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 Authority say a gunman and another person are dead, two others were wounded today following a shooting at a medical center in Rino Nevada. While the incident is still being investigated the authority say a man entered the center for advance medicine at Rino regional medical center today began firing. The police chief, deputy chief Tom Robinson says among the dead is suspected gunman.

 

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Conditions of other who were wounded still not known at this hour.

 

California seate big sir region is under threat from a slow moving wild fire that has consumed 550 acers, destroying 15 homes and forcing about 100 people to evacuate² the mountain area. NPR's Richard Guzales has more.

 

Big Sir about 150 miles south of San Francisco is a major tourist draw known for its rogit coast and breathtaking views of the pacific ocean. Typically the fire season is over by now, but drought conditions have left a lot dry field for the bleeze that started Sunday. Untill recently the region was   about 45 inches of rain each year, this year only seven inches of rain have dropped. The cause of the fire is still under investigation³. Richard Gunzalas, NPR News, San Francisco.

 

NASA says astronauts will have to conduct a series of space walks to replace a 40 pup vodul aboard the international space station. NPR's Fel reports the work will begin this weekend.

 

The trouble began when a critical part of the cooling system aboard the international space station stopped working. Astronauts were forced to shut down some of the station's systems to keep them from over heating. NASA isolated⁴ the single voule that was causing the problem but efforts to fix it romotely have failed. Now the agency says a series of space walks will be needed to replace a 780 pound mudul that holds the vouel, meanwhile a resupply rocket set to launch this week will be delayed untill Jan. The repaire work is scheduled to begin on Saturday. Jef Bermufel, NPR News.

 

Government's mainly inflation gage⁵ show a little signs of movement last month, the labour department is reporting its consumer price index which measures the cost of a market basket of good basicly fight in Nov after dropping 0.1% the previous month.   was due to falling gas prices which declined 1.6% last month excluding volt⁶ of food and energy prices they so called core rate inflation which is also a little changed up to 0.2%. Over the past 12 months the consumer prices have raisen just 1.2%. 

 

On Wall Street stocks largely trading water today head of the end of tomorrow's federal reserve board meeting the last of year, the Don Jones industry average closed down nine points to end the session at 15,875, the nasdaq was down five points today closing 4,023, standard pul 500 lost five points end the session at 1781.

 

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According to an official who was aboard the coast cruse liner when ground off the coast of Italy in Jan of 2012, the ship's captain was distracted in talking on the phone when incident took place. Shrio Brozio the ship's first officer telling a court in Tas today he had communicated with Hanjester the captain Francisco's codino because he was distracted.  maintain the ship was too close the island when  around killing⁷ 32 people, Tino is accused of man slaughter⁸ causing the ship wrack⁹ and abandoning the ship. 

 

On his 77th birthday, pop Francis has named father Pier¹⁰ Fiber¹¹     16 century French judge sin, NPR's John Bernat reports.

 

Pier Fiber was the first recrewed society of Jesus the judgule was too which the pop belongs,  hte   observors say Francis has long considered the French judgeul a role model. They both support a church reform and rich down to non cathelics. Pop in a recent intervies spoke¹² of Fiber's symple piety¹³, a certain nieve tae, capable of strong decisons but also genetally leving. Fiber was born in 1506 and be friend two more famous judguls,  Loula and Francis Exzwia. Fiber was dipatched as missionary¹⁴ to cities through out Europ in the mid¹⁵ 16 century during the violence of the protest refermention. Pop Francis bypast the church usual two miracle requirement in Cana dear Fiber. John Bernat, NPR News.

 

Going gap between those with money and those without it in this country is becoming increasing concern to a group of economists¹⁶ who say it's not just bad for individuals but for the U.S. economy as a whole. More than three deozen economists said the wide spending by wealthy Americans starts to help drive the economy, more even distributional wealth would be moe beneficial.

 

I am Jack¹⁷ Speer, NPR News in Washington.  

1 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。

2 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

5 gage   

n.标准尺寸，规格；量规，量表 [=gauge]

参考例句：

• Can you gage what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
• It's difficult to gage one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。

6 volt   

n.伏特，伏

参考例句：

• You may use 100 and 110 volt appliances in your room.您可以在房间使用100及110伏特的电器。
• The common service voltage of electric power in our country is 220/380 volt.我国普通供电电压为220/380伏。

7 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。

8 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

9 wrack   

v.折磨；n.海草

参考例句：

• Periodic crises wrack the capitalist system,and they grow in size and duration.周期性的危机破坏着资本主义制度，这种危机的规模在扩大，时间在延长。
• The wrack had begun to stink as it rotted in the sun.海草残骸在阳光下腐烂，开始变臭了。

10 pier   

n.码头；桥墩，桥柱；[建]窗间壁，支柱

参考例句：

• The pier of the bridge has been so badly damaged that experts worry it is unable to bear weight.这座桥的桥桩破损厉害，专家担心它已不能负重。
• The ship was making towards the pier.船正驶向码头。

11 fiber   

n.纤维，纤维质

参考例句：

• The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。
• The material must be free of fiber clumps.这种材料必须无纤维块。

12 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。

13 piety   

n.虔诚，虔敬

参考例句：

• They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity.他们去教堂不是出于虔诚而是出于好奇。
• Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.经验使我们看到虔诚与善意之间有着巨大的区别。

14 missionary   

adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士

参考例句：

• She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
• I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

15 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

16 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。