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Massive Crowds in New Zealand; Dramatic Developments Brought on by 1,000-day Ukraine War; Sustainable T-Shirt Business; The "Notorious P.I.G." That Led Police on a Wild Chase.


COY WIRE, CNN 10 ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to CNN 10. It is Wednesday, November 20th, hump day. I know we may have been through a lot already, but
 

hump day 驼峰日(指星期三)


we`re going to make it through.

Let`s get going. We have lots to get to, and we are going to start with news out of New Zealand, where more than 40,000 people marched outside

parliament in the city of Wellington in protest. They`re protesting a bill called the "Treaty Principles Bill."

Critics say the bill could change an agreement made in the year 1840 between British colonizers and hundreds of native Maori tribes. That treaty established
 

colonizer [ˋkɑlə͵naɪzɚ] n. 殖民地开拓者;移居殖民地者

Maori [ˋmaʊrɪ] adj. 毛利人的

establish [əˋstæblɪʃ] v. 确定;证实;表明


that the country would be co-governed by indigenous and non-indigenous New Zealanders. The Maori are New Zealand`s indigenous community, and they believe the new bill that lawmakers are proposing could
 

indigenous [ɪnˋdɪdʒɪnəs] adj. 当地的; 本地的


diminish their rights.

Outside parliament, those opposed to the bill came together for a peaceful Maori walk, waving flags and signs. Inside parliament last week, Maori

lawmakers staged a haka, a traditional chanting dance to disrupt voting. Protests have been going on for about 10 days across the country, and they
 

haka: Maoli 族的战舞


are some of the largest the country has seen in decades.

Most lawmakers have said they would not vote for the new legislation, but its introduction has reignited a debate on indigenous rights, this time

with a more conservative government than the country has seen in years.

We just passed the 1,000th day of the war between Ukraine and Russia, which began on February 24th, 2022. That`s when Russia launched a full-scale

invasion of Ukraine. The grim milestone in the conflict comes just days after President Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to use US-made long-range
 

grim [grɪm] adj. 无情的;严厉的;残忍的


missiles. These weapons, called ATACMS missiles, have the capacity to reach targets deep inside Russia, which is a major new escalation in the

conflict.

CNN takes a look back at what`s transpired in the last two and a half years.
 

transpire [trænˋspaɪr] v. 透露;【口】发生


(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

NATHAN HODGE, CNN SENIOR EDITOR & RUSSIA ANALYST: Russia`s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has now lasted for over 1,000 days, and it has quite

literally altered the country`s landscape. While Ukraine has recaptured around half the territory Russia took in 2022, Russia still holds more than
 

recapture [riˋkæptʃɚ] v. 夺回,收复


20% of Ukraine, including many cities and towns that were shattered by Russian firepower.
 

firepower [ˋfaɪr͵paʊɚ] n.【军】火力


This map shows some of the cities that have been leveled by Russia`s grinding war of attrition. And before and after images show just how
 

grinding [ˋgraɪndɪŋ] adj. 令人难以忍受的;恼人的

attrition [əˋtrɪʃən] n. 损耗;磨损


destructive Russian President Vladimir Putin`s campaign has been. Mariupol, a coastal city on the Azov Sea, was one of the first objectives for Russian

forces looking to establish a land bridge between occupied regions of the Donbas and the Crimean Peninsula, annexed in 2014. After a nearly three-
 

annex [əˋnɛks] v. 并吞,强占


month siege, the city and its sprawling Azovstal steelworks fell to the Russians.
 

siege [sidʒ] n. 围攻;包围;围城

steelworks [ˋstil͵wɚks] n. 炼钢厂


Since its capture, the Russian government has tried to showcase its partial reconstruction. Ukrainian officials believe that more than 20,000 civilians

died during the siege.

In May last year, Russian forces claimed control of the eastern city of Bakhmut after more than 200 days of fighting. Once celebrated for its

sparkling wine, stored in a massive underground complex and its salt export, Bakhmut became synonymous with the horrific number of lives the
 

synonymous [sɪˋnɑnəməs] adj. 同义的;同义词性质的


Russians were willing to expend to capture this symbolic prize.
 

expend [ɪkˋspɛnd] v. 消费,花费(时间,精力等)


The fighting has also turned smaller cities into abandoned ghost towns such as Maryinka and Vovchansk. Putin justified the full-scale invasion of

Ukraine by saying he intended to protect the largely Russian-speaking population in the country`s east. But in effect, his so-called special

military operation has nearly erased many of these cities from the map.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

WIRE: Ten-second trivia.

How much food do Americans waste each year?

A billion tons, 40 to 80 million tons, 500,000 pounds, or 230 million pounds?

Answer is 40 to 80 million tons of waste each year. That`s an estimated 30 to 40% of the entire U.S. food supply. Many of us may feel somewhat contrite
 

contrite [ˋkɑntraɪt] adj. 悔罪的;痛悔的;表示悔罪的


to know that works out to about 219 pounds of food waste per person.
 

work out 产生出


I got a quick bonus pop quiz for you. What percentage of clothes are recycled into new clothes? 1%, 10%, 20%, or 30%?
 

bonus [ˋbonəs] n.【口】额外给予的东西


Answer is only about 1% of used clothes are recycled into new ones. Well, two brothers who grew up on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of

England are trying to change that through their t-shirt printing business called Teemill. The company only makes a clothing item once it`s ordered,

and once that item is worn out, it can be sent back to be reused for something new, creating less waste and saving money. Check out how these
 

wear out 用坏; 穿破


creative entrepreneurs are making it work.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

MART DRAKE-KNIGHT, CO-FOUNDER, TEEMILL: Us growing up on our island, everything is finite, including resources, and you`re very conscientious of
 

finite [ˋfaɪnaɪt] adj. 有限的

conscientious [͵kɑnʃɪˋɛnʃəs] adj. 认真的; 尽心尽责的


what that means both for you and also the natural environment that you`re surrounded by. I think that`s a very helpful frame of mind to approach

approach [əˋprotʃ] v. 着手处理,开始对付


sustainable business. If you just expand that out, just think about the fact that the entire planet is basically just an island.

The clothing industry is a massive industry. Everybody on earth has lots of these products, but everything`s produced speculatively, and everything`s
 

speculatively [ˋspɛkjə͵letɪvlɪ] adv. 投机性地,投机买卖地;冒险性地,不确定地


produced en masse. But something like half of all of the clothes that are made are actually fully utilized. That`s like a fancy way of saying that
 

en masse【法】全体;一齐


they`re made but never worn.

Being from the Isle of Wight, we have naivete as a superpower, because you sort of say, well, why would you do that? Why don`t you just make what
 

naivete [nɑˋivte] n. 天真;轻信;缺乏世故经验的状态(或性质、行为)


people need when you need it? And we`re like, yeah, we`re going to redesign the clothing industry. And you can actually do that just with technology,

like making new types of machines and new software that runs those machines so that you make things on demand.

You can come through, dude. You`re doing work. I`m just talking. In the sky, in the cloud, are all the orders that have just been placed in the

last couple of seconds. There`s factories like this all around the world. And so the first step is that orders are sent across borders as data.

Massively cuts out travel carbon.

And Max just scanned the barcode, and the computer said, you should go get this large T from 7WB11 and chuck it on C1. So let`s go do that. And we put

it on the track. That`s it. But from order to shipping, you`re looking at a couple minutes. Really simple, but it`s meant to be simple, because that

means it can scale.

Crazy thing about the traditional model is they would have produced tens of thousands of those products, speculatively, in the hope that someone would

have ordered it. Here, it`s already been sold.

We did it in our mom and dad`s shed to start with. We had 200 quid. That forced us to be very efficient and not waste anything. We couldn`t afford
 

shed [ʃɛd] n. 棚,小屋

quid [kwɪd] n.【英】【俚】一镑金币;(复数)钱


to. That unlocks really big opportunities, because you just save money. You save loads of waste. You save loads of money.

We invest that here over in organic cotton. And then the second thing that we do is we use that money to fund our circular program. Now we have

something like, I think, 10,000 brands and businesses that produce their products in this way.

And now, increasingly, what we`re doing is we`re sharing with the industry. Because it`s cheaper and because it`s more efficient, you can actually get

people over the line who previously perhaps wouldn`t be your typical sustainable pioneers. And so that`s what`s exciting.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

WIRE: We`re going to Tacoma, Washington, for today`s story, getting a 10 out of 10. Pure pandemonium. A pesky puny pig putting police into a
 

pandemonium [͵pændɪˋmonɪəm] n. 地狱;极端混乱嘈杂的地方;大混乱

pesky [ˋpɛskɪ] adj.【美】【口】麻烦的;讨厌的;恼人的

puny [ˋpjunɪ] adj. 弱小的


painstaking pickle, parading them past people`s properties in a precarious, fast-paced chase that was properly problematic. CNN`s Maya Blackstone tells
 

pickle [ˋpɪk!] n.【口】困境

parade [pəˋred] v. 使..列队行进;使..游街


us more.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, he`s so sweet.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Welcome to the east side.

GERALD BRATCHER, TACOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT: The pig is being non-compliant.
 

compliant [kəmˋplaɪənt] adj. 顺从的


MAYA BLACKSTONE, CNN PRODUCER: Police in Washington state responded to reports of a pig running loose through a residential neighborhood. Tacoma

police nicknamed the quote-unquote suspect "Notorious P.I.G."
 

unquote [ʌnˋkwot] v.【美】(句、文等)結束(引文)


OFFICER FISCHER-WILLIAMS, TACOMA POLICE DEPARTMENT: No, come here. No.

BLACKSTONE: Police thanked the department`s animal control unit, who helped the pig find a cozy home at a local ranch.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

WIRE: That pig had the zoo zoos. Before I run up out of here today, I have two shout-outs. First, they are mean. They are green. They`re the Gobblers

gobbler [ˋgɑblɚ] n. 雄火鸡;狼吞虎咽的人


in Mrs. Stryber`s (ph) class at Cuero Junior High in Cuero, Texas. You are today`s Your Word Wednesday winner for contrite, feeling or showing sorrow

and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior. Thanks for boosting our vocabulary today.
 

remorse [rɪˋmɔrs] n. 痛悔;自责

objectionable [əbˋdʒɛkʃənəb!] adj. 会引起反对的;令人不愉快的,讨厌的


And our special shout out goes to Mrs. Sturgis` U.S. history class at Boardman High School in Boardman, Ohio. Go Spartans.
 

Spartan [ˋspɑrtn] n. 强悍勇敢,结实强壮的人;斯巴达人


Thanks to all of you for spending part of your day with me. Rise up. I`ll see you right back here tomorrow on CNN 10.

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hump day 驼峰日(指星期三)

colonizer [ˋkɑlə͵naɪzɚ] n. 殖民地开拓者;移居殖民地者

Maori [ˋmaʊrɪ] adj. 毛利人的

establish [əˋstæblɪʃ] v. 确定;证实;表明

indigenous [ɪnˋdɪdʒɪnəs] adj. 当地的; 本地的

haka: Maoli 族的战舞

grim [grɪm] adj. 无情的;严厉的;残忍的

transpire [trænˋspaɪr] v. 透露;【口】发生

recapture [riˋkæptʃɚ] v. 夺回,收复

firepower [ˋfaɪr͵paʊɚ] n.【军】火力

grinding [ˋgraɪndɪŋ] adj. 令人难以忍受的;恼人的

attrition [əˋtrɪʃən] n. 损耗;磨损

annex [əˋnɛks] v. 并吞,强占

siege [sidʒ] n. 围攻;包围;围城

steelworks [ˋstil͵wɚks] n. 炼钢厂

synonymous [sɪˋnɑnəməs] adj. 同义的;同义词性质的

expend [ɪkˋspɛnd] v. 消费,花费(时间,精力等)

contrite [ˋkɑntraɪt] adj. 悔罪的;痛悔的;表示悔罪的

work out 产生出

bonus [ˋbonəs] n.【口】额外给予的东西

wear out 用坏; 穿破

finite [ˋfaɪnaɪt] adj. 有限的

conscientious [͵kɑnʃɪˋɛnʃəs] adj. 认真的; 尽心尽责的

approach [əˋprotʃ] v. 着手处理,开始对付

speculatively [ˋspɛkjə͵letɪvlɪ] adv. 投机性地,投机买卖地;冒险性地,不确定地

en masse【法】全体;一齐

naivete [nɑˋivte] n. 天真;轻信;缺乏世故经验的状态(或性质、行为)

shed [ʃɛd] n. 棚,小屋

quid [kwɪd] n.【英】【俚】一镑金币;(复数)钱

pandemonium [͵pændɪˋmonɪəm] n. 地狱;极端混乱嘈杂的地方;大混乱

pesky [ˋpɛskɪ] adj.【美】【口】麻烦的;讨厌的;恼人的

puny [ˋpjunɪ] adj. 弱小的

pickle [ˋpɪk!] n.【口】困境

parade [pəˋred] v. 使..列队行进;使..游街

compliant [kəmˋplaɪənt] adj. 顺从的

unquote [ʌnˋkwot] v.【美】(句、文等)結束(引文)

gobbler [ˋgɑblɚ] n. 雄火鸡;狼吞虎咽的人

remorse [rɪˋmɔrs] n. 痛悔;自责

objectionable [əbˋdʒɛkʃənəb!] adj. 会引起反对的;令人不愉快的,讨厌的

Spartan [ˋspɑrtn] n. 强悍勇敢,结实强壮的人;斯巴达人


 

 

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