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Teaching girls to skateboard in Gaza

 

Hello sunshine. Welcome to a CNN 10 field trip, coming to you from an Oregon trail right here in beautiful Bend, Oregon.

Known for its abundance of brilliant outdoor activities and a plethora of panoramic mountain views.

 

plethora [ˋplɛθərə] n. 过多；过剩

 

It's actually where Apollo 11 astronauts came in the 1960s to practice walking in their space gear on the volcanic lunar-like rocks.

I'm Coy Wire. It's time now for your 10 minutes of news where I simply tell you the what letting you decide what to think.

 

Did you know the deepest lake in the United States is right here in Oregon.

Crater Lake is a blue volcanic body of water in Crater Lake National Park that has a maximum depth of 1949 feet.

 

That's about 7 football fields deep y'all.

It formed more than 7,000 years ago when the volcano that stood here Mount Mazama erupted and collapsed leaving behind a large volcanic crater or caldera that filled with snowmelt and rainwater.

 

caldera [kælˋdɛrə] n.【地】巨火山口；破火山口

snowmelt [ˋsnomɛlt] n. 融雪

 

A series of smaller eruptions over time formed several volcanic cinder cones on the lake floor, the largest of which is Wizard Island within the lake.

 

cinder cone (火山) 渣锥

 

Crater Lake is known for its exceptionally clear blue water and stunning views.

 

Now to a major medical advancement in the early detection of Alzheimer's disease in the US.

The Food and Drug Administration or FDA has approved the first blood test to help diagnose the illness for adults 55 and older who are showing signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

 

Alzheimer's disease is a type of dementia, a brain disorder that causes gradual decline in memory thinking and cognitive abilities.

It's caused by the death of nerve cells in the brain and deteriorating connections between them.

 

The disease progresses gradually and eventually symptoms can become so severe that people can have difficulty managing basic tasks.

 

Before now physicians have been using several different tools to determine whether someone had Alzheimer's or if they had another type of dementia which can cost thousands of dollars without insurance.

 

Our Jacqueline Howard is here to tell us how this new blood test works. Hi, Jacqueline.

Coy, the United States Food and Drug Administration has just given clearance to a blood test that helps diagnose Alzheimer's disease.

 

Now this test still has to be paired with other analyses before someone is diagnosed.

So it's not a single standalone test but here's how it works.

 

standalone [ˋstændə͵lon] adj. 独立的, 单独的

 

It measures two proteins in blood plasma P Tau 217 and beta amyloid 142.

 

tau [taʊ]:  tau蛋白

amyloid [ˋæmə͵lɔɪd] n. 类淀粉蛋白

 

A ratio of those two proteins tends to correlate with the presence or absence of amyloid plaques in the brain.

 

plaque [plæk] n. 斑; any small abnormal patch on or within the body

 

So this test can signal whether someone may have amyloid plaque buildup which we know is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.

 

If someone gets a positive test result that means they could benefit from more testing.

Now we know that there are other blood tests out there especially in research but this test it was developed by the biotech company Fujirabio Diagnostics.

 

And on Friday the FDA gave it marketing clearance to aid in the early detection of Alzheimer's disease in people ages 55 and older here in the United States who are already showing signs and symptoms.

 

When it comes to how accurate the test is, according to the FDA clinical trial data found that 91.7% of adults who had positive results on this blood test they were confirmed to have amyloid plaques in their PET scans or spinal taps.

 

PET 正电子发射断层扫描 (Positron emission tomography)

spinal tap 腰椎穿刺(   一种将长针插入脊椎腔的诊断医学手段)

 

And 97.3% of people with negative results had negative amyloid PET scans or spinal taps.

So the hope here is that less invasive blood tests like this one can help identify Alzheimer's early in more adults.

 

It's estimated Coy that more than two in five people older than 55 in the United States. So about 42% will develop dementia in their later years, Coy.

 

Pop quiz hot shot.

Which of the following beach flag warnings indicate that water is closed to the public.

 

Green flag, yellow flag, red, or double red flag.

If you said double red flag, ding-ding you are correct.

 

It's used during extreme hazards like a hurricane or very rough conditions.

 

hazard [ˋhæzɚd] n. 危险

 

While green means safe, yellow means use caution.

 

use caution:  It means that the public should be extra careful and aware of their surroundings and the potential dangers present

 

Red flags warn of hazards like strong currents and swimmers are still discouraged from entering the water.

 

Our next story is an important reminder to always pay attention to beach safety warnings and learn how to avoid rip tides.

 

rip tide 离岸潮或激流; 洪濤；激流(= riptide)

 

These are powerful currents that flow away from the shore like rivers.

They can pull even the strongest of swimmers far away from the beach.

 

If you ever find yourself stuck in a rip tide the key is to remain calm and not try to swim against the current.

Instead swim parallel to the shore to escape the current and then swim back to shore at an angle.

 

This week in Pensacola, Florida, a fisherman spotted a swimmer who was caught in a rip current.

And what he did next may have saved her life.

 

This girl was swimming in the water.

I was getting set up to fish and it was really it was a red flag.

 

So you're not supposed to be in the water with a red flag.

She was way out there. She was going way out, really fast.

 

She was screaming "Can anybody swim?".

And there wasn't that many people left on the beach at that point.

 

And I looked down and my drone it's designed to carry some pretty heavy baits and stuff.

I was like "Well if this thing can carry a shark bait I don't know why it couldn't carry a life preserver.".

 

life preserver【美】救生用具

 

So I ran up and grabbed one and I took it out and it missed. It missed really bad. I was really off with the first one.

Got that second one out to her, slowly lowered it so it wouldn't blow away again.

 

You could tell that she reached up and grabbed it so I released it to her so she wouldn't pull the drone down.

She started floating back in the land and then the lifeguards and stuff finally showed up.

 

And they said that uh if I didn't get her that drone she wouldn't have made it.

Did she get it? I think she got it.

 

I think she got it. She got it.

 

Now to a story regarding the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Where a skateboarding club is keeping spirits high for a group of girls navigating the daily struggles of the ongoing conflict there.

 

navigate [ˋnævə͵get] v. 航行於

 

Our Muhammad Darwish shows us how these young skaters surrounded by rubble are able to find some joy. Watch!

On Gaza's shattered ground, young girls find a sense of freedom on four wheels.

 

shattered [ˋʃætɚd] adj. 破碎的，打碎的

 

Despite the dangers and Gaza's rising death toll with about 53,000 people killed so far.

Girls like Rimas meet at the YMCA in Gaza City to skate.

 

They practice for 5 hours twice a week even if it's on an empty stomach.

An Israeli siege of the strip now in its third month means food supplies are dangerously low and many are at risk of malnutrition and famine.

 

Israel says the blockade is a pressure tactic to force Hamas into releasing the hostages.

These girls though they're just here to skate.

 

Captain Rajab as he's known started skating back in 2014.

A few years later he began teaching.

 

And now so many kids show up they have to take turns using one of the group's six remaining skateboards.

Rajab, Rimas, and a handful of other volunteers are passing on the sport to the next generation, hoping normalcy will one day return.

 

normalcy [ˋnɔrm!sɪ] n. 常态；正常

 

Music, laughter, friendship, they're all part of the club's spirit.

And their numbers are growing all the time despite the risks.

 

Today's story getting a 10 out of 10

A school using 3D printers to change lives.

 

Students at Morris Elementary School in Texas are using 3D printing for good.

Making prosthetic limbs for people thousands of miles away in Uganda.

 

prosthetic [prɑsˋθɛtɪk] adj.【医】义肢的；假肢的

 

Each team of student engineers works together to build a functioning prosthetic limb using the precise measurements of a person in need.

 

So each of the engineering teams has a patient who they are working for.

So they've got a case file, got a picture of the patient that they are serving.

 

The class hopes to complete 16 prosthetics by the end of the school year.

 

Time now for the best part of the show.

 

Today's shout out going to Miss Vines and all the Dragons at Summit Middle School in Johnston, Iowa. Rise up.

And Miss Jackie at Cleveland High School in Portland, Oregon. Salute. Thank you for making us part of your day.

 

Tomorrow is #youwordwednesday. So get those words ready to help us write tomorrow's show.

Put your unique vocab word and definition in the comment section of my most recent post on the socials and we'll choose a winner to work into tomorrow's show.

 

Rise up everyone and bring it. We'll see you right back here tomorrow on

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