NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-11-21

 President Obama is urging congress to hold off on new sanctions against Iran while international negotiators meet in Geneva. NPR’s Ari Shapiro reports bipartisan group of senators met in the White House today to discuss the nuclear talks.

 

President Obama spoke¹ for two hours with key members of both parties after the meeting Republicans expressed concerns that US is giving up too much leverages² in this negotiations³. President Obama told the Wall Street Journal congress should give these talks a chance.

 

We were able to get Iran to seriously come to the table and look at how are they going to give assurances to the international committees that they are, in fact, not pursuing a nuclear weapons program. 

 

The president emphasized that the US is not considering dismantling⁴ sanctions just putting among hold for a bit. That way, he says, the sanctions can ramp⁵ back up if Iran proves not to be serious about putting it at end of the deal. Ari Shapiro, NPR News, the White House.

 

George Zimmerman was in court today, facing Domestic violence charges. NPR’s Greg Allen reports Zimmerman’s appearance comes just four months after he was acquitted⁶ with criminal charges in the shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin.

 

It was yearly reminiscence of George Zimmerman’s earlier arrangement on murder and manslaughter chargers. Council with jury found him not guilty in July. Zimmerman was arrested Monday after his girlfriend called police, saying he pointed⁷ a shotgun at her and forced her out of her home. Now sprouting⁸ a full beard and in grey prison jumpsuit, he was back in the courtroom in Seminole county where Judge George Schott read the charges 

 

There is a domestic violence-related aggravated⁹ assault with deadly weapon and domestic violence-related battery and criminal mischief¹⁰. Do you understand?

 

Yes, sir. Yes, I am.

 

The judge releases Zimmerman on 9,000 dollars bill in order to term him to return for trail in January. Greg Allen, NPR News, Miami. 

 

JP Morgan Chase agrees to settle charges involving the company sale of substandard mortgage-backed securities during the financial crisis under terms of deal set to be largest ever between the US government and cooperation. JP Morgan will pay 13 billion dollars to settle civil inquiries¹¹ in the case. Tony West, the associated Attorney General, help negotiate the settlement. 

 

I think what you have here, it is a package of consumer relief, a manual of consumer relief that can address what was another casualty of this type of product, not just investors¹² who lost the money, they are getting a lot of their money back but also individuals who were hurt on main stream.

 

Justice Department’s settlement includes four billion dollars set aside to compensate¹³ consumers. It is still not clear whether the government’s plans eventually bring criminal charges.

 

Acquainted the No.2 Democrat¹⁴ in the House, the GOP’s top negotiator was not interested in funding a compromise will replace the automatic budget cuts known as sequester¹⁵. Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland is accusing House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan of Wisconsin of not engaging in serious efforts to reach an agreement.

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down eight points at 15,967. 

 

You are listening to NPR News in Washington.

 

Police in Virginia are still releasing few details about the incident where state senator, a former gubernatorial candidate, was found a stab multiple times at his home. They say earlier indications are the 24-year-old son of Virginian Senator Creigh Deeds stabbed his father before shooting himself. His son Gus was found dead from a gunshot wound. Virginian state police say authority is response to the home following a 911 call. 55-year-old Deeds unsuccessfully ran against Virginian governor Bob McDonnell. Deeds who hospitalized in critical condition is not being upgraded to fair condition. 

 

The suspect in this month’s fatal shooting at Los Angeles International Airport has been released from the hospital. NPR’s Sam Sanders reports Paul Anthony Ciancia has been hospitalized since the day of shooting.

 

Ciancia was released from medical center Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center into the custody¹⁶ of the US marshal service. Authorities believe Ciancia is the shooter who opened the fire in Terminal 3 of LAX in the morning of November 1st, killing¹⁷ a TSA officer and wounding three others. Ciancia was shot in the head and leg during the gun battle with police. The shooting shut down the airport for hours and disrupted hundreds of flights. Federal prosecutors¹⁸ have charged Ciancia with murder and commission of violence at an international airport. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. In a note found in the bag Ciancia brought with him to the airport, he address TSA officers directly, saying he want to instill fear in their “traitorous minds”. Sam Sanders, NPR News.

 

150 years after Abraham Lincoln’s historical address in Gettysburg that he said it will not be long remembered, the event was remembered today with ceremony involving politicians, historians and others. Historian James McPherson saying Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg address came to time that looks as the nation might perish from the earth. 

1 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。

2 leverages   

促使…改变( leverage的第三人称单数 )； [美国英语]杠杆式投机，（使）举债经营，（使）利用贷款进行投机

参考例句：

• Additionally, this approach leverages the benefits of incremental and full backups. 除此之外，这一个作法也使渐近式以及完全的备份变得容易。
• A simple formula for building mutual value-creating relationships with consumers leverages dialogue, data, and insights. 与客户建立共同的价值创造关系，一条简单的准则就是利用对话、数据和洞察力。

3 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

4 dismantling   

（枪支）分解

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
• The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。

5 ramp   

n.暴怒，斜坡，坡道；vi.作恐吓姿势，暴怒，加速；vt.加速

参考例句：

• That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
• The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。

6 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

7 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

8 sprouting   

v.发芽( sprout的现在分词 )；抽芽；出现；（使）涌现出

参考例句：

• new leaves sprouting from the trees 树上长出的新叶
• They were putting fresh earth around sprouting potato stalks. 他们在往绽出新芽的土豆秧周围培新土。 来自名作英译部分

9 aggravated   

使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 )； 使更严重； 激怒； 使恼火

参考例句：

• If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him. 假如他再激怒我，我就要揍他。
• Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it. 这药非但不镇咳，反而使我咳嗽得更厉害。

10 mischief   

n.损害，伤害，危害；恶作剧，捣蛋，胡闹

参考例句：

• Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
• He seems to intend mischief.看来他想捣蛋。

11 inquiries   

n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 )；疑问；探究；打听

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释，等候进一步调查。
• I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12 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

13 compensate   

vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消

参考例句：

• She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
• Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。

14 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

15 sequester   

vt.使退隐，使隔绝

参考例句：

• Everything he owned was sequestered.他的所有财产都被扣押了。
• This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months.预计这个陪审团将至少被隔离两个月。

16 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

17 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。

18 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。