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CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: Hi everyone. Always good to have you watching CNN 10. I`m Carl Azuz. I am not at the CNN Center but our team is working

together from different places to bring you the daily show. There are some businesses that are staying very busy during this ongoing coronavirus

pandemic.

Companies that make cleaning products like phone and hand sanitizers, medical equipment and supply organizations, toilet paper manufacturers and

food delivery apps and their employees. But scores of businesses are seeing major losses as the disease spreads. Malls are closed. Factories are shut

down. Flights have been canceled.

People in affected countries have been told to stay home. Without consumers out and about spending money and without businesses making products and

hiring people, the economy has effectively ground to a halt. The United States Federal Reserve, the central bank of the country, says the
 

grind to a halt 嘎然而止

coronavirus pandemic is causing tremendous hardship.

So in addition to dropping interest rates to zero, which encourages people and companies to take loans, the Fed is buying bonds, opening new credit facilities,
 

credit facility 信用额度

starting a new lending program. In a nutshell, it`s using all of its tools to try to limit the economic damage from COVID-19.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Congress has been debating a massive stimulus bill. A package of government spending that`s intended to stimulate the economy. It

could include loans to companies that are in trouble, more spending on healthcare and direct payments to American taxpayers.

Its cost could be as high as $2 trillion and Congressional Republicans and Democrats generally agree that the stimulus is needed. But they`ve had some

disagreements over what exactly the money should be spent on and how it should be given out and that`s delayed the bill from passing.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: In the last couple weeks many Americans went from not even hearing about the coronavirus to having President Trump recommend the

closing of schools or social distancing meaning not more than 10 of us in a room at the same time. And so people are rightfully wondering what does it
 

social distancing 社交距离

rightfully [ˈraɪtfəlɪ] adv. 理所应当地

mean? What happens next? Could we see quarantines or forced curfews? Experts say the Federal government cannot legally or operationally put the
 

quarantine [ˋkwɔrən͵tin] n. 隔离；检疫

United States under a complete lockdown or quarantine.

What the Federal government can do is monitor or close borders and limit how people can get into and move around the United States as well as detain
 

detain [dɪˋten] v. 拘留，扣留

individuals upon entry if they are believed to have been exposed to the virus. Our Constitution does not have an on-off switch for pandemics and
 

on-off 开－关的

there would be challenges in every district, in every courtroom to protect individual rights and our governmental structures. America`s frontline for

responding to an epidemic really resides in the hundreds of local and state and tribal and territorial health authorities.

Because of that we are seeing lots of things going on in different states but there`s no unified approach, partly because the Federal government has

been relatively quiet on some of these issues. Another reason is because our government structure is so fragmented.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: You know different states need different things.

GOV. ANDREW CUOMO (D-NY): That is the role of the Federal government and national leadership and it is lacking.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It is up to state and local governments to regulate, encourage, discourage human behavior.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The Constitution was set up to not only have a strong central authority but also to give the states their own authority. The

Federal government can make recommendations about what kind of standards they want for public health authorities in a pandemic but those public

health authorities reside with state governments. And include the right to quarantine and isolate and the power to set curfews because of a local
 

reside [rɪˋzaɪd] v.（权力，权利等）属于，归于

public health threat.

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AZUZ: 10 Second Trivia. The region known as Lapland includes a part of which of these nations? Greenland, Finland, Iceland or Scotland. Part of
 

Lapland [ˋlæp͵lænd] n. 拉布兰（Scandinavia半岛的最北端地区）

Russia, Norway, Sweden and Finland are located in Lapland.

And it`s in Lapland that an extraordinarily light show was recently visible courtesy of mother nature. The Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights twisted,
 

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Aurora Borealis 北极光

danced and glowed in hues of green. Though the phenomenon can be seen at any time of the year, late winter or early spring during the overnight
 

overnight [ˋovɚˋnaɪt] adj. 夜间的; 过夜的; 持续一晚的

hours is said to be the best time to see them here. But besides being really "purrdy" to look at, there is some science behind these wondrous

waves.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Described as one of Earth’s greatest light shows, an aurora is one of the most fascinating and beautiful naturally occurring
 

aurora [ɔˋrorə] n. 极光

phenomena. You might know it as the Northern Lights but it’s technically called the Aurora Borealis in the Northern Hemisphere and the Aurora

Australia or Southern Lights in the Southern Hemisphere. This phenomenon occurs above the magnetic poles in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

They form when gases, particles in the Earth`s atmosphere collide with charged particles released from the sun. Electrons and protons from the sun

are blown toward the Earth by the solar wind.

As these are carried towards Earth, most of them are deflected by Earth`s magnetic field. However, the magnetic field is weaker at the poles allowing
 

deflect [dɪˋflɛkt] v. 偏斜；转向

some of the particles to funnel into the Earth`s atmosphere. The vibrant colors produced are determined by the type of gases that are colliding. The
 

funnel [ˋfʌn!] v. 通过（狭窄处）; （用漏斗）注入

vibrant [ˋvaɪbrənt] adj. （光线）明亮的；（色彩）鲜明的

result is a brilliant display of the common green and yellow, less common blue and violet, even rare reds painting the night sky in ribbons, arcs or

shooting rays.

Oxygen produces green and red light while nitrogen gives off blue and purple. The best time of year to view the light show is during the winter

months when the nights are longer, under a cloud-free sky away from light pollution.

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AZUZ: Quick. Think of an organized sport. OK. Guess what? It`s been affected in someway by the spread of coronavirus. Americans in at least 12

states have been given orders to stay home. This accounts for about a quarter of the population, since some of those states are the most

populated. But the sport fans among them are wondering, OK, we have all this time to watch sports but no sports to watch. So some are turning to

marble racing, as in marble racing.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s pretty serious now. People see it an experience that like sports (ph), a real sport. It`s blowing my mind. We did

it in the backyard of my grandfather`s house and a yellow-billed marble runs and I start helping now and most are people with autism have a pre-op patience.

So one thing they all needed, wanted to repeat and that was one of these activities. When (inaudible) starting filming marble runs just a

simple model run (ph), it was quite successful. So later we wanted (ph) to use a new element and more like competition (ph) and -- and racing.

There`s a whole community online and they make memes and they enjoy their self (ph) sometimes we are surprised how many posts and shares that are unread at the

social media, difficult to follow because it so big now. The decision we made to have (inaudible) people from everywhere to have contact and to

communicate (ph) with people all over the world. It`s sucking you in another world free of a war and everything in human dimension is the

magic of it.

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AZUZ: Another alternative sport we`re following today is "Hungry, Hungry, Hippos" life sized edition. Forget about the old school board game. A

nursing home in Wales, United Kingdom came up with a creative way to keep its residents busy. The object of the game is to capture as many colored

balls as possible using what looks like baskets on broomsticks. But it’s safe to say a lot of laughter and a lot of smiles were captured here as well.
 

broomstick [ˋbrum͵stɪk] n. 帚柄

What a great idea. And it "Boggles" the mind why more people don`t take the "Trouble" to "connect four", get a "Clue" and "Scrabble" together a board
 

boggle [ˋbɑg!] v. 使惊奇；使困惑

game when they`re bored. It`s an easy low "Risk" "Operation" that stimulates the "Cranium" plus multiple "Scattegories" in this "Pursuit of

the Trivial". And you can "Yatzhee" why not "Uno" person is "Sorry" when enjoying this game of "Life". All right. Gray-New Gloucester Middle School

in Gray, Maine is watching today. Thank you so much for subscribing to our YouTube channel. I`m Carl Azuz for CNN.

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