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Hollywood Actors Make Deal to End Long Strike; Brand-New Island Off The Coast of Japan; Veterans Day; A Bear Stole Taco Bell Delivery Order.

COY WIRE, CNN 10 ANCHOR: What`s up sunshine. Hope you had an awesome weekend and you`re getting closer to your goals. If it feels like you`re

not this motivation Monday, remember this tough times make us tougher. Flowers that can thrive, growing up through cracks in a drive are better
 

drive [draɪv] n. （私人住宅的）车道，汽车路

equipped to survive than those growing on country sides. We gain strength through our struggles.

I`m Coy Wire. This is CNN 10. And we start today with the latest scoop from Hollywood. The actor strike is over, ending an historic 118-day strike

that, and put a pause on TV production, messed with movie releases and basically shut down a huge portion of the entertainment industry. At the
 

mess [mɛs] v. 摆弄，玩弄[（+with）]

heart of it all was the looming threat of Artificial Intelligence, potentially taking jobs. But now Hollywood studios in the whopping 160,000

actors represented by the SAG-AFTRA Union, well, shaken hands on a new three-year contract, that the union is calling an extraordinary billion-

dollar deal with pay bumps, AI protections, and streaming bonuses and improved benefits.
 

pay bump 最常见的是薪水的增加，但也有可能增加奖金，股票或福利。

bonus [ˋbonəs] n. 奖金；额外津贴；特别补助；【口】额外给予的东西，额外的好处

The actors first walked off July 14th with the Writers Guild union, the writers sorted out their issues back in September, but production remained
 

walk off（因愤怒或不满而）离开（某地）

sort out 解决(问题等)

halted while the actors kept the picket line going, trying to hash out their contract details. So it looks like it`ll be light, camera, action
 

hash out 想办法解决,仔细讨论

once again in Hollywood. Here`s our Brian Todd with more on the AI and other concerns that led to the strike in the first place and how it all got

sorted out.

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BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For nearly four months, stars like Jessica Chastain, Bob Odenkirk, and others walked the picket lines with their

lesser-known colleagues during an actor strike that raised serious questions about whether the movie and TV industry, as we know it could

survive.

But tonight, a sigh of relief, Hollywood actors have reached a tentative agreement with the major film and TV studios to end the strike.

FRAN DRESCHER, PRESIDENT, SAG-AFTRA: There is so much language in this contract that covers so much new ground that has never been in any of the

contract before.

TODD: Specific terms of the deal were not disclosed. And it still has to be ratified by the actors` union members. But according to a statement

released by the union, the deal will give actors the famous and obscure a historic pay increase.
 

obscure [əbˋskjʊr] adj. 无名的；微贱的

SARA FISCHER, CNN MEDIA ANALYST: You have to remember SAG-AFTRA represents 160,000 workers. And these are not necessarily big time, rich actors. A lot
 

big time 很大程度上，非常; 第一流（的）

of these folks are just starting out and living paycheck to paycheck.

TODD: The agreement also gives actors better residuals for streaming programs, but at the center of the strike was the use of artificial
 

residual [rɪˋzɪdʒʊəl] n.（常复数）（电视节目、广告、影片等回放时付给演员、作者和导演的）回放费

intelligence, which Hollywood actors and writers have feared could someday replace them, or at least part of their work. The deal calls for actors to

be able to have consent and compensation when an AI likeness of them is used.
 

consent [kənˋsɛnt] n. 同意; 准许

DUNCAN CRABTREE-IRELAND, CHIEF NEGOTIATOR, SAG-AFTRA: They`re intended to be protections that not only will make sure that our members have the right

to control the use of their image and likeness today. But as the technology develops and grows in the industry will continue to provide them with that

kind of control. And it`s so essential because it`s really their persona that`s being used.
 

persona [pɚˋsonə] n.【拉】小说（或戏剧）中的人物；角色

TODD: The actors and writers walkouts. The first time both entities had been on strike simultaneously in more than 60 years, proved incredibly
 

walkout [ˋwɔk͵aʊt] n.（表示抗议的）退席，退场;罢工

costly over the course of the last six months. In September, California Governor Gavin Newsom estimated the loss for his state`s economy was more

than $5 billion.

(On camera): While the actors are getting historically higher pay with this new deal, one industry analyst says there could be less work overall to go

around for them in the future because he expects the studios and streaming services might start to reduce the numbers of TV shows and movies they

order to save money.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

WIRE: Next up, a story you`re going to lava. An underwater volcano erupted off the coast of Japan to form the world`s newest island, formed on October 30th.

 It`s about a hundred meters in diameter reaches as high as 20 meters according to the Japan meteorological agency. There has been increased

underwater volcanic activity in this area in recent years, but the agency says the formation of this new island is significant. It popped up along

the Japanese archipelago or group of islands, about 750 miles south of Japan in the Pacific Ocean. Only half a mile though, from the Japanese

island of Iwo Jima. It doesn`t have a name yet, so what would you call it?

Ten second trivia.

Veterans Day began with an observance that marked the end of what war?

U.S. Civil War, World War I, World War II or Vietnam war?

The holiday observed on November 11, recalls Armistice Day, which marked the end of World War I.
 

armistice [ˋɑrməstɪs] n. 休战，停战；休战（或停战）协议

Now for a salute to the troops, Veterans Day in the U.S. is a federal holiday dedicated to recognizing the current and former members in all

branches of the U.S. military. It honors the countless women and men who`ve served and sacrificed for the greater good of all of us, for the nation. The

holiday is observed on November 11th each year, regardless of the day of the week. This year, it was Saturday. Many schools across the states though

had Friday off to honor the occasion in recognition of all who`ve served.

CNN 10 is going to give us salute by exploring the 24-note bugle call referred to as Taps. It`s considered the nation`s National Anthem of Remembrance.
 

note [not] n. 音符

bugle call 軍號

bugle [ˋbjug!] n. 军号，喇叭

taps [tæps] n. 熄灯号；葬礼的安息号

anthem [ˋænθəm] n.（对母校等的）颂歌；国歌

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YARI VILLANEUVA, (ret.) U.S. AIR FORCE, TAPS FOR VETERANS: Of all the military bugle calls, not as more easily recognized, more apt to evoke

emotion than the bugle call taps. Taps is our national song of remembrance. It`s a bugle call that was started during the civil war and is actually

started as a lights out call. But today is used as a final farewell to our military personnel.
 

lights out ph. (军营、宿舍等的)熄灯时间

My name is Yari Villaneuva. I am currently the President of Taps for Veterans, a nonprofit organization that helps provide live bugles for

military funerals. Taps for veterans came about because we saw a need for live bugles at military funerals. In the late 1990s, a lot of the military

bands were being downsized. And because of that there was a lack of military buglers available to play at funerals.

The electronic bugler has taken precedents over a live musician. And this is something that we thought we could address and something that we could
 

bugler [ˋbjuglɚ] n. 喇叭手；号兵

do better. We could have a live bugler. That was the impetus performing Taps for Veterans.
 

impetus [ˋɪmpətəs] n. 推动力；刺激

We thought that it would be great to honor all veterans with a live performance of taps. And setting up a system whereby a family in need could

reach out to us on our website and, and get a bugler so that we could honor that veteran we have. Well, over 1200 buglers around the country who are

willing to step up and serve.

The emotion of a person playing it, the music coming from their heart, you know, that goes through the tubing out. That`s out to the people hearing it

is really important. A live performance is just so -- so much preferable over than a recorded one. I mean, no one wants to go to a symphony hall and

sit and listen to a recording of a symphony. They want to see and hear the live musicians playing that.

We understand how important it is to have the recording. But it`s really important and paramount that a live bugler be used, especially when you

have one who`s there willing to give their services to honor that veteran. And at the bottom line, that`s what it`s all about, honoring that veteran
 

bottom line 最重要的事实; the fundamental and most important factor

for his, or her service through our country.

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WIRE: Today`s story getting a 10 out of 10 is one that I could taco about all day long. Longwood, Florida, Nicole Castro and family could barely wait

for 45 bucks worth of Taco Bell being delivered, but a big, old burrito-loving black bear barreled its way to the bounty and broke away with a baggage
 

burrito [bɝˋrɪto] n. 墨西哥料理的一种（以肉、奶酪、豆泥做馅的面饼卷）

barrel [ˋbærəl] v.【美】【俚】高速行进

bounty [ˋbaʊntɪ] n. 慷慨，大方; 慷慨的赠予；礼品

before they could snag it. The bear was estimated to be between 300 and 400 pounds. That was not your food, bear.

And we`ve got two special shoutouts on the YouTube version of our show today. We are showing some love to Union City, Middle and High School in

Union City, Tennessee, let`s go. And Nicollet Middle School in Burnsville, Minnesota, shine bright. Let`s do this again tomorrow. Shall we? I`m Coy

Wire and we are CNN 10.

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