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Tariffs For Top Trade Partners; Taking Action To Protect The Sharks Of Costa Rica; Punxsutawney Phil Makes His 2025 Groundhog Day Prediction.

 
COY WIRE, CNN 10 ANCHOR: What`s up, sunshine? It is Monday, February 3rd. Happy to start the week with you. I`m Coy Wire. This is CNN 10, where I

tell you the what, letting you decide what to think.

I`m getting ready to head down to New Orleans, where we`re going to continue this week`s show for the Super Bowl. So if you`re headed that way

to see the Chiefs take on the Eagles, keep an eye out for your boy and be sure to say hello.

All right, let`s jump right into your news. Today, we start in the United States, where President Donald Trump followed through on his campaign
 

follow through（把…）继续下去;  to strengthen the effect of (an action) by further action

promise to impose aggressive tariffs on three of America`s most significant trading partners, Mexico, Canada, and China.

Three separate executive orders signed on Saturday and expected to take effect on Tuesday will impose a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico

and another 10% tariff on all imports from China.

Tariffs are a tax placed on goods imported or exported from one country to another. They can be used as a way to regulate trade between countries and

protect domestic or homeland industries by making it cheaper to manufacture goods at home.

It`s important to note that in the case of the United States, for example, foreign companies aren`t responsible for paying tariffs. It`s the U.S.-

based businesses that pay the federal government the cost of the tariffs on the goods they import. And that higher cost is often passed on then to

consumers who see higher prices on stores shelves.

President Trump says the tariffs are a way to accomplish several of his policy goals, like protecting domestic manufacturing and raising more money

to fund the government. Administration officials say the tariffs also are aimed at curbing the flow of drugs and undocumented immigrants until those
 

curb [kɝb] v. 控制，遏止

countries stop both from coming into the U.S.

These tariffs also come with some hefty risks. The first being big price increases for American consumers on a wide variety of imported common goods
 

hefty [ˋhɛftɪ] adj.（数额、尺寸、力量等）大的，可观的

like avocados, sneakers, or cars. That also includes imported materials to make the goods within the U.S. So prices for domestic goods might right

here in the U.S. raise also.

As part of the executive orders, any retaliation from Mexico, China, or Canada would mean even higher tariffs for that country, causing prices to

again raise even higher. And hours after the orders were signed, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said

their countries will impose retaliatory tariffs while China`s Commerce Ministry said it would file a complaint with the World Trade Organization
 

retaliatory [rɪˋtælɪətərɪ] adj. 报复的

and take counter measures.

This tariff spat could escalate, which could then potentially lead to much higher costs, disrupted supply chains, and the loss of jobs that have a
 

spat [spæt] n. 争执

damaging impact on the world economy.

Ten-second trivia.

What part of a shark`s anatomy is used to help determine its age? Teeth, gills, vertebrae, or dorsal fin?
 

anatomy [əˋnætəmɪ] n. 解剖学；解剖

dorsal [ˋdɔrs!] adj. 背部的；背侧的

Answer is vertebrae, which contains circular rings that are counted much like the rings of a tree to help scientists estimate a shark`s age.

As populations of the critically endangered scalloped hammerhead shark decline around the world from overfishing and habitat degradation, a team
 

scalloped [ˋskɑləpt] adj. 扇形的; having an edge consisting of a row of curves

of marine biologists has been working to reverse that trend by protecting a sanctuary full of these migrating hammerheads and their baby sharks, also

known as pups. Our Anna Stewart takes us to Costa Rica, where since 2018, one organization has been on a mission to save this species.

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ANNA STEWART, CNN REPORTER (voice-over): In southern Costa Rica, between rainforest and ocean, sits one of the world`s rarest sites.

Golfo Dulce is one of the only tropical fjords in the world, and its warm waters provide the perfect breeding and nursing ground for a host of
 

fjord [fjord] n.（尤指挪威海岸边的）峡湾

extraordinary marine animals. Chief among them, the endangered scalloped hammerhead shark.

ANDRES LOPEZ, CO-FOUNDER, MISION TIBURON: The scalloped hammerhead shark, Zygaena Lewini, is a migratory species. The hammerhead have two stages.

One, in the coastal water, when they are juvenile, grow in the shallow waters with a lot of nutrients, with a lot of food. When they grow, they

make big, big movements, like 1,000 kilometers. It`s a big migration.

STEWART (voice-over): Scientists estimate that the global population of scalloped hammerheads has fallen by more than 80% in the last 75 years. And

while thousands of baby sharks are still born in the nursing grounds of Golfo Dulce each year, overfishing and habitat degradation pose a serious
 

degradation [͵dɛgrəˋdeʃən] n. 損害，危害; 惡化

threat to the species` long-term survival.

In 2009, Ilena Zanella, and Andre Lopez founded Mision Tiburon, a non- profit that promotes ocean conservation through the identification and protection of critical shark habitats around Costa Rica.

ILENA ZANELLA, CO-FOUNDER, MISION TIBURON: We started with a dream. Both of us, Andres and I, we are both marine biologists. We met at the university

and we saw a gap in the research and in conservation of this threatened species. So we decided to do something for them.
 

gap [gæp] n. 缺口; 裂口

After several years of tagging sharks and on-board observation of fishing operations, with our data, in 2018, the government of Costa Rica declared

the shark sanctuary of Golfo Dulce in order to protect this important and unique nursery ground for the scalloped hammerhead shark.

STEWART (voice-over): These government protections make Golfo Dulce the first shark sanctuary in the world to be focused on a nursing ground, and

has helped to stem the tide of illegal fishing. But there is still work to be done restoring the coastal mangroves, vital as birthing habitats for the hammerheads.
 

stem [stɛm] v. 阻挡，遏止

mangrove [ˋmæŋgrov] n.【植】红树林

JAVIER RODRIGUEZ, FORESTRY ENGINEER, MISION TIBURON: It`s important for the hammerhead sharks to have healthy mangroves because they use them on the

first stages of life. So it will help the sharks to get the size they need to get to the ocean.

STEWART (voice-over): With their unique shape and 360-degree vision, the hammerheads may look like creatures plucked from another universe. But as
 

pluck [plʌk] v.使脱颖而出

the work in Golfo Dulce continues, Mision Tiburon are optimistic that these otherworldly predators will continue to exist as real and permanent

residents of planet Earth.

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WIRE: Today`s story getting a 10 out of 10, is the famous groundhog that woke up and saw its shadow, Punxsutawney Phil, prognosticated six more
 

groundhog [ˋgraʊnd͵hɑg] n.【动】土拨鼠（产于美国和加拿大）

prognosticate [prɑgˋnɑstɪ͵ket] v. 预知；显示……征兆

weeks of winter for all of us in the 139th Annual Groundhogs Day tradition.
 

It all went down bright and early on February 2nd when Phil emerged from his burrow at Gobbler`s Knob in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. And

go down: slang to occur; happen

bright and early 一大早

while tradition has it that groundhogs possess this uncanny ability to forecast the weather, some groundhogs it seems have been more on the nose

uncanny [ʌnˋkænɪ] adj. 神奇的，不可思议的；不寻常的

on the nose 【美】准确的(地); 精确的(地)

than others, CNN`s Jeremy Roth explains the ranking of the top forecasting groundhogs and shows which of the furry friends made the top five.

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JEREMY ROTH, CNN DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCER AND WRITER (voiceover): Just in time for Groundhog Day, the weirdest of weather-predicting traditions, the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released a ranking of their top most accurate weather groundhogs, and the results may shock you.

NOAA ranked the weather-predicting accuracies of a total of 19 still- working meteorological mascots with seer-of-seer careers of at least 20 years. Here are your top five.
 

seer [ˋsir] n. 预言家;先知

Number five and four are actually a tie at 65% accuracy between Gertie the Groundhog at Illinois` Wildlife Prairie Park and West Virginia`s Concord
 

prairie [ˋprɛrɪ] n. 大草原；牧场

Charlie, who`s never actually been seen by the public and is listed as quote, "presumed groundhog," has seems legit.
 

legit [ləˋdʒɪt] adj.【口】合法的；正当的；正统的

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are off to a great start.

ROTH (voice-over): Number three with a 75% accuracy is Lander Lil, a groundhog statue in Wyoming that doesn`t even see a shadow, it simply casts

one. It`s science, people.

Coming in at number two from Georgia and with the most Georgia name ever is General Beauregard Lee, who clocks in at 80% accurate, bless his heart.
 

clock in 打卡记录

And finally, NOAA`s top-ranked weather groundhog is New York`s own Staten Island Chuck. With a whopping 85% accuracy, you might be wondering, hey,

how`s this jowly jabroni do it? Oh, you know what? Forget about it.
 

jowly [ˋdʒaʊlɪ] adj. 下颚宽厚的

jabroni [dʒəˈbroni] n. Slang. a stupid, foolish, or contemptible person; loser

What you should be wondering is where`s Punxsutawney Phil, America`s most famous woolly weather predictor? Sadly, Phil barely cracked the list at

number 17 with a dismal accuracy of only 35%.
 

dismal [ˋdɪzm!] adj. 沮丧的; 悲伤绝望的

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WIRE: We will see in a few weeks just how accurate Phil is and if he might make that list next year.

And now for our favorite part of the show, we`ve got a special shout out going to Camdenton Middle School in Camdenton, Missouri. Lakers, rise up.

That`s our show. It`s a blessing to kick off another week of learning with you. See you here tomorrow from NOLA.

I`m Coy Wire and we are CNN 10.

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