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1、CNN英语听力2012年02月合辑（文本+翻译）：20120216Our social media question this week was about sociology, and a student at Cape Henry Collegiate School was the first one to get it right. Nice work. Im Carl Azuz. Lets get to todays headlines.First up, were looking at a huge deal that involves states, banks and the U

2、.S. housing market. A lot of experts say the meltdown in the housing market was one of the main causes of the 2008 financial crisisPart of the recession were still feeling the effects of. Yesterdays deal is about foreclosures. Thats when a lender takes back a home because the person whos living ther

3、e cant afford their monthly mortgage payments.The states had accused lenders of making some foreclosures without following the proper procedures. This deal is a settlement for $26 billion. Who is involved? Five of the countrys biggest lenders. They made this deal with the federal government and with

4、 49 states. Oklahoma made a separate deal with the banks.How does it work? Well, if youre behind in your mortgage payments and you owe more money than your house is actually worth, this could lower those monthly payments, maybe make it easier for you to keep up.If your house was foreclosed on, you c

5、ould be eligible for some money. Some critics say this deal doesnt go far enough, though.And while it could help some people, most struggling homeowners wont qualify for any of the money in the settlement.Well, next up, the U.S. military is planning to let female troops serve closer to the front lin

6、es. Its a change in a policy that dates back to 1994, and originally said women cant serve in units that are directly involved in combat.But Pentagon officials say reality doesnt match that policy now. Women have served in support positions, like military police or medics that are regularly in harms

7、 way. More than 140 female troops lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.What the military plans to do now is open up around 14,000 jobs to female troops, things like tank mechanics or crew members on missile launchers. They still wont be allowed in certain combat jobs, but they will be able to se

8、rve closer to the front lines.Nuclear power provides around 18 percent of electricity used in the United States. That number could get bigger. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission signed off on licenses for two new reactors in the state of Georgia.Theyre expected to cost around $14 billion, and to

9、 generate enough electricity to power a million homes. These are the first nuclear reactor licenses approved since 1978. That was a year before a nuclear accident in Pennsylvania.Critics say the design for the new reactors isnt safe enough . The company that built them says theyve made improvements

10、to make the new reactors much safer than older ones.Is this legit? A country that has sovereignty is free from any outside control.Absolutely true. Sovereign countries make all of their own decisions.Argentina and the United Kingdom both claim they have sovereignty over a group of islands off the co

11、ast of South America. This is actually a debate thats been going on for 30 years now. It centers around the Falkland Islands,which are smaller than the U.S. state of Connecticut.Jim Clancy looks at the tension in the past and present.The Falkland Islands are located about 250 nautical miles east of

12、the coast of Latin America, so theyre about 500 kilometers due east of what is the country of Argentina.Britain calls them the Falklands. Argentina calls them the Malvinas Islands, and there has been a longstanding dispute over sovereignty. In 1982, there was another set of islands, the South Georgi

13、a Islands. And a group of Argentinians went to those islands and planted a flag. It became a media cause celebre.Well, the military junta that was in charge of Argentina, they invaded, they took over those islands. Britain went to war and all, almost 900 people lost their lives, 250 or more on the B

14、ritish side, some 650 on the Argentine side.Why are these two islands back in the news? First of all, its the 30th anniversary of the war, and Britain plans to commemorate it. Argentina is pressing its claims of sovereignty over the islands at the same time as rallying its neighbors to apply economi

15、c pressure on Britain.Third, we have the issue of oil. That is increasing everyones interest. It is not proven how many reserves are there, but some say that the resources are viable. Others say they are substantial.Prince William is there as part of what we are told is a routine deployment by his R

16、oyal Air Force search and rescue squadron. The Duke of Cambridges presence, though, is seen as provocative by many in Latin America who view this as a resurrection, if you will, of colonialism.They see the clear presence of the Crown. Britain says its not provocative at all. What they really mean to

17、 do is commemorate those more than 250 people who lost their lives defending the Falkland Islands. 欢迎收看CNN学生新闻，本周我们社会媒体的问题是关于社会学,一名亨利角学院学校的学生首先答对问题。做得非常不错。我是卡尔?阿祖兹。让我们开始今天的头条新闻。首先,我们现在面对的是一项巨大的交易,其中包括各州、银行和美国的房地产市场。很多专家表示房地产市场的下降是2008年的金融危机的主要原因之一。我们仍然能感觉到经济衰退带来的一部分影响。昨天的交易是关于丧失抵押赎回权。这是当贷方收回房屋,因为住在那

18、儿的人负担不起合同的每月贷款。很多州控告贷方没有遵循抵押赎回权一些适当的程序。这笔交易结算为260亿美元。谁被牵扯在内?国家五个最大的贷款机构。他们与联邦政府和49个州处理这宗交易。俄克拉何马与银行单独交易。它的原理是怎样的呢?好吧,如果你无法支付贷款,你欠的钱超过你房子的真正价值,它能帮你降低些每月的付款,也许使你更容易喘口气。如果你的房子取消了赎取权,你可以获得一些钱。一些批评者表示尽管如此，这项议案仍然做得不够。虽然它可能帮助一些人,但大多数陷于困境的购房者在这项解决方案中不会获得任何钱。好了,接下来,美国军方正计划让女性部队服务接触到前线。这项改变政策可以追溯到1994年,起初认为女人

19、不能成为直接参与战斗单位。但五角大楼官员表示这一政策已经与现实不相配。女人已经可以占据支持位置,像宪兵或定期医护人员。超过140名女性在伊拉克和阿富汗失去了她们的生命。军方计划做的唯一的事就是为女性士兵增加大约14000个就业机会,诸如坦克力学或导弹发射器的成员等。她们仍将不被允许执行某些作战任务,但他们能到前线服务。核电能提供了在美国大约18%的电力使用。这个数字可能会变大。因为美国核管理委员会刚刚签署通过了在乔治亚州两座新的核反应堆许可协议。它们需要花费大约140亿美元,从而产生足够的电力供给一百万个家庭。这是自1978年以来第一个核反应堆许可批准。而就在一年之前宾西法尼亚州刚刚爆发了核事故。批评者表示这个新型核反应堆的设计没有出于足够的安全考虑。而建造它们的公司表示他