NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-04-27

　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

 

　　Air traffic controllers are being spared further furloughs after government felt the rough of a traveling public affected¹ by hundreds of flight delays. Today the U.S. House voted 361: 41 in favor of a measure allowing the Federal Aviation Administration to tap into unused funds to pay their air traffic controllers. The bill passed the Senate late yesterday and President Obama is expected to sign the legislation today.

 

　　Today, Barack Obama became the first sitting president to address Planned Parenthood's annual conference. NPR's Ari Schapiro reports President Obama assured the organization that he has their back and that they are going anywhere.

 

　　The president used this speech to promote his health care law. This fall people can begin signing up for insurance exchanges to get health coverage². Obama asked for Planned Parenthood's help spread in the world, especially, among women. And he said it won't be easy acknowledging the push back that the organization's leader Cecile Richards has described.

 

　　Cecile describes Planned Parenthood as the only organization that she has ever been at where there are opponents who, in her words, literally³ get up every day trying to figure out how to keep us from doing our work. Now if she'd worked in the administration, she'd be more familiar with this phenomenon but..

 

　　Obama argued that attacks on Planned Parenthood are really attacks on women. Ari Schapiro, NPR News, the White House.

 

　　President Obama says he won't permit the use of chemical weapons against Syrian civilians⁵ but says the U.S. evidence of that is preliminary. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports that Syria was high on the agenda as President Obama met Jordan's King Abdullah this afternoon.

 

　　President Obama has called the use of chemical weapons a game changer, but he is not signalling any dramatic change in policy just yet. He says he will be prudent⁶ as U.S. officials examine the evidence.

 

　　Obviously, horrific as it is when mortars⁷ are being fired on civilians and people are being indiscriminately killed, to use potential weapons of mass destruction on civilian⁴ populations crosses another one.

 

　　President Obama discussed Syria with Jordan's King  Abdullah who says Syria is becoming more fragmented. The Jordanian leader says 0.5 million Syrian refugees have fled to his country. Michele Kelemen, NPR News, Washington.

 

　　In Bangladesh, families are frantically⁸ searching for loved ones still missing since a garment factory in Dhaka collapsed⁹, killing¹⁰ more than 300 people. The BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan reports there was one glimmer¹¹ of hope when survivors¹² were located.

 

　　I spoke¹³ to a senior fire service department official in shelter where I go and they said in one room they found about 23 people in one group under the rubble¹⁴. So that gave lots of hope and confidence for the rescue teams, you know there were lots of tears around the place. That's the BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan reporting.

 

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　　An elderly woman has been killed in a collision northwest of Pittsburgh involving a freight train and a transit¹⁵ bus. Its passengers included people with developmental disabilities. Ten people were hurt in the Evans city incident. Police say the bus apparently¹⁶  stopped on the tracks prompting a warning from the train engineer just before the crash. They are investigating whether dense¹⁷ fog was a factor.

 

　　The government reportedly is announcing its second civil fraud lawsuit¹⁸ against Novartis in less than a week. Reuters News Service is reporting that the Swiss drug maker¹⁹ is accused of paying millions of dollars in kickbacks²⁰ to doctors in exchange for prescribing drugs.

 

　　With the first round of the NFL draft in the books, NPR's Mike Pesca reports it was a big day for the members of offense²¹ who rarely touch the ball.

 

　　More than a quarter of all players taken nine out of 32 were offense alignment²² with tackle Eric Fisher out of Center Michigan going number 1 overall to the Kansas City Chiefs. But if it was a banner day for the protectors, the protected were largely ignored. No running backs and only one quarter back were drafted yesterday that could be Florida state's Eric Manuel who was selected by the Buffalo²³ Bills was something of a surprise. Other signal-callers, Geno Smith of West Virginia and Ryan Nassib of Syracuse's can be selected today, as Heisman Trophy²⁴ runner-up Manti Te'o. Rounds two and three of the draft occurred today, the final four rounds are held on Saturday. Mike Pesca, NPR News, New York.

 

　　Before the closing bell, Dow was up 12 points at 14,730; NASDAQ was off 11 at 3,279; and the S&P 500 was down three points at 1,582.

 

　　I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News, in Washington.

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 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。

3 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

4 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。

5 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。

6 prudent   

adj.谨慎的，有远见的，精打细算的

参考例句：

• A prudent traveller never disparages his own country.聪明的旅行者从不贬低自己的国家。
• You must school yourself to be modest and prudent.你要学会谦虚谨慎。

7 mortars   

n.迫击炮( mortar的名词复数 )；砂浆；房产；研钵

参考例句：

• They could not move their heavy mortars over the swampy ground. 他们无法把重型迫击炮移过那片沼泽地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Where the hell are his mortars? 他有迫击炮吗？ 来自教父部分

8 frantically   

ad.发狂地, 发疯地

参考例句：

• He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
• She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。

9 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

10 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

11 glimmer   

v.发出闪烁的微光；n.微光，微弱的闪光

参考例句：

• I looked at her and felt a glimmer of hope.我注视她，感到了一线希望。
• A glimmer of amusement showed in her eyes.她的眼中露出一丝笑意。

12 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

13 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。

14 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。

15 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

16 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

17 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。

18 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

19 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

20 kickbacks   

n.激烈反应( kickback的名词复数 )；佣金，回扣

参考例句：

• Everyone at City Hall is receiving kickbacks. It's the only way to get anything done there. 市政府里的每个人都收回扣，在那里只有送红包，事情才办得成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• G raft or kickbacks paid to officials or law enforcem ent authorities. 暗中付给官员或执法人员的回扣。 来自互联网

21 offense   

n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪

参考例句：

• I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
• His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。

22 alignment   

n.队列；结盟，联合

参考例句：

• The church should have no political alignment.教会不应与政治结盟。
• Britain formed a close alignment with Egypt in the last century.英国在上个世纪与埃及结成了紧密的联盟。

23 buffalo   

n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛

参考例句：

• Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
• The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

24 trophy   

n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品

参考例句：

• The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
• He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。