NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-04-21

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

 

　　There was an emotional tribute today to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing at the city's Fenway park before the start of the Red Sox baseball game. NPR's David Schaper reports on how fan show their respects at the end of unsettling week in Boston.

 

　　Both inside Fenway park and a disport¹ bar outside of it, Boston Red Sox fans cheered passionately² and proudly for those introduced before the game. The team welcome Marathon volunteers and wounded survivals of Monday's blasts, as well as the citizens and first responders who tend to the injure. They observed a moment of silence for those hurt and killed in the events this week, and honored the police officers and federal angents who hunt down the bombing suspects and exchanged gunfire with them. Fans also continued a new tradition, begun a few days ago at the Boston garden, of singing the national anthem³ themselves without a solos. David Schaper NPR News, outside of Fenway park in Boston.

 

　　President Obama met his top national security officials today to discuss the bombings. The White House says he highlighted the need to continute gathering⁴ information to answer all outstanding questions behind the attacks.

 

　　Rescuers in southwestern China are pulling bodies and survivors⁵ from the rubble⁶ of villages in Sichuan province. A powerful earthquake struck the rural hill country. As the BBC's Martin Patience reports.

 

　　Rescuers are struggling to reach the worst-affected villages, the roads have been blocked by landslide⁷. But in one city many people have already been pulled alive from the rubble. More than 6,000 soldiers and doctors have been deployed⁸ to the region, as part of the rescue operation. Sichuan province is no stranger to earthquake. Next month will mark the fifth anniversary of an earthquake that killed almost 90,000 people.

 

　　The BBC's Martin Patience reporting from Beijing.

 

　　According to officials gathered for a donors⁹ conference in Turkey, the Obama administration is planning to send new, none lethal¹⁰ military aid to Syrian rebels. NPRs Peter Kenyon reports from Istanbul.

 

　　Secretary of state John Kerry brought a new aid package to 11 country, friends of Syria conference here. As donors try to grapple with the steadily¹¹ worsening crisis in Syria. Washington has resisted sending weapons to rebel fighters, even as armed islamist fighters have taken an increasingly prominent role in the fight against the regime of president  Bashar al-Assad. But as the US edges closer to a direct role in aiding the armed opposition¹². Russian has stepped up its criticism saying the assistance is only increasing the humanitarian¹³ disaster in Syria. The US aid will include medical supplies and cash. Peter Kenyon NPR NEws, Istanbul.

 

　　Reports from Syria, activists¹⁴ meanwhile said there has been new fighting between Syrian government troops and rebels near the country's border with Lebanon. A report says the area is valuable. It links the capital Damascus with an enclaves that's home to the Alawite community which supports the Syrian president. This is NPR.

 

　　Authorities continue to search for the cause of the blast at the fertilizer plant in the town of west Texas. 14 people were killed and 200 more were hurt by the explosion Wednesday night. Many homes were damaged. Now one official from west says some people will be allowed back to their houses. They'll still have to observe a curfew.

 

　　Tens of thousands of people flocked to Denver this weekend for what organizers are calling the nation's largest April 20 celebration. As NPR's Allison Keyes explains, people are smoking out across the nation in an appreciation¹⁵ of marijuana.

 

　　Yeah, that coughing could be due to the haze¹⁶ of smoke over parts of Denver where apart enthusiast¹⁷ holding the first celebration since Washington State and Colorado legalized marijuana. 61-year-old, Glenn Sarnacki of St. Louis,  says he is earned after a life time of work.

 

　　I'm retired¹⁸, I raised three sons, I wanna come out and have some fun.

 

　　Last year  50,000 people came out for this event, and this year, is the nation's first Cannabis cup, where pot growers compete for awards. Nicole Hamer of New York is down for it.

 

　　I wanna come to make a history. You know, this is awesome¹⁹.

 

　　Organizers say the rally is a statement about justice and freedom. Allison Keyes NPR News.

 

　　The nation weather service is predicting major flooding along the Mississippi river this weekend. There has been torrential rain in the middle west. Now rivers are rising in six states, high rivers are expected from Iowa through St.Louis.

 

　　The founder²⁰ of USA Today has died. Al Neuharth launched the national daily publication in 1982. It featured bright graphics²¹ and short articles.  Neuharth ran the Gannet company, the owner of the USA Today.

 

　　I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News.

1 disport   

v.嬉戏，玩

参考例句：

• Every Sunday,they disport themselves either in the parks or in the mountains.每周日他们或去公园或去爬山。
• A servant was washing the steps,and some crabs began to disport themselves in the little pools.一个仆人正在清洗台阶，一些螃蟹开始在小渠里玩耍。

2 passionately   

ad.热烈地，激烈地

参考例句：

• She could hate as passionately as she could love. 她能恨得咬牙切齿，也能爱得一往情深。
• He was passionately addicted to pop music. 他酷爱流行音乐。

3 anthem   

n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌

参考例句：

• All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
• As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。

4 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

5 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

6 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

7 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

8 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

9 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

11 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

12 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

13 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

14 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 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。

16 haze   

n.霾，烟雾；懵懂，迷糊；vi.(over)变模糊

参考例句：

• I couldn't see her through the haze of smoke.在烟雾弥漫中，我看不见她。
• He often lives in a haze of whisky.他常常是在威士忌的懵懂醉意中度过的。

17 enthusiast   

n.热心人，热衷者

参考例句：

• He is an enthusiast about politics.他是个热衷于政治的人。
• He was an enthusiast and loved to evoke enthusiasm in others.他是一个激情昂扬的人，也热中于唤起他人心中的激情。

18 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

19 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

20 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

21 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
• Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。