NPR 2011-12-31

 Thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the street cross Syria today in some of largest demonstration¹ in weeks. As NPR Deborah Amos reports, activists³ called for the rallies as show off extremes while Arab monitors are in the country.

 

They chanted, they sang, they knocked arms and shouted for downfall of Assad regime. Earlier this week, this neighborhood in the city Homs was under siege by Syrian army. Despite the losses, the anti-government movement has been energized⁴ by the president of Arab monitor team in Syria to assess the government's pledge and crackdown. In one demarks sober, a mass rally began at Homs move to multiple building where Arab observers were meeting with government officials. But dispersed⁵ activists when security police open fire on the crowd, Deborah Amos NPR news, Beirut.

 

The Obama Administration says Egyptian authorities are assuring them raids of proved democracy group will end.NPR, Michelle Kelemen reports several US organizations are among the target of Egyptian crackdown yesterday. According to senior state department officials ,the US ambassador, Egypt spoke⁶ member ,Egypt

ruling military council depressed⁷ them to allow non-government group to operate normally again. Officials say ambassador Patterson received assurance the raid of seized property would be returned. The International republican institute, the national democratic institute and freedom house all reported they had documents and computers taken by Egyptian police. The US sharply criticized Egyptian authorities for the raids and suggested US aid Egypt could be at stack crackdown on Human right democracy group continued. Michelle Kelemen ,NPR the state department.

 

A Tea Party activist² sued Virginia board election to get Newt Gingrich on the state’s primary ballot⁸. Jonathon Moseley says Gingrich met the 10000 signatures requirement and many of names were improperly⁹ excluded. Only Mitt¹⁰ Romney and Ron Paul are for Virginia republican primary. Both are statics tie in latest Iowa poll ahead Tuesday caucus¹¹ there. There are another GOP hopeful covering the state with eyes and many handshake as they can. Romney today, in the Western Des Moines.

 

I convince we state on the course where are on, you are going to see American hit war like they hit Europe. You are going to see abra experience which you see in Greece. Addaly that's not acceptable me

 

And speaking on Europe economy, Spain announces today instituted tougher austerity measures. The new treasure minister says the taxes would be applied¹² progressively on wealthy Spanish for 2 years.

 

On Wall Street, this hour, the Dow was down 48 points, at 12239.The NASDAQ was off three, the S&P down 3 .This is NPR.

 

A Federal judging California is blocking the state low-carbon fuel regulation .US district judge Lawrence J. O’Neill says the requirement violated the inner state commerce law in California constitution. By fee in state biofuels producer over those out of state. Regulation was designed to force producers and refiners to reduce their fuel carbon footprint.

 

North Korea is warning what it calls South Korea poppy foolish politician around world; don’t expect any changes in Pyongyang policy. It’s regime first statement under the country’s new leader Kim Jong Un.And in clear message of continuity since the death of Kim Jong il, statement bestow¹³ the title of great leader on his son. The country powerful national defense¹⁴ commission also says North Korea will never deal with South Korea government.

 

If your birthday is December 30th, you are in Somalia, you are out of luck, it doesn't exist.NPR Joe Rouse reports Samoa left cross the international date line today. For Samoans, Friday December 30th just didn't happen. The country skip directly into Saturday the 31th.Although anyone who scheduled to work on Non-existence will still got paid. Samoa is moving to West ，the International Date Line in order to be closer in time with its main trading partners，Austria and New Zealand. Until now, those countries have been almost four-day ahead of Samoa. The change did not affect nearby US territory of American Samoa, which still east of date line, Joe Rouse, NPR mews.

1 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

2 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

3 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 energized   

v.给予…精力，能量( energize的过去式和过去分词 )；使通电

参考例句：

• We are energized by love if we put our energy into loving. 如果我们付出能量去表现爱意，爱就会使我们充满活力。 来自辞典例句
• I am completely energized and feeling terrific. 我充满了活力，感觉非常好。 来自辞典例句

5 dispersed   

adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的

参考例句：

• The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
• After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

8 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

9 improperly   

不正确地，不适当地

参考例句：

• Of course it was acting improperly. 这样做就是不对嘛！
• He is trying to improperly influence a witness. 他在试图误导证人。

10 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

11 caucus   

n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议

参考例句：

• This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。
• It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

12 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

13 bestow   

v.把…赠与，把…授予；花费

参考例句：

• He wished to bestow great honors upon the hero.他希望将那些伟大的荣誉授予这位英雄。
• What great inspiration wiII you bestow on me?你有什么伟大的灵感能馈赠给我？

14 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。