NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-02-25

　　From NPR NEws in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.

 

　　The across-the-board federal budget cuts, known as the sequester¹ are to take effect next Friday. 85 billion dollars will be sliced from defence and domestic programs. Republicans and democrats² are trading blame for the impending³ cuts, although both the party supported them in the last congress. They will triger to force lawmakers to negotiate different spending cuts. Education secretary Arne Duncan told CBS's Face the nation, the sequester does not give his agency any choices.

 

　　We don't any ability with dump cuts like this to feel out what the right thing to do is. It just means a lot more children, or not give the kinds of services and opportunities they need, and as many as 40,000 tearchers could loose their jobs.

 

　　Education secretary Arne Duncan.

 

　　Senior federal reserve officials got dire⁴ warnings on Friday about what the expanding national debt could mean for the US central bank. Steve Beckner of Market News International, reports.

 

　　Failure to curb⁵ deficits⁶ could present the federal reserve very tough choices. Former FED governor Frederic Mishkin warns, as debt grows as a percent of GDP, and interest on the debt becomes in every larger part of the budget. Political pressure on the FED will amount to hold down interest rates at the cost of rising inflation. The FED met the pressure into dealing⁷ assets, from its zero rate stands, fulfill⁸ that its usage annual payments to the US treasury⁹ would fall or even vanish. In the worst case, the FED might be forced to monetize the debts and abandon its 2% inflation target. Boston FED president Eric Rosengren, said such risks must be weighed against the economic benefits of continued FED banned buying. FOR NPR News, I'm Steve Beckner in New York.

 

　　Thousands of Palestinian prisoners are on a hunger strike today, after an inmate¹⁰ died in Israeli custody¹¹. As Linda Gradstein reports Palestinian officials are demanding an inquiry¹² into his death. An Israeli prison spokeswoman said some 3,000 Palestinian prisoners launched a one-day fast after the 30-year-old  Arafat Jaradat, died in Israeli custody over the weekend. Both Palestinian official and Israeli human rights groups are demanding an inquiry into Jaradat's death. Israeli Shin Bet intelligence agency said that Jaradat was arrested last week for allegedly throwing rocks. The statement said he was examined several time by an Israeli doctor, who did not find any health problems and allow his integration¹³ to continue. Security official said he was not being in during integration and Israeli prison service spokeswoman said he died over an apparent heart attack. For NPR News, I'm Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem.

 

　　US special forces in Afghanistan are being ordered out of the province of Wardak. They have two weeks to leave. A spokesman for Afghan president Hamid Karzai says that's because of allegations that US special forces are working with certain Afghan troops linked to human rights abuses.

 

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　　A Canadian film, rather a Candaian movie film in Africa is among the five nominees¹⁴ in tonight's Oscars in the best foreign language film category. NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports that "War Witch" has received much praise and several prizes in the buildup to the economy awards.

 

　　In French, the form is called Rebelle, which means rebel. The movie by Canadian director Kim Nguyen, tells the pregnant and powerful tale, a 14-year-old girl soldier,  Komona, played by novelist, Rachel Mwanza who's 15. She's the first actress from the democratic republic of COngo. In the movie, Komona is captured by the rebels and forced to kill her own mother and father. War Witch, in French, English and the local languaue in Lingala is certain to DLC known as that it's real life conflicts in the east of the country. Ofeibea Quist-Arcton NPR News, Dakar.

 

　　Voters in Italy are going to the post today and tomorrow. They are selecting a new parliament. A new government could change how Italy is dealing with its debt crisis. Italians may choose protest candidates who want to undo¹⁵ recent austerity measures.

 

　　Results are end from today's elections in Cyprus. The tally¹⁶ shows conservative candidate Nicos Anastasiades took more than 57% of the vote, who need to quickly deal with Cyprus's financial crisis. Last year Cyprus soared nearly 23 billion dollars in financial aid after loosing huge amounts of money through Greek debt.

 

　　I'm Korva Coleman, NPR NEws from Washington.

1 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。

2 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 impending   

a.imminent, about to come or happen

参考例句：

• Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时，严重的战乱爆发了。
• The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。

4 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。

5 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

6 deficits   

n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 )；赤字；亏空；亏损

参考例句：

• The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句

7 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

8 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

9 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

10 inmate   

n.被收容者；(房屋等的)居住人；住院人

参考例句：

• I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
• The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。

11 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。

12 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

13 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

14 nominees   

n.被提名者，被任命者( nominee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She's one of the nominees. 她是被提名者之一。 来自超越目标英语 第2册
• A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。 来自互联网

15 undo   

vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销

参考例句：

• His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
• I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。

16 tally   

n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致

参考例句：

• Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
• The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。