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California Agrees on $2B Settlement for Students Hurt by Covid Shutdowns; New Study Found That More Than Half of the Most Popular TikTok Videos About ADHD Contained Misleading Information; Catfight at a Cat Show as Feline Slaps Judge.

COY WIRE, CNN 10 ANCHOR: Hello, lovely people. I`m Coy Wire here in Las Vegas. And so glad to spend this Wednesday, hump day with you. Welcome to
 

hump day 驼峰日（指星期三）

CNN 10, your CNN 10, especially on a #YourWordWednesday. See if your vocab word made today`s show.

We`re going to start today in California, where a settlement will steer 2 billion to help students who fell behind in their education during the
 

settlement [ˋsɛt!mənt] n. 結算; 結帳; 支付; the action of paying money to someone

pandemic. Our Nick Watt has more for us on why parents, students, and community groups sued for this money and how it`ll be used.

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NICK WATT, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: With this settlement, you know, you`re not -- no one`s cutting you a check.

KELLY R., LAWSUIT PLAINTIFF: No.
 

plaintiff [ˋplentɪf] n.【律】起诉人，原告

WATT: You`re not getting any money?

KELLY R.: I have not, but I`m hoping that the kids will benefit. All kids will benefit from this.

WATT (voice-over): Kelly R., still struggling to help her kids catch up in math, is among the parents, teachers, kids and community groups who sued

California and won a settlement.
 

settlement [ˋsɛt!mənt] n. 庭外和解; 庭外和解费

The state just agreed to spend $2 billion on tutors, extended school days, mental health support, and more for kids who suffered most during remote

learning, predominantly low-income black and Latino kids, who are now not bouncing back as fast as kids in whiter more-affluent districts.
 

predominantly [prɪˋdɑmɪnəntlɪ] adv. 主要地

MARK ROSENBAUM, ATTORNEY: The most pressing crisis in America today is what happened to kids during COVID. And hopefully, this settlement will be a
 

pressing [ˋprɛsɪŋ] adj. 紧迫的，迫切的

model for 49 other states.

WATT: During COVID, Kelly`s kids at least had a parent who tried her best and some Internet.

KELLY R.: Their computers were glitchy. So then that`s when I would have to at that point, go over some of their lessons with them, while I`m working
 

glitchy [ˋglɪtʃɪ] adj.（不断）有小故障的，（总是）出小问题的

go over 温习; 重复

from home.

WATT: In California, around 10,000 schools were closed.

ROSENBAUM: There were between 800,000 to a million kids who had no digital access whatsoever. What does that mean? It doesn`t mean they got bad

education means they got no education.

WATT: School-age kids were among those at lowest risk of serious illness from COVID-19 but suffered a lot from the restrictions to stem the spread.
 

stem [stɛm] v. 阻挡，遏止

THOMAS KANE, PROFESSOR, HARVARD UNIVERSITY: We`re asking poor kids to pay for the public health measures that were meant to, you know, benefit us all.


WATT: Professor Thomas Kane and colleagues at Harvard, Stanford, and Dartmouth found many more affluent kids have already regained a lot of the

learning they lost during COVID. But --

KANE: In some places, like here in Massachusetts, the high-poverty districts did the opposite of catching up last year. They actually lost additional ground.
 

ground [graʊnd] n.（知识、经验等的）领域

WATT: Some they fear might never catch up, given what was lost during COVID and systemic educational inequities that existed long before we had ever
 

inequity [ɪnˋɛkwɪtɪ] n. 不公平

heard of COVID-19.

(On camera): As a white guy, I`ve always kind of, you know, assumed possibly rightly that my kids are going to get a fair shake. But as a black
 

rightly [ˋraɪtlɪ] adv. 公正地；正確地

a fair shake 平等的机会; an equal chance to do something

parent, do you feel differently than, you know, you are at a disadvantage?

KELLY R.: We are at a dis -- and that`s one of them major reasons why I felt like this was important because we cannot continue to let things like

this happen and let our kids fall short. I`m hopeful that this will make a huge impact.
 

fall short 达不到标准(或要求)

WATT: You say you`re hopeful?

KELLY R.: Yes.

WATT: I sensed a slight tinge of doubt.
 

tinge [tɪndʒ] n. 一丝痕迹（或性质）[（+of）]

KELLY R.: It hasn`t happened yet. So I could just be hopeful in the -- until it happens.

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WIRE: Ten second trivia.

Which stage of life is ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, usually first diagnosed?

Childhood, teen years, adulthood or elderly?

According to the CDC, ADHD is usually first diagnosed in childhood, but often last into adulthood.

All right, if you`re a TikTok user, you might have seen mental health pop up as a popular topic on the platform. But as your teachers might tell you,

don`t always trust what you see online. Researchers from the University of British Columbia studied the most popular TikTok videos about the neurodevelopmental disorder, ADHD, and found that more than half of them contained misleading information.
 

neurodevelopmental disorder 神经发展障碍

CNN`s Lacey Russell explains why you might want to eschew those videos, that claim that they can help you self-diagnose.
 

eschew [ɪsˋtʃu] v. 避免；避开

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KELLY B., TIKTOKER: Five less well-known ADHD behaviors with doodles. Let`s go. Number one, listening to the same song on repeat until you are --
 

doodle [ˋdud!] n.（心不在焉地）乱画; a shape, picture, etc, drawn aimlessly

LACEY RUSSELL, CNN PRODUCER: If you`ve seen videos like this or this, chances are that you`ve wondered into the world of ADHD TikTok. ADHD or

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood. According to the CDC, people

with ADHD may be hyperactive or have trouble paying attention or controlling impulsive behaviors.
 

impulsive [ɪmˋpʌlsɪv] adj. 冲动的；易冲动的；由冲动造成的

Dr. Anthony Yeung is a Clinical Psychiatrist with the University of British Columbia and has a particular interest in ADHD. He and his colleagues
 

psychiatrist [saɪˋkaɪətrɪst] n. 精神病医师

became intrigued when they started to notice an influx of patients seeking help for their focus and concentration. All of which coincided he says with
 

intrigued [ɪnˋtrigd] adj. 好奇的；被迷住了的

influx [ˋɪnflʌks] n. 涌进；汇集

the rising popularity of so-called ADHD TikTok.

So Yeung and his team set out to look at what kind of information was being shared, what they found was shocking. More than half of the top 100 most

popular videos at the time about ADHD contained misleading information.
 

misleading [mɪsˋlidɪŋ] adj. 使人误解的；骗人的

DR. ANTHONY YEUNG, CLINICAL PSYCHIATRIST, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: I think the whole conversation around mental health, of course, has changed for the better,
 

for the better 轉好, 變好, 改善

in the sense that people are actually quite open and honest about talking about their individual struggles.

AMILY ANNE, TIKTOKER: I don`t know why I`m crying.

YEUNG: But the challenge or the flip side of it is that it almost becomes, talked about term in the popular sphere where clinical terms might start to
 

flip side 反面；负面；不受欢迎的一面

sphere [sfɪr] n.范围，领域

get misused. For example, there was one video that talked about object permanence in ADHD.
 

misuse [mɪsˋjuz] v. 誤用；濫用

object permanence 物體恆存

OLIVIA LUTFALLAH, TIKTOKER: Remember we talked about how I have ADHD, so I also have object permanence issues. Yeah, it`s like an out of sight out of mind thing.
 

out of sight out to mind【谚】眼不见, 心不念

YEUNG: The term object permanence really has nothing much to do with ADHD. Object permanence is really a more fundamental developmental concept for

babies. And it`s really whether or not the babies understand that people still exist. If you can`t see them or hear them. There`s another term

that`s very commonly used something called like rejection sensitivity dysphoria.
 

rejection sensitivity dysphoria 拒绝敏感症

dysphoria [dɪsˋfɔrɪə] n.【医】烦躁不安

DR. SHAWN: Yeah, did you know that 100% of people with ADHD experience rejection sensitivity dysphoria goes what`s that --

YEUNG: And if you actually really dive down into even where this term came from, it`s a term proposed by one -- one psychiatrist, but it`s not a
 

dive [daɪv] v. 潜心钻研，探究

universally accepted term and it`s certainly not a term, that I would say the vast majority of psychiatrists use.

RUSSELL: Yeung worries that for people who have ADHD, the trend of self-diagnosis could potentially lead to more stigmatization of the condition, around 10% of children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with ADHD, the CDC estimates.
 

stigmatization [͵stɪgmətəˋzeʃən] n. 使人蒙上污名；【古】加烙印

YEUNG: This has happened historically in the past where people would more commonly say things like I`m so OCD, I`m so bipolar.
 

OCD 强迫症 (强迫性精神官能症) Obsessive–compulsive disorder

bipolar [baɪˋpolɚ] adj. 躁郁的

KRISTY LEE, TIKTOKER: I am so ADHD.

YEUNG: If everybody starts identifying themselves as having ADHD, you know, if like 10% becomes 20%, becomes 30 becomes 50, becomes 60%, then really

what is the disorder that we`re talking about here where are we drawing the line.
 

draw the line 设限；设定最后底线

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WIRE: All right today`s story getting a 10 out of 10. We`ve got a story that`s a bit of a catastrophe. At least for a judge at a cat show in Mesa,

Arizona. One particular cat in the show got a bit perplexed on the judge got more than she bargained for. Our Jeanne Moos takes us inside the black cat smackdown.
 

perplexed [pɚˋplɛkst] adj. 困惑的，茫然不知所措的

bargain [ˋbɑrgɪn] v. 预料，指望[（+for/on）]

smackdown [ˈsmækdaʊn] n. 对决

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JEANNE MOOS, CNN NATIONAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT: They get stroked. They get lifted. They get stretched. They get their tails touched. No wonder a two-

year-old named Ludwig von Beethoven lost his composure. He even slapped the judge. Veteran Judge Vicki Nye says she fondly refers to the video --
 

composure [kəmˋpoʒɚ] n. 平静，镇静，沉着

VICKI NYE, JUDGE, CAT`S FANCIERS` ASSOCIATION: -- as the black cat smackdown.

MOOS: The pedigreed show cats are accustomed to the commotion of a show like this one in Mesa, Arizona organized by the Cat Fanciers` Association.
 

pedigreed [ˋpɛdə͵grid] adj. 附有血统书的；纯种的

commotion [kəˋmoʃən] n. 喧闹声; 骚动，喧闹

fancier [ˋfænsɪɚ] n. 爱好者; （观赏型动、植物等的）育种者

But Beethoven was a first-timer competing in the household pet category.
 

first-timer [ˋfɝstˋtaɪmɚ] n. 新手

NYE: That one was just terrifying. When you see the eyes going like that.

MOOS: And, though, Vicki gave him plenty of compliments,
 

compliment [ˋkɑmpləmənt] n. 赞美的话；恭维

NYE: Beautiful coat, shiny, nice green eyes.

MOOS: Beethoven turned on her, though, the judge didn`t even get scratched.

NYE: I need the owner now.

MOOS: Contestant 177 in the background was freaked. Did you actually attack a judge? Vicki says she`s only been bitten twice in 35 years of judging.
 

freaked [frikt] adj. 吓坏了; 极度惊吓的 

OK. So this slap may not compare with say the famous Oscar slap as for Beethoven.
 

slap [slæp] n. 掴，掌击

(On camera): So this cat did not get a ribbon?

NYE: No, this -- that kitty was actually disqualified.

MOOS: His owner said, sorry, but for the feline Beethoven, the Cat Show see more cacophony than symphony.
 

cacophony [kæˋkɑfənɪ] n. 杂音；不和谐音；噪音

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WIRE: Looks like this Beethoven, couldn`t compose himself.
 

compose [kəmˋpoz] v. 使安定，使平静，使镇静

Thanks to Mrs. Max`s AP World History class in Lakeside High School in Lake Elsinore, California for submitting our #YourWordWednesday winner,

"Eschew," a verb, meaning to abstain or keep away from, shun or avoid. Well done.
 

abstain [əbˋsten] v. 避免；避开

We`re not going to eschew any of you. Shout out time to the stars at Muhlenberg North Middle School in Powderly, Kentucky. Keep shining, baby.

And this shout out goes to -- wait a minute, wait for it, Waitsburg High School in Waitsburg, Washington. Fly high Cardinals. Thanks to all of you,
 

cardinal [ˋkɑrdnəl] n. 红衣凤头鸟，北美红雀

much love and many blessings. I`m Coy Wire. See you tomorrow right here on CNN 10.

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