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Bleak Predictions About U.S. Job Losses and Unemployment; International Race for Corona Virus Treatments; Professional Baseball Resumes in South Korea; Young American Baseball Player Hits His First Home Run

CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: Welcome to CNN 10. Your objective explanation of world news events. My name is Carl Azuz. It`s great to see you this

Friday, May 8th. The U.S. government`s monthly jobs report is due out today. It gives a snapshot of two major factors in the economy. The

due out 到期

snapshot [ˋsnæp͵ʃɑt] n. 简要印象

number of jobs gained or lost from the month before and the unemployment rate from the month before. The percentage of American workers who didn`t

have a job. Economists say they expect the report will have a lot of bad news as far as those statistics go. They predict that roughly 22 million

jobs were lost last month as the U.S. shutdown because of corona virus fears and they think that the unemployment rate jumped to 16 percent.

These numbers, if they hold up in the government report, would reflect America`s worst layoffs ever recorded in such a short amount of time. Is

hold up 举作为范例

there any good news here? Maybe. The number of initial jobless claims, the number of Americans asking the Federal government for help because

they`ve just been laid off, has been decreasing for five weeks in a row. They`re still historically high. The Department of Labor says last week

3.2 million Americans started asking for unemployment benefits. The number was around 200,000 each week before the pandemic hit but because initial

jobless claims have been decreasing weekly since late March, economists say that`s a sign the employment picture isn`t getting worst. What no one

knows is how long the economic toll of COVID-19 will last, whether it`s a temporary scrape that heals in the months ahead or a deeper cut that leaves

longer lasting scars.

scrape [skrep] n.【口】窘境，困境

Meantime, research into corona virus treatment is in overdrive around the world. There`s some medicines already in existence that are being tested

overdrive [ˋovɚˋdraɪv] n. 超速挡; 加倍努力

for their effectiveness against the disease. One of them, an antiviral drug named Remdesivir has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration for emergency use against corona virus. It`s also been approved in Japan. The U.S. government funded study found that Remdesivir

helped COVID-19 patients recover faster. There are also international efforts to develop a corona virus vaccine though one of those is likely

months away.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Melissa Honkaven (ph) has just been injected with an experimental vaccine against COVID-19. She`s a human study subject in one

of the most ambitious and important medical endeavors ever.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I want to be able to help people and have people not be dying alone.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Her vaccine was made by Pfizer. Currently around the world, 8 teams have vaccines in human clinical trials, three in China, one

in the UK at the University of Oxford and three in the U.S. one by INOVIO Pharmaceuticals, one by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and one by the National Institutes of Health.

The NIH was the first to start clinical trials on March 16th. The most recent, Sinopharm in China on April 28th. They`re

all in the beginning stages making sure at this point that the vaccine doesn`t hurt anyone. At INOVIO, one of the U.S. companies, so far they`ve

enrolled 40 study subjects.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You want to demonstrate that the vaccine is safe in these small subjects.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Later these teams will do studies with thousands of people. Some people will get the vaccine, others will get a placebo

basically a shot that does nothing. Then they`ll wait and see who contracts COVID and who does not. In January, Dr. Anthony Fauci said it

could take a year to 18 months to get a vaccine on the market.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A one year timeline here or maybe a little better if we`re very lucky. That`s a blazing process for vaccine development.

blazing [ˋblezɪŋ] adj. 不寻常的,强烈的

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: One way to make that happen, make large amounts of vaccine even before you know if it`s going to work. But remember, is it

possible that a vaccine for COVID-19 might just not work?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s possible. The world has been trying to develop a vaccine against HIV or AIDS for the last 40 years unsuccessfully.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But with so many efforts around the world and more on the way - -

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think having multiple shots on goal against this pandemic is a great thing.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The hope is that one of them will work out to bring the world back to normal.

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AZUZ: 10 Second Trivia. The Siberian Tiger is the national animal of what country? South Korea, Bangladesh, India or Russia. Though other types of

tigers are national symbols in Bangladesh and India, the Siberian tiger is the one for South Korea.

Coincidentally, the tiger is the mascot of the most successful team in the Korea Baseball Organization or the KBO and the professional league season

is back in action right now. ESPN says it`s one of the first major sport leagues to resume its game in the COVID-19 era. Some KBO games are being

aired on ESPN2 this weekend though you`ll have to get up really early or stay up late to catch one live. You can see there`ve been some significant

changes in the KBO because of the virus, mainly lots of masks and no fans in the stadium. But it`s still giving people a way to watch baseball from

home both in South Korea and abroad as America`s Major League Baseball stays shutdown for the first spring since 1883 according to the Elisas

Sports Bureau.

It`s been 144 years since Ross Barnes (ph) hit the first home run in National League Baseball history. It`s been 105 years since Babe Ruth hit

his first home run, 66 years have passed since Hank Aaron hit his dinger. And this spring, Asher Willig launch his first shot over the fence. Of course

dinger ['dɪnɡər] n. a home run

no one was in the stands for that hit but the crowd still went wild.

stand [stænd] n. 看台；看台观众

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It was the homerun that hit home. Not so much because of the ball. Going over the fence as for the Dad going out of

his mind. Cory Willig, himself a former professional baseball player and how instructor, celebrated his son`s first homerun. Celebrated it for

longer than it took four year old Asher to circle the bases.

CORY WILLIG: I was ecstatic because I know how much went into this. I know how many swings he`s taken.

ecstatic [ɛkˋstætɪk] adj. 狂喜的；着迷的；入神的

MOOS: During our interview, Asher was the MVP of mugging for the camera giving us a look in his mouth and his teeth, even showing a little

mugging [ˋmʌgɪŋ] n.【俚】扮鬼脸，做怪相

shoulder. Father and son had spent quarantine time practicing in front of their home. Asher hitting with such gusto someone wondered how are the

gusto [ˋgʌsto] n. 爱好；艺术的风格；风味

houses windows still intact? The homerun happened the same day Georgia`s stay-at-home order was lifted.

CORY WILLIG: Yes. So much energy balled up and he just wanted to get out there and go.

ball up 胡涂, 搞不清楚

MOOS: Asher has plenty of swagger on deck. He likes to tap the plate and he loves to flip the bat. This baseball prodigy went viral once before at

prodigy [ˋprɑdədʒɪ] n. 奇才，天才

22 months his bat handling got him invited on Jimmy Fallon`s show for a hitting contest with A-Rod. A contest that Asher ostensibly won with A-Rod

ostensibly [ɑsˋtɛnsəblɪ] adj. 表面上；明显地

predicting. History (ph) act his first homer this slugger of few words pronounced himself - -

slugger [ˋslʌgɚ] n.【口】打击力强的选手

ASHER WILLIG: Happy.

MOOS: His father pitching as- -

ASHER WILLIG: Fast.

MOOS: And what he wants to be when he grows up?

ASHER WILLIG: Acuna.

MOOS: That would be Ronald Acuna Jr. star outfielder of the Atlanta Braves who applauded Asher`s homerun with emojis. But watch your back Acuna.

outfielder [ˋaʊt͵fɪldɚ] n. 外野手

ASHER WILLIG: Bombs away.

MOOS: It`s bombs away all right. Even if it`s his dad who detonates. Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.

bombs away 炸弹来啰

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AZUZ: He might not be much more than a Babe himself but he`s still airing out the ball in the way that "Mays" you think you can "Banks" on him for

his "Musuial" ability to "Chipper" away at records. After all where there`s a "Willie" there`s a way. Fridays are awesome. And before we

launch into the weekend we want to recognize St. Paul`s High School. It`s in Covington, Louisiana. Thank you for subscribing to our YouTube channel

and leaving a comment on our most recent show. I`m Carl Azuz for CNN.

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snapshot [ˋsnæp͵ʃɑt] n. 简要印象

hold up 举作为范例

scrape [skrep] n.【口】窘境，困境

overdrive [ˋovɚˋdraɪv] n. 超速挡; 加倍努力

blazing [ˋblezɪŋ] adj. 不寻常的, 强烈的

dinger ['dɪnɡər] n. a home run

stand [stænd] n. 看台；看台观众

ecstatic [ɛkˋstætɪk] adj. 狂喜的；着迷的；入神的

mugging [ˋmʌgɪŋ] n.【俚】扮鬼脸，做怪相

gusto [ˋgʌsto] n. 爱好；艺术的风格；风味

ball up 胡涂, 搞不清楚

prodigy [ˋprɑdədʒɪ] n. 奇才，天才

ostensibly [ɑsˋtɛnsəblɪ] adj. 表面上；明显地

slugger [ˋslʌgɚ] n.【口】打击力强的选手

outfielder [ˋaʊt͵fɪldɚ] n. 外野手

bombs away 炸弹来啰