美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-30

 More than half million people in five states are without powers. Issac makes it slow six-mile per hour track inland on the U.S. gulf¹ coast. The storm continues to lash² New Orleans on the seventh anniversary of hurricane Katrina. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal says they may have to intentionally³ breach⁴ a levee on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish, where only roofs and tops of street lights can be seen picking out from the flood waters. 

 

Parish estimated there are approximately about 3,000 people still there in that area. The National Guard is working with Parish to help that evacuation, for example, there was Riverbend nursing home on the west bank that will be evacuated⁵. There are approximately 112 residents there, including 80 residents will be evacuated in wheelchairs, 11 in beds. 11 will go straight via ambulance to a sister nursing home.

 

WKRF’s Amy Jeffries reports that for Louisiana’s capital city about 98 miles from New Orleans the way is agonizing⁶. 

 

With Issac moving as slowly as it is, state climate meteorologist Beryl Camp says the height of storm would not reach Louisiana’s capital city until late this afternoon.

 

Few things will be NNNN with storm force when it all way through the night tonight, so bad moods are going to get better for extended period.

 

Tropic storm force gusts⁷ are already responsible for tens of thousands of power outages in and around Baton⁸ Rouge⁹. Once it goes out, it may be out for awhile. Utility crews would not start with restoring service until winds dropped below 40 miles per hour. For some, that has brought flashback to hurricane Gustav. After that storm struck in 2008, many here were without power for as long as two weeks. For NPR News, I am Amy Jeffries.

 

And we are now seeing reports at Issac has weakened to a tropical storm.

 

Turning now to the Republican national convention in Tampa, one of Florida’s raising female starts is speaking about the so-called “war on women”. NNNNN of member station WUSF has that story.

 

Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi scheduled to speak at the RNC today, but she is already speaking out against Obama’s accusation¹¹ of former Massachusetts’ Governor as being anti-women.

 

First of all, his Lieutenant¹² governor who is wonderful was a woman. His chief of staff was a woman. He has put women in the highest places in his cooperation and he is in such support of what we do as woman and we can totally count on Mitt¹³ Romney.

 

Bondi led the unsuccessful for multi-state lawsuit¹⁴ against the affordable¹⁵ care act. From NPR News I am NNN in Tampa.

 

Republican vice¹⁰ president candidate Paul Ryan takes his turn at the polling tonight. At the convention Ryan will attempt to relate to working class builders by gearing his message toward small town valleys and brighter economic outlook with a Romney White House.

 

The last check on Wall Street, the Dow was up 19 points at 13,122, this is NPR.

 

The U.S. economy grow at a slightly stronger pace in the second quarter than originally thought, however the economy is still expanding at pace too weak to lower nation’s unemployment rate.

 

Prisoner is convicted of terrorism at the state of Illinois will be severing¹⁶ out more of their sentences under a new law. As NPR’s Dina Temple-Raston tells us starting next year, terrorist will have limited time offer for good behavior. 

 

The New Illinois law will require terrorists to serve about at least 85% of their sentences, just as people convicted first degree murder must do. First degree murder can only receive 4.5 days of good conduct credit every month. Other prisoners basically get a day off their sentence for everyday of good behavior. The law is in response to a case involving a former southern Illinois university student, who is convicted of making a terrorist threat. He was sentenced to five years which means he got to leave prison after just a little over two years. The new law takes effect January 1st. Dina Temple-Raston NPR News.

 

The enlightenment gala opens London’s Paralympics tonight. 4,200 athletics¹⁷ from 166 nations and territories will be welcomed into the Olympic stadium for the night event. World renowned¹⁸ physics professor Stephen Hawking¹⁹ will join the actor Sir Ian McKellen in narrating²⁰ what is described as a scientific journey of discovery.

 

U.S. stocks trading higher with the Dow up 13 points at 13,116, NASDAQ adding four points it is at 3,081, and the S&P 500 up slightly at 1,411.

1 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

2 lash   

v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛

参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

3 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

4 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

5 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

6 agonizing   

adj.痛苦难忍的；使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦；折磨(agonize的ing形式)

参考例句：

• I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not. 我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
• his father's agonizing death 他父亲极度痛苦的死

7 gusts   

一阵强风( gust的名词复数 )； （怒、笑等的）爆发； （感情的）迸发； 发作

参考例句：

• Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
• Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。

8 baton   

n.乐队用指挥杖

参考例句：

• With the baton the conductor was beating time.乐队指挥用指挥棒打拍子。
• The conductor waved his baton,and the band started up.指挥挥动指挥棒，乐队开始演奏起来。

9 rouge   

n.胭脂，口红唇膏；v.(在…上)擦口红

参考例句：

• Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。
• She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。

10 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

11 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。

12 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

13 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。

14 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

15 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

16 severing   

v.切断，断绝( sever的现在分词 )；断，裂

参考例句：

• The death of a second parent is like severing an umbilical cord to our past. 父母当中第二个人去世，就象斩断了把我们同过去联在一起的纽带。 来自辞典例句
• The severing theory and severing method for brittle block are studied. 研究裂纹技术应用于分离脆性块体的分离理论和分离方法。 来自互联网

17 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

18 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

19 hawking   

利用鹰行猎

参考例句：

• He is hawking his goods everywhere. 他在到处兜售他的货物。
• We obtain the event horizon and the Hawking spectrumformula. 得到了黑洞的局部事件视界位置和Hawking温度以及Klein—Gordon粒子的Hawking辐射谱。

20 narrating   

v.故事( narrate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She entertained them by narrating her adventures in Africa. 她讲述她在非洲的历险来使他们开心。
• [Mike Narrating] Worm and I fall into our old rhythm like Clyde Frazier and Pearl Monroe. [迈克叙述] 虫子和我配合得象以前一样默契我们两好象是克莱德。弗瑞泽和佩尔。门罗。 来自电影对白