11月4日CNN聽力：美國牢獄開釋6000名犯人為牢獄瘦身 奧巴馬總統願望改造刑事法律系統
Three days into the eleventh month of the year, youfound CNN STUDENT NEWS.
I'm Carl Azuz at the CNN Center.
First up, U.S. President Barack Obama wantschanges made to America's criminal justicesystem.Yesterday,he announced new governmentactions intended to help rehabilitate U.S. prisonersand help them get their lives back on track after their time is served.His announcement cameas the U.S.government wrapped its early release of 6,000 federal prisoners.It was the largestrelease of its kind in American history.The president is also calling on Congress to changeprison sentencing laws, for people who committed non-violent drug crimes.It's part of aneffort to decrease the U.S. prison population.
His actions come at a time when the use of certain drugs, especially heroine, has increased inrecent years.And some officials, like the head of New York City's Police Department said thegovernment needs to be cautious about the people it releases from prison.He says manyinmates go to jail with negotiated charges, meaning some might have committed violentcrimes.They're just not specifically serving time for them.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the first earthquake that hit just before 9:00 p.m. wasmagnitude 3.2.The second two and a half hours later was stronger, magnitude 4.1.The third, 20 minutes after that,4.0.This wouldn't have been breaking news in San Francisco, maybe, butthis series of quakes was felt in Phoenix, Arizona, pretty far removed from the West Coast'smajor fault lines.There wasn't any major damage.
Quakes of these magnitudes are felt, pictures may sway, plates may fall, but they're not usuallyvery destructive.
Still, local residents were shaken up.U.S.scientists are finding there's potential for these wellbeyond Phoenix.You may think people living in the West Coast are the only ones at risk of anearthquake, but that's far from the truth.
Earthquake risk rises.
In fact, the USGS just released new research that states nearly half of all Americans are at riskfrom damaging shaking due to earthquakes.One reason is that population has grownsignificantly in some of these areas more prone to earthquakes.But also, scientists haveimproved their capabilities of estimating where these danger zones are.
So, which states have the strongest shaking potential?California, Washington, Utah,Tennessee, Oregon, South Carolina, Nevada, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois.
You may be surprised at how many East Coast states are on the list.
Well, scientists learned a lot from the Virginia earthquake in 2011.They say that a strongerearthquake is possible, specifically stating Charleston, South Carolina, is at risk.New York City,you had a little good news.The threat is down from slower shaking, which causes more damageto taller buildings,versus fast shaking, which does more damage to shorter structures.
Even with this new information, there's still a threat.
California has always been known for their risk of earthquakes and that hasn't changed.In fact,the risk has actually gone up for southern California, as well as the Bay Area.And then there'sthe specific northwest.
The Cascadia Subduction Zone has the potential to produce an earthquake with amagnitude up to 9.3.This was discovered by studying the 2011 earthquake in Japan and the2014 earthquake in Chile.Both occurred along subduction zones similar to the northwestzone.Whether you live right along a fault or not, you may still be at risk of feeling the shakingfrom an earthquake.
Not all journalists disclose their sources.
But we do on our "Roll Call".Each day's transcript page at CNNStudentNews.com.Essex MiddleSchool knows about this.Great to see the Eagles today, from Essex, Vermont.How aboutFairfield Area High School?It's always nighttime y'all in Fairfield, Pennsylvania.And from thecapital of Turkey, that's Ankara.We heard from Gurcag High School yesterday.Thank you forwatching.
In northwestern Iraq, a battle is looming.There's a town there called Sinjar.It's not far from theIraqi border with Syria.And in August of last year, Sinjar was overrun by the ISIS terroristgroup.It's an important strategic location because it sits between Mosul, an ISIS-controlledcity in Iraq, and Raqqa, an ISIS-controlled city in Syria.
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