NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-02-03

　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum.

 

　　Vice¹ President Joe Biden said today the United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran and its nuclear program if that country shows its serious ... in such negociations. Biden spoke² in Unik where he's atending an international conference on security.

 

　　The five men accused in the brutal³ gang rape⁴ of a young woman in New Deli who subsequently died from injuries in the attack have pleaded not guilty in a special court set up to expertize the case, NPR's Jully Macacy reports.

 

　　The five men are charged with a range of offenses⁵ including criminal conspiracy⁶, gang rape, kidnapping and murder. The accused now face a judge trial which is set to begin Tuesday. The maximum penalty under the charges they face is death, police say that the young victem who died and her male companion had been attacked with an iron rod and the chee had been gang raped⁷. The assult proked national outrage⁸ and caused to overhall the laws reguarding sex crimes. The ....... approved an order Friday that include the death penalty for grave sex affenses but women's groups say it fails to bar those charge with sexual assult from seeking office or bringing the arm forces charge with sex crimes under indian criminal law. Jully Macacy, NPR News, New Deli.

 

　　In an interview with NPR outgoing Defense⁹ Secratary Lion Penada says while there may be some reluctance¹⁰ he expects the millitary will allow women to serve in ground combat posts, much like firefighters and police have accepted women into their ranks. NPR's Tom Borman has more.

 

　　Penada has scrapped¹¹ the so-called ground combat exclusion¹² policy, the move that can open up as many as a quarter million jobs to women. But the marine¹³ court ... general James Amens says some jobs might be closed to women if too few can meet the standards, that didn't sit well with Penada,

 

　　I think getting rid of the barrier makes it a little tougher for them to come back, in the acceptions and I don't think that's going to be that easy to do if you know want to know about the truth.

 

　　Penada says it's important that the millitary maitain tough standards. Tom Borman, NPR News, Washington.

 

　　A hostage situation is in its fifth day in world Alabama where negociations continue to try and free a five-yera-old boy being held in an undergound bunker. From member WBA Cam Dan Carson reports authorities say they have been in constant contact with the suspect about the safty of the boy.

 

　　They found out that there is a heater, an electric heater and some blanks down the banker where the Jan D.s's holding the five-year-old boy. And for sure thanks to the suspect that might be negocianting tech to thank the suspect because he has allowed authorities to pass medication and colouring books through down through the PBC pipeline¹⁴ that they are using to communicate down to the boy.

 

　　Dan Carson reporting from Midland City  Alabama.The boy had been taken from a school bus Tuesday the bus driver was shot dead during the kidnapping.

 

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　　Federal mediators say they worked out a tentative agreement between longsure men and the operators of fifteen ports along the east coast. Geoge Coan head of the Federal Mediation¹⁵ and Conciliation¹⁶ Service says the proposed new contract must be rightified by both parties, but pot operations will continues during that process. He did not provided any details of the deal. Both sides have been in intensive negociantions since the previous contract ended in September.

 

　　A former fist dog has died. Geoge W. Bush and his wife Laura issued a statement annoucing the passing of their twelve-year-old scotish terie Barney. NPR's Jully Rownar the cause was reported as ....

 

　　The former president said Barney was a "fiece ... hunter whoes favorite activity in camp divid was chasing golf balls on the cheaping green. Around the White House, he was best known for his annual stense as host Barney camp, troding through the rooms, decrated the holidays with the camara strip to his head. The dog was the star of several vedio made by the White House. He was also know to nip the occational visitor although he was mostly well behaved. According to the Dalace News, Barney has survied by the family's other scotish terie Spely and Bob, the cat. Jully Rownar, NPR News, Washington.

 

　　It's Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney's Phil reportedly did not see its shadow today meaning spring is on its way. But the Pennsylvania rollen has a competetion. There are two groundhogs in New York, and they disagree. Mill of Long Island did see its shadow meaning another six weeks of winter. But Staten Island Chuck agreed with his Pennsylvania counterpart.

 

　　I'm Nora Raum, NPR News in Washington.

1 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。

2 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。

3 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

4 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

5 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

6 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

7 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

8 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

9 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

10 reluctance   

n.厌恶，讨厌，勉强，不情愿

参考例句：

• The police released Andrew with reluctance.警方勉强把安德鲁放走了。
• He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply.他表示很不愿意答复。

11 scrapped   

废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)； 打架

参考例句：

• This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
• It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。

12 exclusion   

n.拒绝，排除，排斥，远足，远途旅行

参考例句：

• Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
• He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.他专打高尔夫球，其他运动一概不参加。

13 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

14 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

15 mediation   

n.调解

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
• The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。

16 conciliation   

n.调解，调停

参考例句：

• By conciliation,cooperation is established.通过调解，友好合作关系得以确立。
• Their attempts at conciliation had failed and both sides were once again in dispute.他们进行调停的努力失败了，双方再次陷入争吵。