内容提要：<br />学生选民如何有可能受到召开爱荷华州会议的时间的影响<br />时代杂志评选年度人物的历史<br />一种感冒病毒如何成了一个年轻人生命的威胁<br /><br />(CNN Student News) -- December 20, 2007<br /><br />Quick Guide <br /><br />The Youth Vote - Hear how student voters may be affected by the timing of Iowa\'s caucuses. <br /><br />Time Person of the Year - Discover some of the history behind Time magazine\'s Person of the Year award. <br /><br />Killer Cold - Learn how a type of cold virus became life-threatening for one teenager. <br /><br /><br /><br />Transcript <br /><br />THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. <br /><br />CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: <br />It\'s a new day and a new edition of CNN Student News.We\'re glad you\'re spending part of your Thursday with us. From the CNN Center, I\'m Carl Azuz.<br /><br /><br /><br />Shoutout<br /><br />GEORGE RAMSAY, CNN STUDENT NEWS: <br />It\'s time for the Shoutout! What state traditionally holds the country\'s first presidential caucus? If you think you know it, shout it out! Is it A) Wyoming, B) New Hampshire, C) Iowa or D) Michigan? You\'ve got three seconds -- GO! The Hawkeye State is usually home to the country\'s first caucus in a presidential election year. That\'s your answer and that\'s your Shoutout!<br /><br /><br /><br />First Up: The Youth Vote<br /><br />AZUZ: <br />Next year is no exception. Iowa\'s presidential caucuses are scheduled for January 3rd. Now, a caucus is one of two ways for voters to select presidential delegates; the other is a primary. The difference: a primary is an election, while a caucus is a meeting. Candy Crowley tells us how the timing of Iowa\'s caucuses might affect the state\'s young voters. <br /><br />(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) <br /><br />CANDY CROWLEY, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: <br />Josh Mahoney, a junior at University of Northern Iowa, is caucusing for Obama. It\'s a logistical nightmare.<br /><br />JOSH MAHONEY, UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA STUDENT: <br />I\'m gonna drive four-and-a-half hours from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in my Toyota Camry 1993 model. It\'s terrible and I\'m embarrassed. I\'m gonna come all the way down here and I\'m gonna caucus.<br /><br />CROWLEY: <br />If they will be 18 by the 2008 election and are registered to vote where they will caucus, Iowa college students, regardless of where they\'re from, can participate.<br /><br />BARACK OBAMA, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: <br />If you\'re going to be out of state for the holidays, come back on January 3rd.<br /><br />CROWLEY: <br />Counting on students to trek back to college in the middle of winter break, two days after New Years, is an iffy proposition. Even in-state students who can caucus at home are a tough get.<br /><br />PROF. ARTHUR SANDERS, DRAKE UNIVERSITY: <br />You have to identify where they\'re going to be on January 3rd and somehow communicate that to your field offices there. Here\'s some people who you won\'t be able to contact now, \'cause they\'re not there yet, but they\'re going to get there soon.<br /><br />CROWLEY: <br />Barack Obama is a hit on college campuses. He\'s young. He\'s new. He campaigns against status quo politics. More than any other campaign, Obamaville counts on the Josh\'s of Iowa.<br /><br />MAHONEY: <br />And I think we\'re at the right age to kind of get on board with a new strategy.<br /><br />CROWLEY: <br />One Obama strategist says the under-30 crowd is possibly the most highly motivated block of Obama supporters. The campaign has spent the better part of the year collecting cell numbers and email addresses. John Edwards is targeting proven caucusgoers. Hillary Clinton is aiming at middle aged women, considerably safer bets than the under-30 set. 22-year-old Kris Hasstedt, an Iowa State senior, is a Clinton man himself. But he does sense that maybe the younger vote is coming of age.<br /><br />KRIS HASSTEDT, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT: <br />I work at one of the grocery stores here, which is mainly college students. And a lot of them, everytime I go in there, it\'s a buzz about the candidates: who they\'re supporting, where they\'re gonna caucus and stuff like that.<br /><br />CROWLEY:<br />Some Iowa colleges are planning to open up part of campus over the break so students can caucus. At Camp Obama, they believe -- they hope -- if colleges open, they will come. A cautionary note of which the Obama campaign is well aware: In 2004, just 17 percent of caucusgoers were under 30. Candy Crowley, CNN, Des Moines.<br /><br />(END VIDEO CLIP) <br /><br /><br /><br />Talking Democracy Promo<br /><br />AZUZ: <br />In 2008, CNN Student News is going to be &quot;Talking Democracy.&quot; Each month, we\'ll introduce an election-related topic in our show and online. From caucuses to conventions, primaries to polls, we\'ll break down the concepts and get you ready for the big day in November. So when the New Year strikes, get ready to spend some time &quot;Talking Democracy&quot; with CNN Student News!<br /><br /><br /><br />ID Me <br /><br />RAMSAY: <br />See if you can I.D. me! I was born in what was then called Leningrad in 1952. I\'ve served as Russia\'s president since 2000. In 2005, I was the first Russian leader to ever visit Israel. I\'m Vladimir Putin, and here\'s another interesting fact: I have a black belt in judo!<br /><br /><br /><br />Time Person of the Year<br /><br />AZUZ: <br />And one more fact about Vladimir Putin? He\'s the Person of the Year! That\'s according to Time magazine, who selected the Russian president for the annual honor. Time\'s managing editor says that Putin\'s leadership is what won him the title. He credited president Putin with &quot;taking a country that was in chaos, and bringing it stability.&quot; Now that we know the 2007 Person of the Year, let\'s learn a little more about the history of the title.<br /><br />(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) <br /><br />MELISSA LONG, CNN REPORTER: <br />By tradition, the winners of Time\'s Person of the Year are the men and women who have most affected the news and our lives, for good or bad. Winners have been named since 1927, but the distinction is not always bestowed on a single individual. In 1966, it was &quot;The 25-And Under Generation.&quot; In 1975, &quot;Women In America&quot; were chosen. And sometimes, it\'s not given to a person at all. The computer was named Time\'s &quot;Machine Of The Year&quot; in 1982. In 1988, the endangered Earth was recognized as the &quot;Planet Of The Year.&quot; Statesmen, visionaries and tyrants have graced the cover, too. In 1938, Adolf Hitler was the first massively maligned figure selected. In 1952, a shy but determined Queen Elizabeth II represented the best of the British way of life. And in 1968, in a nod to the nation\'s race to the moon, astronauts William Anders, Frank Borman and James Lovell, the crew of Apollo 8, were recognized as the first men to travel around the moon.<br /><br />(END VIDEO CLIP) <br /><br /><br /><br />Magna Carta Auction<br /><br />AZUZ: <br />Going once, going twice, sold! A copy of the Magna Carta went for more than $21 million at an auction on Tuesday in New York, but the winning bidder won\'t be hanging onto it. He says he\'s planning to hand the document over to the National Archives, where it\'s been on display for nearly 20 years. The Magna Carta is considered the earliest declaration of human rights, and this copy\'s new owner says he wanted to make sure it stayed in the U.S.<br /><br />DAVID RUBENSTEIN, WINNING BIDDER: <br />As a beacon for freedom, I think there\'s no document that\'s more important than this. You know, there are 17 of these I believe now: one in Australia and 15 in England. And this is the only one in our hemisphere, and I think it\'s important that it stay here.<br /><br /><br /><br />Word to the Wise<br /><br />RAMSAY: A Word to the Wise... <br /><br />ubiquitous (adjective) being everywhere at the same time<br /><br />source: www.dictionary.com<br /><br /><br /><br />Killer Cold<br /><br />AZUZ: <br />When winter blows in, coughing and sneezing might seem ubiquitous. And if you catch a common cold, you\'ll probably hear some common advice on how to fight it: Get lots of rest and drink lots of fluids. Dr. Sanjay Gupta tells us about a type of cold virus that\'s had an uncommon and dangerous effect on some people recently.<br /><br />(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) <br /><br />DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: <br />18-year-old Joe Spencer\'s life has taken on a different rhythm. Last spring, he was a varsity jock in good health, until...<br /><br />JOE SPENCER, NEARLY DIED FROM ADENOVIRUS: <br />Vomiting, chills, fevers. I just thought it was a really bad flu, I\'m going to get over it, but.<br /><br />GUPTA: <br />But it wasn\'t the flu. And before doctors could diagnose it, it nearly killed him. Spencer found himself in intensive care, his lungs filled with water, his body starved for oxygen.<br /><br />DR. DAVID GILBERT, PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER: <br />I thought we were at risk of losing the patient.<br /><br />GUPTA: <br />His diagnosis: adenovirus, known mostly for causing colds and pink eye.<br /><br />GILBERT: <br />We were very surprised when we ran into this much more aggressive form of adenovirus, that took otherwise healthy people and put them into our intensive care unit with life-threatening pneumonia.<br /><br />GUPTA: <br />Adenovirus 14 is a scrappy, ubiquitous virus in our noses, on countertops or pens. It spreads through contact and the air we breathe. This year, it\'s infected more than a thousand Americans in a handful of states; at least ten have died.<br /><br />DR. DEAN ERDMAN, CDC: <br />What we are asking physicians is to be alert; not be panicked, but be alert.<br /><br />GUPTA: <br />Sophisticated diagnostic tests can identify adenovirus within hours. But doctors stress the key is recognizing its symptoms before they become life-threatening.<br /><br />GILBERT: <br />If they develop a bronchitis, a fever and if they feel short of breath, they should get professional help sooner rather than later.<br /><br />GUPTA: <br />Spencer is still taking things slowly these days, and doing a lot of handwashing to prevent a repeat of his illness.<br /><br />SPENCER: <br />I always thought of myself as a healthy guy until this happened. People need to be aware that there\'s a killer out there.<br /><br />GUPTA: Dr. <br />Sanjay Gupta, CNN, reporting.<br /><br />(END VIDEO CLIP) <br /><br /><br /><br />Before We Go <br /><br />AZUZ: <br />Before we go, we\'ve got a story about meeting family for the holidays.Steve and Christine have known each other through work for eight months. What they didn\'t know is that Christine is Steve\'s mom! See, Steve was adopted when he was a baby, and for the last few years, he\'s been searching for his birth mother. It turns out she\'s a cashier at the same store where he\'s a delivery guy.<br /><br /><br />Goodbye <br /><br />AZUZ: <br />The reunited mother and son say they plan on spending the holidays together. They say hello, and we say good-bye, but just for today. We\'ll see you again tomorrow. I\'m Carl Azuz. <br /><br />观察世界的窗口，学习英语的平台。有解说词文稿的英语视频新闻帮你听懂每句话。本视频新闻取自 CNN.com，用于非商业目的英语教学和交流。<br />欢迎访问“高中英语多媒体教室”里更多的精彩内容：<br />http://www.fancyenglish.com
