NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-02-20

　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh

 

　　Marine¹ court general John Allen has withdrawn² his name from consideration to be NATO supreme³ commander in Europe and he is retiring from military . Allen told president Obama his decision during a meeting at white house today. NPR reports president says he accepted Allen's request to retire so the general can address health issue with his family. In the statement issued by the white house, Obama calls Allen one's nation finalist military leader . And He says convey his deep personal appreciation⁴ for Allen's service over past nineteen months as US top commander in Afghanistan. Allen's nomination⁵ for the NATO post was put on hole when allegation surface mayor sent inappropriate email message to Florida social net but he was clear any wrongdoing last month following the investigation⁶ by the inspector⁷ general of defense⁸ department who looked in the email exchanges. After Allen was exonerated⁹, the white house indicated it's moving ahead with his nomination. Crieg Window NPR news Washington.

 

　　The latest warning from white house over possible sequester¹⁰ took on new urgency today. President Obama said this morning if congress failed to approve stop gap measure, 8.5 billion dollars in cut would take effect in ten days. The impact would be filled across government. Once more tax revenue, congressional republicans argue president already got back now it offered more in the way of trimming spending .

 

　　The supreme court is taking another challenge to campaign finance laws . NPR Peter told us the new case seize to overturn a single aspect to limit how much individuals can give to candidates and party committee. Like a lot of case on political money, Macashe worse the federal election commission ask a relative small question. Can the court throw out just a big overall cap and how the donor¹¹ can give per year or per election cycle . Rechase teaches campaign finance law at the university of California at arl wine. If court does it ,then hall host campaign  contribution limit could be subjected to future challenge .1976 supreme court decision says government can limit contribution to candidates and parties to guard gash¹² corruption¹³ and apparent corruption . Peter NPR news Washington.

 

　　Tunisia political transition now faces new uncertainty¹⁴, the country prime minister has stepped down after he was unable to form a new government of technical crest¹⁵.

 

　　United Nation is out with new finding on civilian¹⁶ casualties in Afghanistan says last year 16 civilians¹⁷ were killed in US strung strike which rose to 70% in 2012 but report shows overall civilian casualties decreased from the previous year .Dow is up 49 .this is NPR.

 

　　A new law takes effect this year in North Carolina that cut unemployment benefit and raised business taxes .The governor signed the legislation today .From member station WFE Mike Tom, the state is trying to pay back 2.5 billion dollars to the federal government. North Carolina and more than 20 other states run out of money for unemployment insurance after the recession so they borrowed from federal government, now only California and New York still owed more than North Carolina, Governor P says the debt is unacceptable .Borrowing from Washington with no idea or plan on how to pay for ends with this administration . The law he signed dramatically cut unemployment benefit and slightly raised taxes on some business. It also means 170,000 North Carolinian who lose their federal extended benefit in July when the change takes effect. From NPR news, I'm Mike Tom .

 

　　Confidence among US home builders is down slightly from 6.5 year high .The National association home builder Wells Folk index dropped from 47 to 46 since January .rating below 50 generally suggest negative sentiment about housing market .

 

　　For the first time, Google stock has topped 800 dollars as it has come more than 4 years after the online Giant first holding 700 a share .

 

　　And investigation is under way, Belgium to one of biggest diamond heist in recent history .Authorities say 8 men made off with 50 million dollars worth precious stone from Brussels airport yesterday . They see the man were armed but no shots were fired .

 

　　I'm Lakshmi Singh,NPR News in Washington

1 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。

2 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

3 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

5 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

6 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。

7 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

8 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。

9 exonerated   

v.使免罪，免除( exonerate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The police report exonerated Lewis from all charges of corruption. 警方的报告免除了对刘易斯贪污的所有指控。
• An investigation exonerated the school from any blame. 一项调查证明该学校没有任何过失。 来自辞典例句

10 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。

11 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。

12 gash   

v.深切，划开；n.(深长的)切(伤)口；裂缝

参考例句：

• The deep gash in his arm would take weeks to heal over.他胳膊上的割伤很深，需要几个星期的时间才能痊愈。
• After the collision,the body of the ship had a big gash.船被撞后，船身裂开了一个大口子。

13 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

14 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

15 crest   

n.顶点；饰章；羽冠；vt.达到顶点；vi.形成浪尖

参考例句：

• The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
• He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。

16 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

17 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。