篇一：CNN Student News 学生新闻 2014.10.10
(CNN Student News) -- October 10, 2014
What is the Fed?
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: Fridays are awesome. This is the 10 minutes of commercial free current events known as CNN STUDENT NEWS. My name is Carl Azuz. If you were to ride a rollercoaster with ups and downs like the stock market`s had recently, you`d be sick. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is exactly that, an average of 30 significant stocks in the New York Stock Exchange. It`s one measure of how the whole stock market is doing. Wednesday, it jumped; yesterday, it dropped. 335 points, its worst day of the year in points. Why? One reason is the European economy.
Investors are getting nervous that Germany, Europe`s biggest economy, could slip into a recession. And when investors get nervous, they sell stocks.
Another reason, The Fed. Its recent moves indicate that it thinks global economic growth may be slowing down.
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ZAIN ASHER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So we`ve all heard that phrase, that, you know, money makes the world go around, but you may have asked yourself once or twice, OK, well, who makes the money go around? And so the answer is the Federal Reserve, or as my friends and I like to call it, the Fed. So the Fed is pretty much unlike any other U.S. institution that I can think of. It`s run by a board of governors based in Washington, D.C. It had 12 Federal Reserve banks located around the main banking centers of the country. So places like New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia. The presidents of these banks and the board of governors, they meet eight times a year to make big policy decisions and to ensure the economy is moving at a stable clip. So the Congress oversees the Fed, but the Fed does not really answer to Congress. The Fed operates completely independently, because the Fed doesn`t care about politics. All it cares about is basically two things. Number one, keeping prices stable. And no. 2, trying its best to ensure that everybody who wants a job gets one.
So if the economy is heating up, it tries to cool things down by raising the cost of borrowing by making it harder to borrow money. And if things are getting too cold, it does the opposite. So you can sort of think of the Fed like Goldilocks. It doesn`t really like things too hot, too cold. It wants everything to be just right.
So you`re probably wondering, OK, well, how does the Fed work its magic? What is its secret weapon? The answer is interest rates. So the way the Fed gets interest rates at just that right level, at that sweet spot, is through buying and selling U.S. Treasuries and other bonds. So when it wants to cool the market down, it sells U.S. Treasuries, stashes away the cash, and that reduces the money supply, so that makes it harder to borrow
money, and that basically slows down economic growth. When it really wants to heat the market up, it essentially starts buying up U.S. Treasuries and other bonds. That floods the market with cash and fuels economic growth. So it`s not necessarily a perfect system, but it works, at least for now. And as they say on Wall Street, don`t fight the Fed.
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AZUZ: We`re getting tropical on this Friday`s roll call. Starting in South America and working our way north. Paramaribo is the capital of Suriname, and it`s where we`re online at the International Academy of Suriname with the Toucans. On the Hawaiian island of Honolulu, there is the La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls. The Lady Panthers are watching the CNN STUDENT NEWS today. And we conclude our call in Concord. It`s a town in Vermont, and it is where we`re happy to see the Wild Cats of Concord School.
We have covered two significant viral outbreaks this school year. One is the highly deadly Ebola virus. The other is called enterovirus or enterovirus D68. It`s far less dangerous than Ebola, and it`s much more likely that you`ve been exposed to it. In fact, doctors say that most people who get enterovirus D68 have nothing more than a runny nose and a cough, and that as a whole, it`s a lot less impactful than the flu. Still, it has sickened hundreds of people in more than 40 U.S. states. It was linked to the death of a 4-year-old last month. So if you`ve had cold symptoms, how do you know when it`s time to see a doctor?
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Here is what you need to know about enterovirus D68. Enterovirus in general has been around for decades and it`s fairly common. In fact, the CDC estimates 10 to 15 million cases in the U.S. every year. But this year, confirmed cases are much higher, with more severe symptoms.
Who is most at risk? Infants, children and teenagers. That`s because their immune systems are still developing. Adults can get it too, but they are more likely to have mild to no symptoms.
The symptoms are much like a bad cold. The runny nose, coughing, a fever, but more severe cases include wheezing and difficulty breathing. That`s when it`s time to call a doctor. And here is the scary part. Enterovirus may also be linked to a small number of cases of a mysterious neurological illness. This was reported in Colorado, Boston, and Michigan. One child in Michigan even developed partial paralysis.
So how is the enterovirus spread? Much like a cold. It spreads through the air and lives on surfaces like doorknobs or toys. But there is no vaccine. The best way to protect yourself is to wash your hands and avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. And stay at home if you`re feeling sick.
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AZUZ: Cat plus cafe equals cat-fe. That`s the idea of this event in Los Angeles. It`s part cat petting zoo, part eatery, part animal shelter.
Because the food isn`t all you can take out. If you bond with a cat, say over coffee or a sandwich, you can adopt it. The goal is to get all of the animals adopted out, and yes, they are kept separate from where the food`s made, so there is no risk of sharing a hairball with a hairball.
What does the menu look like at a cat-fe? Bet they have calid (ph) coffee, cat-puccino, cat-fe au lait, Americatno, mochichito (ph), purrshinstant (ph) frappercino (ph), himalatayan (ph) and of course, Javanese. Those are some fresh brewed puns right there, y`all. Have a great weekend. Hope to see you Monday.
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篇二：Student News 学生新闻 2012.02.24
(Student News) -- February 24, 2012 THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We`re students at Spelman College.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Welcome to CNN Student News.
BEN TINKER, HOST, CNN STUDENT NEWS: You`re going to hear more from those students at Spelman in just a bit, but we want to thank them for getting us started today, and thank all of you for spending part of your Friday with CNN Student News. Carl is out today. I`m Ben Tinker, and I think that paper airplane should be ready to launch any second now.
(MUSIC PLAYING) TINKER: 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.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) TINKER (voice-over): The crash took place during a training operations near a Marine base in Arizona. Arizona`s governor said it`s a reminder that no military mission is ever routine, whether it`s 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 that`s why they were training in Arizona, because the terrain there is so similar to what they would experience overseas.
(END VIDEO CLIP) TINKER: The tension in parts of Afghanistan doesn`t look like it`ll ease up any time soon. This, of course, is related to the coalition forces admitting that they accidentally burned some copies of the Quran, Islam`s holy book.
President Obama apologized yesterday to Afghanistan`s president for the, quote, "error."
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TINKER (voice-over): 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 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.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is this legit? The word forensics means the study of formal debates. This one`s true. You might have heard about forensic science, but the word also applies to debates.
(END VIDEO CLIP) TINKER: 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 bunch of upcoming primaries and caucuses.
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TINKER (voice-over): 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 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 Tuesday`s primaries in Arizona and Michigan.
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TINKER: The eventual Republican nominee will face off against President Obama, the all-but-certain Democratic nominee. Yesterday the president was focused on another issue that came up during Wednesday night`s debate: energy.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) TINKER (voice-over): 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 percent over the last two months.
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TINKER: 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 he`ll work to help Americans who are dealing with the rising cost of gas.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We`re going to look at every single aspect of gas prices, because we know the burden that it`s putting on consumers. And we will keep taking as many steps as we can in the coming weeks.
(END VIDEO CLIP) TINKER: The housing industry is one of the big factors that experts look at when they`re figuring out how the U.S. economy is doing. Now this much we know: home sales are increasing. Good news if you`re looking to buy, but part of the reason for that increase is that home prices are incredibly low, and that`s, of course, bad news if you already own a house. Christine Romans has a look at where things stand right now.
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篇三：Student News 学生新闻 2012.03.29
(Student News) -- March 29, 2012 THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
*** CARL AZUZ, HOST, CNN STUDENT NEWS: When you go to take the SAT, get ready to have your ID looked at more closely. We`re going to explain the reason for the increased security in just a minute. First up, though, let`s check out some of today`s headlines. We`re going to start at the U.S. Supreme Court building. Yesterday marked the end of three days of legal arguments about the 2010 health care reform law that was introduced by President Obama.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ (voice-over): One of the big questions was about a controversial part of the law called the individual mandate. The justices have to decide if that violates the Constitution. And if they rule that it does, they also have to consider if the entire law should be scrapped. It`s expected that the court will announce the ruling on the case in June.
Next, something you already know, if you`ve had to fill up your car`s gas tank recently. Gas prices: on the rise. They`ve gone up for 19 straight days. Yesterday the average cost for a gallon of regular hit $3.91. That`s nationwide. In 10 states and the District of Columbia, the price is already higher than $4 a gallon.
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TRACY MARTIN, TRAYVON MARTIN`S FATHER: This investigation had been botched from the beginning, and that people other than me knew that it was supposed to be an arrest made.
JOE OLIVER, FRIEND OF GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: I believe that when all of the evidence comes out, this will clearly show this was a case of life or death for either Trayvon or George. And sadly for the Martin family, it was Trayvon that we lost.
(END VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ: More than a month after he was shot and killed, Trayvon Martin`s name is all over the news and social media. There have been protests in cities around the U.S. and a forum on Capitol Hill. We know some facts about the case, but there are still of lot of questions.
Let`s start with what we know. Trayvon Martin, 17-year old on the right side of your screen
here, was walking home from a store. Police say he was unarmed. And George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch leader, called 9-1-1 to report a suspicious person, and said he was following martin, though he was told by a dispatcher he didn`t need to do that. Zimmerman says Martin attacked him, and he claims that he shot the teen in self-defense. Police haven`t charged Zimmerman with any crimes, because they say they don`t have enough evidence to disprove his story. What we don`t know is what exactly happened between the time when George Zimmerman started following Trayvon Martin and when the shot was fired. Officials say that as more information comes out, the picture of what happened becomes more complicated. You heard us say that there are still a lot of questions surrounding this story. What questions do you have about it? You can go to our blog at cnnstudentnews.com and tell us what you want to know about what happened. And remember, on the blog, first names only.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Today`s Shoutout goes out to Ms. Hendricks` civics class at Manokotak School in Manokotak, Alaska.
What is a perfect score on the SAT? You know this. Is it 36, 100, 1,600 or 2,400? You`ve got three seconds, go. Since the writing section was added to math and verbal, a perfect SAT score is 2,400. That`s your answer, and that`s your Shoutout.
(END VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ: Well, some students have been willing to cheat to get closer to that perfect score. Scandal was uncovered last fall involving 20 people who paid someone else to take the test for them. Officials want to make sure that can`t happen again. They`re putting new rules in place, starting in September that will affect everyone who takes the SAT.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MARY SNOW, CNN REPORTER (voice-over): It was these arrests tied to a cheating scandal in a wealthy New York City suburb that prompted new security rules for college entrance exams. Now everyone will be affected. Front and center was 19-year-old Sam Eshaghoff. He told CBS` 60 minutes that students paid him around $2,500 to take their SAT tests for them. Nassau County`s district attorney says she found 55 kids who either got paid to take
the SAT or ACT tests or paid others to take it.
SNOW: How easy is it to cheat on the SAT?
KATHLEEN RICE, NASSAU COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Well, before today, it was incredibly easy to cheat. There were a number of loopholes that made it possible for kids to pay someone else to take the test for them.
SNOW (voice-over): Prosecutor Kathleen Rice says a fake ID was all that was required. To change that, she says, students will have to upload a photo of themselves when they register for the test, and it will be put into a database. On the day of the exam, a photo ID will be required to match the registration. Scott Farber, who runs a prep course for students taking college entrance exams, questions why it took so long. SCOTT FARBER, PRESIDENT, A LIST EDUCATION: It seemed very, very strange that a test that was this important, that was tied to billions of dollars of financial aid and ultimately students` futures, to not have those things in place before, seemed very strange.
SNOW (voice-over): When the cheating in Nassau County first came to light, test administrators said the problem was not widespread.
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