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 It's been a record setting day for the healthcare.gov website as last minute choppers rushed to sign up for health insurance, but NPR's Juli Roberner reports late comers are getting a  one day reprive if they want coverage¹ to start on Jan 1st.

 

At 5 pm a million people had already visited the health insurance website and starting at 11 am officials began asking some to come back at a later time. Those trying to reach call centers were also told to prepare for long waits and to be sure their call or cellphones were fully² charged. Because of the heavy volume officials reprogram computers to allow everyone trying to sign up on what was supposed to be this last day to finish the process Tuesday. But that also means people who just show up can also sign up for coverage. A few days running their own exchanges Mariland, Minisuda and Roda Island have still later deadlines for Jan 1st start day. Juli Roberner, NPR news, Washington.

 

U.S. military officials are reporting that about 150 U.S. marines are poised³ to enter South Sudan to provide security for the U.S. embassy and to evacuate⁴ Americans. NPR's Graig Rewaner reports form Juba where thousands of displaced people have gathered at the UN compound.

 

Most of the people that could flee have flet. America, Britain and other countries have been shelting their nationals, have been shelting out their nationals from South Sudan on evacuation flights. For those left here in the capital Juba, the mood is quite, life in town is almost return to normal. But the UN compound is full of thousands of displaced people and in jungle stage which seen some of the worst fighting, people are sleeping outside the full compacity UN compound prefering to sleep on the ground in relative safety than risks spending the night in their homes. For many in South Sudan it's a chilling reminder⁵ of the recent past in those years of civil war when people would flee to the jungle for safety as long as their food would last. Graig Warner, NPR News, Juba.

 

Nearly 700 same sex couples in Utah obtained marriage licenses⁶ since Friday when federal judge ruled against the state ban on same sex weddings. That's judge refuse today to go along with request by the state to block the issue of licenses while the case works its way through the appeal process. Most of the licenses were issued in Salt Lake city.

 

Economic report out today showed Americans increased spending in Nov by most in five month, income was alos higher slightly. Commerce department says consumer spending rose by 0.1% from Oct, the best showing since June.   was driven by a dropping spending on long lasting⁷ durable⁸ goods like autos and consumer income rose 0.1%, that's improvement form 0.1% drop in Oct. Wages and salaries the most important components⁹ of income rose slight 0.4%.

 

On Wall Street higher by the closing bell, the Don up 73 end at 16,294, the NASDAQ up 44. This is NPR News.

 

Audio gears seems to be topping the holiday gifts lists of many Americans this year. The research from NPD group says audio equipment including headphones and speakers     30% of eight billion dollars in consumer electronic sales between nov 24th and Dec 7th. Headphone sales rose 14% as streaming speakers nearly a quater        Americans look to squizze better sound of new smart phone, tablats and TVs.

 

The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC has unveiled a Vangle painting completed in last few weeks of artist's life. NPR's Alice Kays reports it's one of the best preserves examples of his work.

 

The painting Green    feels    is from 1890. National gallery of key retor   Mury says it was painted after Vangle's voluntary confinement¹⁰ in this island.

 

It's a revolution on many levels.

 

Vangle is    return to north France's homecoming and Mury says the bright painting with swollaing blue white and green clouds in dancing week fields has better on public views of 1966, it was what retains his p   .

 

Pretty much like the day that he finished it.

 

The painting was bequithed to the national gallery of art by Flan Mallen. Alice Kays, NPR News, Washington.

 

A new study shows women who eat nuts or peana butter during pregnancy¹¹ don't appeared to rise the risk of their kids will have anergies. The study published in Jama PD examined more than 8,000 children born to female nurses. It found children whose moms ate nuts at least 500 a month while pregnant were 69% less likely to have anegies than those moms who rearly ate nuts.

 

Oil prices are lower by the closing bell, down 41 cents at 98.91 a barral. 

 

I am Jane Heburst, NPR News in Washington.

1 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

4 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。

5 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

6 licenses   

n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句

7 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

8 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。

9 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

10 confinement   

n.幽禁，拘留，监禁；分娩；限制，局限

参考例句：

• He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
• The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。

11 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。