were some controversy around Hagel because of some of the things he`s said in the past. His confirmation vote was delayed by a filibuster. It`s a legislative tactic that`s used to block and delay action, and if you`ve studied up on this, it happens only in the Senate. The U.S. House of Representatives doesn`t have a filibuster.
And this is how it works: the Senate allows for unlimited debate. In order to filibuster something, a bill, a vote, whatever -- once the Senator is given the floor, he or she just keeps it. You don`t even have to talk about the issue that`s being delayed. Originally senators had to actually talk when they wanted to filibuster. The record for that belongs to former South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond. In 1957, he went for more than 24 hours. Now, you don`t need to speak continuously in order to filibuster. What you need if you want to end one, is 60 votes. It takes three fifths of the Senate. To end that debate and the filibuster. Yesterday, the vote to end the debate on Chuck Hagel`s confirmation was 71 to 27. That`s stopped the filibuster, and opened the door for the vote on Hagel to be the new U.S. Secretary of Defense.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What`s the word: it`s an adjective that describes natural or raw oil before it goes to the refining process. Crude. That`s the word.
AZUZ: When gas prices make you want to scream, try not to deafen the guy in the convenience store. It`s not usually his fault. Store mark up barely adds to the price of gas. If you really want to blame someone, you could blame OPEC. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, a group of 12 nations, has a significant influence on the cost of crude oil.
For every dollar you spend on gas, crude takes the biggest chunk -- about 72 cents. The second largest factor in the price -- taxes. The U.S. federal government has a tax on every gallon bought. So do state and local governments whose taxes depend on where you live. They all add up to approximately 13 cents on every gas dollar. Unfortunately for drivers, we can`t just take oil from the ground, filter out the dirt and stick it into our gas tanks. We`ve got to pay for the cost of refining, the process of turning crude into actual gasoline. That covers about eight cents on our rapidly shrinking dollar. And then, actually getting gasoline to stations and maybe throwing in an advertisement here and there makes up seven cents on the buck. Now, all that adds up to a dollar, 100 percent of the cost of gas. So you can see how an actual filling station has practically no influence on the price. It does get a cent or two, but if you go inside and buy a drink and a donut, that helps keep their business fueled.
Thanks to the Oscar nominated movie "Lincoln" there has been some talk lately about the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, ACTOR: Settles the fate for all coming time, not only of the millions now in bondage, but of unborn millions to come.
AZUZ: The movie sent one man on a hunt for Mississippi`s role in the 13th Amendment. The amendment was ratified in 1865, but Mississippi didn`t officially sign on until this year. Except Mississippi lawmakers did ratify the 13th in 1995. The Mississippi`s Secretary of State`s office never sent the paperwork to Washington.
KEN SULLIVAN, UNIV. OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER: I don`t think there was any dark plot or any -- any kind of a plan to not get this done. I think it was just an error, and I`m just glad that it`s corrected.
AZUZ: 18 years later, Mississippi`s vote is officially on the books.
RANJAN BATRA, RESEARCHER, UNIV. OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER: What I`ve done or Ken has done is really just dotting an "i" or crossing a "t". But I think -- I think it`s an important "I` to dot and in important "t" to cross.
AZUZ: Over in Europe, scientists are testing food samples. They are looking for traces of horse meat and products that were labeled as beef. Officials are conducting investigations about this, companies are pulling products off the shelves. Some consumers are buying and eating less meat. A lot of people have been affected by this scandal, but farmers may turn out to benefit.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SR. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The family`s focus -- quality food close to the customer. Husband Mike helps butcher the beef when it comes back from the abattoir.
MICHAEL BELCHER, FARMER: The supply chain is so small and we know everything about the animal, and there`s nothing that we don`t know about it.
ROBERTSON: They`ve been farming here for four generations. Nothing frustrates them more than the horse meat scandal.
They blame big food chains driving down costs to maximize profit. Supermarket greed that led them to take their own meat to market.
BELCHER: I can survive on what Mr. Supermarket charges the consumer. I can`t survive on what he wants to pay me as the producers.
ROBERTSON: And this is where the family meat ends up, on the table in the farmer`s market, 100 mile south in London. One of several farmer`s markets they sell their product to, and over the past few weeks, they tell us that business is up.
Customers like the direct access to the meat produced at Marshhouse (ph) farm.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I find the quality of the meat is very much better, and I know where it comes from. And I know that it has been raised humanely.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I would avoid processed, packaged stuff that`s, you know, all we see now at the moment. You don`t know what`s -- you don`t what`s in it. This here, you`ve talked to the farmers directly, they -- they prepare, they bring it in, and you can see exactly what it is and they can tell you exactly what it is. You can trust them.
ROBERTSON: It seems that people don`t want the processed meat that`s in the supermarkets. For Mike and his family and the customers that come here, this can only mean peace of mind. Nic Robertson, CNN, London.
AZUZ: All right, we`ve got another story for you about unexpected financial upside. It starts with the "Harlem Shake." Yes, the viral videos -- no we are not making one. Now, if you`ve seen you`re probably more focused on the dancing than the music. But someone did write the song, it`s his intellectual property, and every time someone clicks on the Harlem shake video, he`s getting paid.
AZUZ: The students at Colorado college broke every library code in the book with their version. "The Harlem Shake" even has this year`s Daytona 500 winner Jimmy Johnson dancing, and employees at San Antonio Sea World. Now, Baauer, the song`s creator, is poised to hit it big. He gets a piece of the ad revenue -- every time someone clicks on a Harlem Shake video.
BILL WERDE, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, BILLBOARD MAGAZINE: This could be a meaning for revenue stream -- if you figure a couple of dollars per 1,000 streams -- and you multiply that by millions -- you start to see that this is real money.
AZUZ: Real money is right. As of last week 100,000 "Harlem Shake" videos have been viewed, some 400 million times on Youtube. And that`s boosting record sales. "The Harlem Shake" was the top song download on iTunes U.S. last week, and one of the top downloads on iTunes Europe. Baauer isn`t the only artist riding the viral video wave.
AZUZ: South Korean artist Psy hit pay dirt last year with Youtube phenomenon "Gangham Style" with more than a billion hits.
WERDE: "Billboard" has reported that Psy made upwards of $2 million just from the streams of "Gangham Style", that was without selling a single track.
AZUZ: But corporate America sees a financial opportunity in the viral video market. Pepsi is now promoting soda with its very own "Harlem Shake."
AZUZ: I asked about the "Harlem Shake" on Twitter yesterday. Most people were tweeting they love it. Tell us what you think. If you`re on Facebook, find us at Facebook.com/cnnstudentnews and say whether you love or hate the "Harlem Shake."
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is this legit? In nature, penguins are found only in the Southern Hemisphere
AZUZ: The penguins` bodies are designed to move through the water. But getting them in the water -- that can be tricky. At least for this one. Walking down the board, he`s fine. Going off the board -- ah-ah. He takes another (pass coming up and chickens out again. This is some serious penguin trepidation. The bird is flightless, but he is frightful. One more chance, probably just going to turn around again, but this time, a little too close to the edge. It wasn`t exactly a swan dive, but sometimes when you need to get over your fear, you just got to wing it. Really, there was no pengoing (ph) off the board, he just had to get the courage to dive in with both feet, bird brain.
We`ll pull our resources and meet you back here for more CNN STUDENT NEWS tomorrow. One more thing, teachers -- don`t forget to hit our homepage and show your feedback on today show. Thanks for watching. Have a great day.
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