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Someone who definitely knew that answer is Samantha Garvey. She`s the focus of our next report from Mary Snow. Thanks to Garvey`s research on mussels, the high school student is in the running for an award that comes with a $100,000 scholarship. It`s tough competition, but Garvey has some experience overcoming adversity.

Seventeen-year-old Samantha Garvey is an aspiring marine biologist with a keen sense of tough shells.

They all congregate with each other.

She`s spent years studying mussels and how they protect themselves. But at New York`s Brentwood High School, she`s learned some lessons of her own about being tough when the odds are stacked against you.

She was chosen as a semi-finalist in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search. But Samantha got the exciting news at a homeless shelter. Her family`s been living there since being evicted from their home December 31st.

It`s worrisome, you know. It`s just been really worrisome, because you think where am I going to be? Like if something doesn`t come through, am I going to be in a homeless shelter?

Samantha`s parents were both injured in a car accident last year. They both lost time at work, which caused them to fall behind on bills.

As the family struggled, Samantha says she got her inspiration from school and her science teacher, Rebecca Grella, a two-time breast cancer survivor.

She told us her story. I thought, wow, that is amazing. And I took that from her.

How does it feel to hear this?

It works both ways. What I take from Sam is her humbleness, her ability to reach out to others, to give effortlessly.

Samantha`s story grabbed the attention of officials in New York`s Suffolk County. They are now providing the Garvey family with public housing.

This is -- you know, this is just the most amazing thing you could ask for. I know everyone -- we`re all in tears here, like we can barely compose ourselves enough to speak.

With the tears, there was disbelief from Samantha`s mother, Olga.

I break in tears sometime. What? This happened? And say, yes. This is happening.

Samantha`s father says his daughter`s always been a fighter, weighing only two pounds when she was born.

She`s gone from one little tiny thing to a giant, a giant of a woman.

Mary Snow, CNN, Brentwood, New York.

Excellent story there. Onto our first blog report of 2012. We heard a common theme in your responses to last week`s blog post at cnnstudentnews.com. We asked you what a president or governor should consider when pardoning a criminal.

From Ariana: what needs to be reviewed is the severity of the crime. The only people who should be let out are the ones who are not a threat to society.

Ally says leaders should look at what the crime was, what the criminal`s behavior was like, and how long they`ve been in custody. She adds, "It sends a bad message of even if you are convicted, you don`t always have to pay the full penalty."

Nicole asked, "What if the criminals haven`t changed? What if they might do something like that again?"

And Ian adds that officials should consider whether the criminal can get a job or if he has a place to live and family support.

Olivia suggests that governors look really hard at the criminal`s background before giving him or her a pardon.

And Will says if someone is convicted of a murder, then it would be the smarter or common sense answer not to let them out of jail.

All right. Before we go today, we are visiting a playful conversation in Alabama.

From skyscrapers all the way down to the street, everything here is built by blockheads.

This is a Lego convention. Fans and builders came together for the recent event. Some of these creations are no joke. One display uses around half a million pieces, and is estimated to be worth $200,000.

For many Lego fans, the hobby began when they were kids. They started off small, and then --

Things built from there. This story had us toying around with several "punsibilities," like it`s time for us to Lego of your attention. But we hope you`ll block out 10 minutes again tomorrow for more CNN Student News. See you then.[qh]

有人肯定知道答案是萨曼塔·加维。她是我们下一个来自玛丽·斯诺报道的重点。由于加维研究蚌类，所以这名高中学生正在争取一个100000美元的奖学金竞赛。这是艰苦的比赛,但是毕竟加维的一些经验能够克服逆境。
17岁的加维是一个很有抱负的对贝壳眼光敏锐的海洋生物学家。
他们聚集在一起。
她花了多年的时间研究贝类及这种生物如何保护自己。但是在纽约的高中,她也学到了一些教训,那就是在受到攻击时要变得强硬。
她入围著名的科学天才英特尔搜索的半决赛。但是她在无家可归的庇护所得到了这个令人兴奋的消息。她的家人已经在12月31日遭到驱逐。
这是令人担忧的,你知道。这非常令人担忧,因为你想我将会何去何从?好像无处可去,我将会在一个无家可归的住所?
萨曼塔的父母去年在一次车祸中受伤。他们同时失去工作,这使他们生活开始变得拮据。
在家庭中苦苦挣扎,萨曼塔表示她获得的灵感来源于学校和她的科学教师,丽贝卡·格雷拉,后者是两次染上乳腺癌但仍然存活的幸运儿。
她告诉我们她的故事。我想,哇,这太令人惊奇了。我要帮助她。
听到这句话感觉如何?
这是双向的。我从萨曼那里得到的是她的谦逊,她有能力帮助他人,而且会竭尽其所能。
萨曼塔的事迹引起了纽约官员们的注意。他们现在为加维家庭提供公共住宅。
这是——你知道,这是最令人惊异的事情,你可以问。我知道每个人——我们都在这里落泪,我们已经泣不成声。
流着眼泪,萨曼塔的母亲奥尔嘉遭受着质疑。
我有时候会哭泣。什么?竟然发生这样的事?是的，这事发生了。
萨曼莎的父亲表示他的女儿一直是一个斗士,当她出生的时候，体重仅两磅。
她已经从一个小巨人变成了女强人。
CNN玛丽·斯诺，从纽约为您发回的报道。
精彩的故事。这是我们2012年第一篇博客报道。你可以在cnnstudentnews.com博客中与我们分享你对上次主题的见解与感想。我们曾问过总统或州长赦免一名罪犯时应该考虑什么。
来自阿丽娜的声音：要审查犯罪的严重性。赦免的人肯定不能对社会再次造成威胁。
奥利表示领导人应该看看罪行,罪犯的行为及他们的拘留时间。她补充道,“它将会发送错误的信息,即使是在你的罪名成立,你并不需要支付全部罚款。”
妮可问道:“如果罪犯没有改变怎么办?如果他们可能继续做那样的事怎么办?”
伊恩补充道,官员应该考虑罪犯是否可以得到一份工作或者一个住的地方，当然家庭的支持也是必要的。
奥利维亚表示州长在赦免前应该非常仔细看罪犯的背景。
威尔表示如果是谋杀,那更聪明的做法或常识是不让他们出狱。
好的。在我们今天的节目结束之前,我们欣赏阿拉巴马州一段有趣的大会。
从摩天大楼一直笔直而下来到街上,这里的一切都是积木建设的。
这是一个乐高大会。爱好者和建设者们聚集在一起。这些创造物并非是玩笑。一件展示品大约使用一百万块积木,价值约200000美元。
对于许多乐高迷来说,当他们还是孩子时就已经养成了这项爱好。从小时候开始培养，之后…
在这里建设。这个故事让我们打算搭一些“punsibilities”,希望乐高能够吸引你的注意力。但我们希望你们仍然花10分钟时间来看CNN学生新闻。我们明天会带给你更多，明天再见。
注：听力文本来源于普特
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1. mussel n. 贻贝

dark-shelled edible mussel that lives attached to rocks.
 附着在岩石上的深色可食用贻贝。
2. congregate v. 使集合，聚集

We are congregated for a meeting.
我们集合起来开会。
3. prestigious a. 享有声望的，声望很高的
He's trying to get a tenure-track position at some prestigious university．
 他想在著名大学找一份能够取得终身教职的工作。
4. evict v. 驱逐

Don't fall behind with the rent, or you'll be evicted.
不要逾期不缴房租，否则会被逐出。

5. survivor n.  幸存者

He is the only survivor of the plane crash.
他是那次飞机失事唯一的幸存者。