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The Olympics Gets Rolling Despite Bumps In The Road; Britain`s Queen Celebrates Her Platinum Jubilee; Mysterious Space Object Signals From A Vast Distance; Parrot Steals GoPro In New Zealand.

CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: Welcome back to CNN 10. Hope your Monday`s going well so far. My name is Carl Azuz and for the second time within a year the

show has gone on. The Winter Olympics officially began as scheduled last Friday, less than six months after the summer games ended. Of course, those

had been delayed a year by COVID-19.

The 2022 Winter events kicked off on time, but there have been some bumps in the road, coronavirus being one of them. Several hundred people

participating in the games have tested positive for the disease and dozens of those people are athletes. Because China, the host country has very

strict rules concerning COVID, some of these athletes have missed out on their events, while others are hunkered down in isolation hoping to test
 

miss out【口】失去获得利益或获得乐趣的机会；失败

hunker down 蹲下来休息

hunker [ˋhʌŋkɚ] v. 蹲下

free of the virus before their competitions kick-off.

Regardless of their COVID status, none of the participants in these games are allowed to go sightseeing or shopping in public. China`s closed loop
 

sightseeing [ˋsaɪt͵siɪŋ] n. 观光，游览

system keeps them separate from the rest of Beijing as they train, compete or hand-out in the Olympic Village. There`ve been concerns about free

speech in these Olympics.

China is a communist nation who`s government controls its media, and that government has warned athletes that any speech that goes against the

Olympic spirit or against Chinese laws would be quote "subject to certain punishment". We don`t know what that might be. For years, China`s been

accused of mistreating activists, spiritual and religious groups thuogh it`s government has repeatedly denied doing that. U.S. House Speaker Nancy
 

mistreat [mɪsˋtrit] v. 虐待; 粗手粗脚地摆弄

activist [ˋæktəvɪst] n. 激进主义分子，行动主义者

Pelosi recently warned athletes not to speak out about human rights issues in China.

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REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA): You`re there to compete. Do not risk incurring the anger of the Chinese government because they are ruthless.
 

ruthless [ˋruθlɪs] adj. 无情的，残忍的

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AZUZ: But the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the Biden Administration would stand with athletes in China and be there to protect

them. The American government has diplomatically boycotting these games, meaning it hasn`t sent political officials there. Britain and Canada have

done the same thing. China has asked the U.S. to stop interfering with the Olympics.

10 Second Trivia. Until 2015, who had been Britain`s longest reigning monarch? King Henry VIII, King George V, Queen Elizabeth I, or Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria`s record reign of more than 63 years was broken in 2015.

That`s the year when Britain`s Queen Elizabeth II, the royal who broke Victoria`s record, had held the title for 63 years, 217 days and of course,

she`s reigned far beyond that. It was on February 6th, 1952, exactly 70 years ago Sunday, that Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne and that was

after the death of her father King George VI.

The new queen was 25 years old at that time, and now she serves as the longest reigning monarch of any nation on Earth. Officially Britain`s

government is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, the role of the royal leader is mostly ceremonial with the lawmaking and governing power vested in parliament.
 

parliamentary [͵pɑrləˋmɛntərɪ] adj. 议会制定（或颁布）的

constitutional monarchy 君主立宪制

ceremonial [͵sɛrəˋmonɪəl] adj. 仪式的

vest [vɛst] v. 授予，赋予（权力，财产等）

But the position of monarch, especially under Queen Elizabeth is immensely popular in Britain and abroad.

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MAX FOSTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: During her reign, Queen Elizabeth has celebrated three landmark Jubilees, Silver in 1977, Golden in 2002 and her
 

jubilee [ˋdʒub!i] n. (尤指二十五周年、五十周年等的）纪念（或庆典）

Diamond Jubilee in 2012. This year, having already surpassed the record breaking reign of Queen Victoria, Elizabeth becomes the first British

monarch to mark a Platinum Jubilee after an unprecedented seven decades of service. During her historic reign, she`s appointed 14 prime ministers, and

met 12 U.S. presidents.

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QUEEN ELIZABETH II: I have been privileged to witness some of that history.

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FOSTER: She`s been a beacon of continuity through an unprecedented period of change, not least the media revolution. Her greatest achievement perhaps
 

beacon [ˋbikn] n. 指路明灯

continuity [͵kɑntəˋnjuətɪ] n. 连续性；持续性；连贯性

not least 尤其是; 特别是

has been her ability to remain relevant and popular. Approaching her 96th birthday, for almost everyone living, she is the only British monarch
 

relevant [ˋrɛləvənt] adj. 有意义的；关系重大的

they`ve ever known.

With no plans to retire, a series of celebrations will take place throughout the year culminating in the four day public holiday weekend in
 

culminate [ˋkʌlmə͵net] v. 达到最高点；达到高潮

June. When the public can join the Jubilee-themed festivities. Expect blockbuster pomp and pageantry, street parties and parades, a concert with
 

pomp [pɑmp] n. 华丽；壮观；（典礼等的）盛况

pageantry [ˋpædʒəntrɪ] n. 壮观；盛会

some of the world`s biggest stars slated to attend.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There`s going to be some surprises up their sleeve. Really, the palace are aware just as much as everybody as this has been a long
 

up one’s sleeve: kept secret and in reserve for use when needed

time coming. No one`s really been out to party for quite a long time, so hopefully there`s going to be a big party. COVID will be behind us and

people can celebrate outdoors and indoors in the way they`d like.

FOSTER: After one of the most tumultuous years in modern royal history, the Queen will be hoping to put the focus back on the future of the monarchy.
 

tumultuous [tjuˋmʌltʃʊəs] adj. 骚乱的，骚动的；混乱的

The family have been engulfed by a series of rifts and scandals, but the institution still appears to project strength through its unwavering and revered figurehead.
 

engulf [ɪnˋgʌlf] v. 吞没; 淹没; 吞噬

rift [rɪft] n. 嫌隙，不和，裂痕

project [prəˋdʒɛkt] v. 呈现; 表现; 展现

unwavering [͵ʌnˋwevərɪŋ] adj. 不动摇的；坚定的

revered [rɪ'vɪrd] adj. 可敬的，尊敬的

figurehead [ˋfɪgjɚ͵hɛd] n. 有名無實的首腦，名義上的領袖

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So significantly we do have to remember that when she came to the throne in 1952, it was really not a very enlightened time in
 

enlightened [ɪnˋlaɪtnd] adj. 开明的；有知识的

terms of working women. A lot people thought that a woman wasn`t up to the job, despite the fact that Queen Victoria and all the queens before had
 

up to: well enough, strong enough, or good enough to do something

been great queens on the throne and she proved them all wrong, and really has proved over and over again that a woman can do the job of a

constitutional monarch. Just as well as, if not better than a man.

FOSTER: For the first time this year, Elizabeth will be without Prince Philip at major royal celebration. The man who was by her side personally

and professionally throughout her reign. Prince Charles will step in to play a major role, as will Camilla, William and Kate. They are the future
 

step in: to become involved in a difficult situation or argument in order to help find a solution

and will be front-and-center alongside the queen. Perhaps we`ll also be looking ahead to the next Jubilee when the Queen surpasses France`s Louis XIV
 

front-and-center [͵frʌnt ænd ˋsɛntɚ] adj. 【美】非常重要的

to become the longest serving reigning monarch in world history. Max Foster, CNN.

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AZUZ: Next, what`s been compared to a sort of lighthouse in deep space. Scientists don`t know what it is exactly. There are a lot of mysteries in
 

lighthouse [ˋlaɪt͵haʊs] n. 灯塔

the universe, but they know what it does. Some sort of object out there is beaming out radiation three times per hour. It was first detected four

years ago by a powerful telescope in the remote outback of western Australia.
 

outback [ˋaʊtbæk] n. 澳洲内地

Researchers noticed a space object was appearing and then disappearing over the hours they looked at it, and it was the first time they`d identified

something cosmic that did this. A study was recently published about this in the journal "Nature". One of many questions scientists have is whether
 

cosmic [ˋkɑzmɪk] adj. 宇宙的

this is a rare event or if there are other objects in the universe that sporadically send out radiation but just haven`t been noticed before.
 

sporadically [spəˋrædɪklɪ] adv. 零星地；偶发地

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When a massive star explodes, it leaves behind a dense spinning core made entirely of neutrons. Many neutron stars have strong
 

neutron [ˋnjutrɑn] n.【物】中子

magnetic fields and as they spin, they produce radio emission. They call this a pulsar. In the future, we`re hoping to find more and follow them up
 

pulsar [ˋpʌlsɑr] n.【天】脉冲星

follow up 对…采取进一步行动

with powerful telescopes which could be the key to unlocking this new cosmic mystery.

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AZUZ: For 10 out of 10, when capturing parrots with a camera you wouldn`t expect the parrot to capture the camera, but that`s exactly what happened

to a family in New Zealand. The bird took some amazing footage, unintentionally of course before if finally landed and released it`s prize.

The owners of the GoPro said they followed the sounds of squawking until at last --
 

squawk [skwɔk] v. 发出（鸟类的）嘎嘎叫声

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I found it.

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AZUZ: It`s like looking through a bird`s eye view finder. Of course, pirates had parrots. So you can`t trust a parrot not to "parrot a pirates

piracy" and if you leave it sitting to aside. A "sitting sitasine" might see it as a sign to stop sitting and take flight with the camera rolling.

Even if it`s a "macawful" idea that goes "cocatoofar" and leaves things completely "squawk ward". I`m Carl Azuz. It`s great to see Charleston Collegiate School
 

collegiate [kəˋlidʒɪɪt] adj. 大学生的；大学的

watching today from Johns Island, South Carolina. "Raaaak", that`s a rap for CNN.

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