NPR 2011-09-29

 Wall Street's three-day winning streak¹ ends with stocks down before the close. Investors² just cannot shake their worries about Europe's stability to contain its debt crisis and the feature of the US economy is also a concern before whereas the market was boosted by news that the drop in durable³-goods last month turned out to be less than analysts,such as,Roy Blumberg at the Philadelphia  group had expected.

 

 

That this has been ,economic data is going to get a lot worse,slow down in Europe,slow down in Asia,corporate earnings⁴ will not hold up,and I think we are going to be a little bit  pleasant  we surprised to discover just not as bad as we think,just like today's durable.

 

 

Orders from manufacture goods had fallen just 0.1%. At last check on Wall Street,the Dow was down 185 points at 11,006 and down 1.5%. NASDAQ down 2% at 2492.

 

 

A federal judge is blocking part of what's considered to be the toughest crackdown on illegal immigration in the country. But as NPR's Debbe Elliott reports some of the toughest provisions of Alabama's new immigration law will go into effect. 

 

 

US district judge,Sharon Blackburn in Birmingham is issuing a preliminary injunction against four provisions of Alabama's law. They would have made it legal to conceal⁵, transport,harbor or shield illegal immigrants or to deduct⁶ as a business expanse,wages paid to undocumented workers. The US Justice Department thought the injunction arguing Alabama lawmakers overstepped to the federal government authority to set immigration policy. But Blackburn refused to block at least six other provisions challenged by the Justice Department,including a requirement that public schools check the immigrationstatus,students and their parents and one that makes it unlawful to enter into a contract (to?)with an illegal immigrant. Debbe Elliott,NPR news.

 

 

Face with pressure to do more to help immigrant advocates,President Obama held a White House roundtable today with Led-innovators in which he pledged to keep the issue a top priority.

 

 

The US Security Council has taken one small step on its path of considering the Palestinian bid to join  the United Nations as a members state. As NPR's Michele Kelemen reports the council handed the application to a committee to review it.

 

 

Palestinian diplomat⁷ Riyad Mansour  says he is grateful to the UN Security Council for moving as he put it,decisively and clearly on the Palestinian application. A security council committee is to meet on Friday. Here in Washington,State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland says it's understanding that there are still a lot of work to do. The US which has vowed⁸ to block the membership bid has been trying to shift attention away from that and backed international efforts to get Israelis and Palestinians negotiating again on a deal that would create a Palestinian state. Michele Kelemen,NPR news Washington.

 

 

Before the close,the Dow was down nearly 180 points at 11,011. This is NPR news.

 

 

The Guantanamo detainee accused of plotting the deadly attack on the USS Cole eleven years ago,will face capital charges at his war crimes trial at the US base in Cuba. The Pentagon says if convicted,Abd al-Nashiri could be executed. 

 

 

The United Nations is reporting a 39% surge in Afghanistan,violence for the quarter compared to the same period last year. It says as the end of August,the monthly number of deadly incidents had surpassed 2,100. Adding to that number,the deaths of three NATO-led coalition⁹ troops killed in a roadside bombing today in eastern Afghanistan.

 

 

Estimates are out on the amount of fire damage done to Texas this year. The cost is staggering. The state's  AgriLife Extension Service's agriculture has lost more than 152 million dollars as of last week.

 

 

The Library of Congress has announced winners of its annual Gershwin Prize for popular song. They are Burt Bacharach and Hal David. We are from NPR's Neda Ulaby.

 

 

Hal David is 90 years old and Burt Bacharach is 83. Their names tend to bring this song to mind. 

Raindrops are falling on my hair...

 

 

But David and Bacharach also wrote Walk on By,I Say A Little Prayer, and a song it has been estimated to have been played on the radio more than two million times.

 

 

world needs now is love,sweet love.

 

 

For the past 50 years,Bacharach and David accumulated virtually every music industrial award you can think of. They join Paul Simon,Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney as Gershwin Prize recipients¹⁰. They have also been ** the highest honor being covered by the Cast of Glee. Neda Ulaby. NPR news.

1 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

3 durable   

adj.持久的，耐久的

参考例句：

• This raincoat is made of very durable material.这件雨衣是用非常耐用的料子做的。
• They frequently require more major durable purchases.他们经常需要购买耐用消费品。

4 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

5 conceal   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽

参考例句：

• He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
• He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。

6 deduct   

vt.扣除，减去

参考例句：

• You can deduct the twenty - five cents out of my allowance.你可在我的零用钱里扣去二角五分钱。
• On condition of your signing this contract,I will deduct a percentage.如果你在这份合同上签字，我就会给你减免一个百分比。

7 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

8 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

9 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

10 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》