CNN 学生新闻（2008.04.04）

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CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi, everyone. I'm Carl Azuz. Thanks for rounding out the week with us here on CNN Student News.
[b][url=][color=#004276]First Up: King's Final Moments[/color][/url][/b]
AZUZ: First up, we mark the anniversary of a tragic moment in the American civil rights movement. This report contains graphic details of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, so teachers, we ask that you please preview it. Forty years ago today, Dr. King was killed in Memphis, Tennessee, but his legacy lives on: a federal holiday in honor of his birthday; a monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Soledad O'Brien talks with some of the people who were there during the final moments of Dr. King's life.

SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN REPORTER: Martin Luther King was getting ready to leave for supper at Rev. Billy Kyles's house.
REV. BILLY KYLES, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST: I said, "Guys, we gotta go. We have a rally tonight and we gotta go to dinner."
O'BRIEN: Kyles walked away. King leaned over the balcony railing, talking to others on the ground below. In the boarding house, someone locked that bathroom door.
BEVERLY ROBERTSON, NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM: He stood on the tub, cracked the window and had a clear view of the people who were standing on the balcony in front of room 306.
O'BRIEN: Police were spying from a peephole at the back window of the fire station. Fireman George Loenneke asked to take a look and became the only living witness we found who saw King at the very moment he was shot; a sudden clap like two boards slammed together.
GEORGE LOENNEKE, MEMPHIS FIRE DEPT.: And I looked in the peepholes and I was looking at him. And by the time, it sounded like one-by-fours, two of them, just bam, went together.
KYLES: And then I got maybe about here, and the shot rang out.
LOENNEKE: And he come up off that grating there about a foot.
KYLES: Kapow!
ANDREW YOUNG, FORMER KING AIDE: I thought there was a firecracker. And then I saw his shoes sticking out from under the railing.
KYLES: And when I turned, I could see him lying on the balcony. One of his feet was sticking through the railing and there was this huge hole in his face.
YOUNG: The bullet hit the tip of his chin and tore half his neck off.
KYLES: The police were coming, and I hollered to them, "Call an ambulance on your police radio. Dr. King has been shot!" And they said, "Where did the shot come from?" Everybody was pointing in that direction.
O'BRIEN: Toward the back of the rooming house, upstairs across the street. Fireman George Loenneke reached the fallen King.
LOENNEKE: And the whole side of his right jaw was gone.
KYLES: I took a crushed cigarette out of his hand. He didn't want kids to see him smoke. And I took the package out of his pocket. I have them in my possession somewhere now. I have a handkerchief where I wiped much blood off my hands.
LOENNEKE: I couldn't feel a pulse beat or nothing, and I knew that he was done and gone.
YOUNG: So, he probably never even heard the shot.

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AZUZ: That report was part of a CNN program called "Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assassination." We have a [url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/03/28/bia.mlk.assassination.guide/index.html][b][color=#004276]curriculum guide[/color][/b][/url] with discussion questions and a learning activity that you can use with the special. You can find it at CNNStudentNews.com.
[b]ATA Bankruptcy[/b]
AZUZ: Checking on some other headlines now. If you show up at the airport and find out your flight's been canceled, it can be pretty frustrating. Try finding out your airline doesn't exist! That's what happened to these ATA passengers. The low-cost carrier announced a "sudden shutdown" yesterday when it filed for bankruptcy. A spokesman said the decision was "totally unexpected." Looks like it.
[b]Writing Scores Up[/b]
AZUZ: The results of the Nation's Report Card are in. That's the name of a writing test some middle and high schoolers took last year. 88 percent of 8th graders scored at or above a basic level; that's up from 85 percent in 2002. A bigger jump at the basic level for 12th graders: 82 percent, up from 74 in 2002. There was no change in the numbers for students in either group working at a proficient level.
[b]Zimbabwe Update[/b]
AZUZ: Looking at international news now. On Monday, we told you about Zimbabwe's recent presidential election. As of Thursday, the country's Election Commission hadn't released the results. But government forces were in action. They raided two hotels in the capital city and took four journalists into custody. International news agencies had been denied permission to enter the African nation and report on the election.
[b]Fast Facts[/b]
CHRIS MOZINGO, CNN STUDENT NEWS:Time for some Fast Facts! Dengue fever is a virus that's transmitted by mosquitoes. It's found in tropical and subtropical regions like Central and South America. Some of the symptoms of dengue fever include severe headaches, rash, nausea and eye pain. Tens of millions of people are infected with this virus each year.
[b][url=][color=#004276]Brazil's Dengue Outbreak[/color][/url][/b]
AZUZ: Authorities in Brazil say the South American country is in the midst of a dengue fever epidemic. Tens of thousands of cases of the virus have been reported in the last several months. There's no vaccine to prevent dengue, but it can be treated. However, given the number of Brazilians affected right now, one health official said there just aren't enough hospitals for all the patients. Harris Whitbeck has more on this outbreak.

HARRIS WHITBECK, CNN REPORTER: A woman carries her sick child to a tented waiting area. Another woman, weak with fever, is brought in on a stretcher. This field hospital is flooded with patients, and Brazilian military authorities say more might be on the way.
MAJOR ROBERTO TURY, FIELD HOSPITAL COMMANDER: We have to go into this fight as if we were going to war combat in order to minimize the population's suffering.
WHITBECK: The fight is against dengue, a mosquito-borne disease that causes severe fever and headaches, and if left untreated can lead to death. Seventy thousand people all over Brazil have been struck in the last few weeks. In Rio de Janeiro state alone, 45,000 cases have been reported since January. Authorities say 1.4 new cases crop up every minute. Public hospitals have been overwhelmed, and patients say they've waited for hours in emergency rooms for care.
Dengue is common in Brazil and other tropical countries, but never before has there been such a large outbreak. The Brazilian military is entering the sprawling, densely overpopulated slums around Rio de Janeiro to carry out mass fumigations and look for the stagnant pools of water where the carrier mosquitoes breed. The Pan American Health Organization says urban sprawl is the main culprit behind the increase in dengue cases, and says global warming, leading to more intense rainy seasons, could also be a factor. Harris Whitbeck, CNN, Mexico City.

[b]Word to the Wise[/b]
MOZINGO: A Word to the Wise...
[b]service dog[/b] (noun) a dog that's been specially trained to help a disabled person with daily activities
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[b][url=][color=#004276]A Helping Paw[/color][/url][/b]
AZUZ: What kinds of activities are we talking about? Everything from picking things up off the ground to finding help in a medical emergency. Marcella Lee of affiliate KFMB tells us about one canine companion who's helping out a young girl with autism.

MARCELLA LEE, KFMB REPORTER: Man's best friend is taking on a new role. Meet Muffet, a four-year-old Labrador retriever trained by Tender Loving Canines Assistance Dogs, a local volunteer group. She has given a local family a new leash on life.
REBECCA COOK, MOTHER: Good job. That's much better.
LEE: As San Diego County's first ever autism service dog, Muffet offers invaluable assistance to five-year-old Jolena, who has autism.
COOK: Immediately once they met, it was instantaneous; it was just a bond.
LEE: After starting to work with Jolena last fall, Muffet moved in with the family in December, connecting with her physically, mentally and emotionally.
COOK: She's much calmer, she's much more relaxed, her social behavior is much better, her communications skills have increased.
LEE: And preventing Jolena, who's leashed to Muffet, from running off in public. Helping Jolena stay focused on the task at hand and helping to defuse Jolena's severe temper tantrums, or meltdowns.
COOK: We didn't go out in public; it became too stressful.
LEE: But Muffet's arrival has changed that.
COOK: Can you give her love? There's a good snuggle.
KAREN SHULTZ, TRAINER, TENDER LOVING CANINES: It's like magic.
LEE: Her trainer says before Muffet's arrival, a simple walk around the neighborhood would end in a fit.
SHULTZ: The first time we hooked her up to Muffet, we walked around the block twice and the father asked if we had drugged her, because he'd never seen her that calm, walking the dog.
LEE: And while Tender Loving Canines offers its services for free, Jolena's mom says the help it's provided her family is priceless.
COOK: The more they're together, the bigger the bond is.