NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-16

 Tremendous progress according to the senate majority leader Harry¹ Reid, though he says he and his GOP counterpart in the senate aren't there yet. The comments on the senate floor, coming as democratic and republican senators working on a fiscal² deal would extend the US borrowing authority and reopen the government. NPR's AuthoTranxxx has more. 

 

The neither leader is commenting specifically on the deal just yet. It's still taking shape and the details seem to be changing. There seems to be multiple proposals, but the talk still seems to be focusing on at least reopening the government through neither the end of this year or into early next year, and raising the debt selling into the early part of 2014. 

 

NPR's AuthoTranxx, senate leaders are set to meet again tomorrow. Meeting at the White House earlier today was postponed⁴ to meet signs of progress between the respective sides. 

 

Tomorrow six world powers meet with Iran in Geneva for talks on verifying that country's nuclear intensions. As NPR's Emily Harry explains from Jerusalem, some Israelis say a diplomatic solution is possible to keep iran from developing a nuclear bomb. 

 

Israel's minister of intelligence  Yuval Steinitz said if Iran faced a real choice between improving its economy and continuing its nuclear program. It's possible Iranian leaders would stop enriching uranium and close nuclear facilities. 

 

We want the Geneva talks to succeed, and we don't close the door for diplomatic solution. 

 

Israel is trying to convince world powers to keep sanctions in place until it's clear Iran can not develop a nuclear weapon. In a speech opening a new session of parliament Monday, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said easing sanctions early would be a historic mistake. Emily Harry NPR NEws, Jerusalem. 

 

A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that hit the southern Philippines today reported to have claimed at least four lives, but it may be more deaths and damages resulted of the relatively⁵ shallow quake. There were reports from the Philippine national disaster agency that four people died in the town of Siboxx, after a building collapsed⁶ on top of them. US geological survey confirmed the quake which apparently⁷ centered around Bohol island, north of another island, apparently no threat of a tsunami⁸. 

 

Three Americans have won the Nobel prize for economics, Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Yale economist⁹ Robert Shiller, showing that they were often hard to sort out, the day to day noise on Wall Street, longer term, markets made much more sense. Shiller says it was not prepared when the call came from the committee this morning bell. 

 

While I was getting out of the shower, this morning, I wasn't properly dressed, but I didn't run on miss the phone call, so I talked in our kitchen. 

 

The work done by the trail shows statistical¹⁰ methods can be developed to test there as if assets and how that attects financial market pricing. The three-member shared the 1.2 million-dollar prize. 

 

Stocks after a sharply lower open moved higher near the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 64 points to close at 15,301; the NASDAQ rose 23 points today. You are listening to NPR News in Washington. 

 

In Vietnam, reports over 180,000 people are being evacuated¹¹ from coastal¹² areas to schools and public buildings as typhoon Nari bears down on the country. The powerful strong passed over the Philippines over the weekend killing¹³ at leat 13 people there, is expected to reach the Vietnam's coast by early tomorrow morning, brings sustained winds up to 83 miles an hour, sorts heavy rain could cause flooding and property damage. At least ten popular tourist hotels in the town of  Hoi An, were ordered to move their guests inland. 

 

Some of the Red Cross workers kidnapped in northern Syria were free today after the international committee of the Red Cross said one of their teams have been abducted¹⁴. TimfySiemensxx, reports. 

 

Three of the six workers from international committee for the Red Cross, and one volunteer from the Syrian Arab Red Cross were released sick in sound, according to a trade posted by the ICRC's head operations for the middle east. Three more ICRC workers whose identities are still unknown, remain missing. Their combo was attacked yesterday by unknown assailants in Aidxx province in northwestern Syria. Elsewhere, /// province, a car bomb killed at least 27 people in the rebel controlled town of dDxxxx, near the Turkish border. The bomb went off the town's market and some of the injured were evacuated cross the border to  Turkey for medical assistance. For NPR News, I'm TinfyxxSiemensxx, in Beirut. 

 

Germany's been as side step tougher EU emissions¹⁵ loss contending the law could harm its auto¹⁶ industry, though it may be only temporary. Made strong lobbying from Berlin, the 28-nation block agreed to postpone³ the new tougher guidelines, the EU climate commissioner¹⁷ deployed¹⁸ the delay and stressed that the scope of any rule changes very limited.  Germany has been seeking a four-year delay on the law which limited carbon dioxide emissions of car fleets. 

 

Crude oil futures¹⁹ prices closed higher today, the price of oil was up $0.38 a barrel to close at $100.41 a barrel in New York. 

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

3 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

4 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

5 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

6 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

7 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

8 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

9 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

10 statistical   

adj.统计的，统计学的

参考例句：

• He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table.他用统计表显示价格的波动。
• They're making detailed statistical analysis.他们正在做具体的统计分析。

11 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。

12 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

13 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

14 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

15 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

16 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

17 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

18 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

19 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。