NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-07-08

　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.

 

　　Chinese state media are reporting that the two passengers killed in yesterday's plane crash in San Francisco were both Chinese high school students. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from Beijing.

 

　　The Chinese consulate¹ in San Francisco is confirmed that both victims were Chinese nationals. Airline officials identified the two victims as Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyuan. Both were female high school students from JiangShan city in eastern China's Zhejiang province. They’re believed to have been between 16 and 17 years old. Almost half of the 291 passengers aboard the flight were Chinese. Many of them were students and teachers headed to summer camps in the US. State media report that local officials are now preparing to accompany the victims' families to the United States. Anthony Kuhn, NPR News, Beijing.

 

　　Canadian officials say five people are dead and several others are missing after a runaway² train derailed and exploded in the middle of a small town in Quebec. Police official Guy Lapointe says it will take some time to determine what caused the accident.

 

　　“We are taking eyewitness³ accounts. Some people submitted videos that were taken with cellular⁴ phones. But at this point there’s different stories that are going around. We're really gonna try and take all of pieces of the puzzle to get a whole together. At this point it's really too early to speculate what might have happened.”

 

　　The explosion destroyed dozens of buildings in the center of the town.

 

　　In Egypt the rival protests are being called today for and against ousted⁵ President Mohamed Morsi. NPR's Leila Fadel reports.

 

　　Morsi’s supporters likewise his Muslim Brotherhood⁶ call for the rallies to protect legitimacy⁷. They say the overthrow⁸ of Morsi by the military is an affront⁹ in democracy. Over a dozen members of the Muslim Brotherhood leadership including the ousted president have been arrested. This as the president's opponents are also calling on supporters to take to the streets to show their support for the decision. Tensions remain high in Egypt with fierce violence between the two sides. Meanwhile, the interim¹⁰ president has yet to choose a new prime minister or appoint a government. The frontrunner for the position is Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei. But he is a divisive liberal figure, widely disliked by Islamists. Leila Fadel, NPR News, Cairo.

 

　　Arizona Senator John McCain says he’s praying House Republicans will take up immigration reform after the Senate's passage of a measure last month. Speaking on CBS's “Face the Nation” this morning he said immigration reform legislation creates a difficult path to citizenship¹¹ for those living in the US illegally but it does make it possible.

 

　　“It's not easy and it shouldn't be easy. But we have shown them a path forward and we hope and pray that our Republican colleagues will take up the issue and we can join together, Republicans and Democrats¹².”

 

　　He says he is not trying to dictate¹³ what House members should do, but says if they come up with a bill, negotiations¹⁴ can go forward. This is NPR.

 

　　Congress returns this week after its 4th of July recess¹⁵. Among the unfinished business is what to do about student loans. The interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans doubled last week from 3.4% to 6.8%. Lawmakers from both parties have said they try to lower them again before students have to sign loan documents this fall.

 

　　A Muslim preacher once considered one of Britain's worst terrorist threats was deported¹⁷ today to Jordan. Dale Gavlak reports.

 

　　Jordan's Information Minister Mohammed Momani has vowed¹⁸ that the trial of Abu Qatada, believed to be a key al-Qaeda operative in Europe, will be handled with credibility and transparency. Jordan and Britain recently ratified¹⁹ the treaty on torture that removed the last obstacle from human rights concerns that have blocked previous attempts to deport¹⁶ him. Activists²⁰ fear that torture-tainted evidence would be used against him. Abu Qatada will be retried for his involvement in a plan targeting an American school and a hotel in Amman and a field plot to attack Western and Israeli targets in the kingdom in the year 2000. For NPR News, I'm Dale Gavlek in Amman.

 

　　Representatives from North and South Korea met yesterday in a meeting that continued into today at a border village. The topic was how to reopen a jointly²¹ run industrial park that was shut down in April because of heightened tensions on the peninsula. The two sides agreed to inspect the facilities Wednesday and allow South Korean factory managers to retrieve²² products and supplies left behind when the operation was closed.

 

　　Andy Murray has won the Wimbledon title, beating Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

 

　　I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News.

1 consulate   

n.领事馆

参考例句：

• The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

2 runaway   

n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的

参考例句：

• The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
• He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。

3 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。

4 cellular   

adj.移动的；细胞的，由细胞组成的

参考例句：

• She has a cellular telephone in her car.她的汽车里有一部无线通讯电话机。
• Many people use cellular materials as sensitive elements in hygrometers.很多人用蜂窝状的材料作为测量温度的传感元件。

5 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

6 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

7 legitimacy   

n.合法，正当

参考例句：

• The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
• Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。

8 overthrow   

v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆

参考例句：

• After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
• The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。

9 affront   

n./v.侮辱，触怒

参考例句：

• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。
• This remark caused affront to many people.这句话得罪了不少人。

10 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

11 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

12 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》

13 dictate   

v.口授；(使)听写；指令，指示，命令

参考例句：

• It took him a long time to dictate this letter.口述这封信花了他很长时间。
• What right have you to dictate to others?你有什么资格向别人发号施令？

14 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

15 recess   

n.短期休息，壁凹（墙上装架子，柜子等凹处）

参考例句：

• The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess.会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
• Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。

16 deport   

vt.驱逐出境

参考例句：

• We deport aliens who slip across our borders.我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
• More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.昨晚的骚乱发生后有240多名英格兰球迷被驱逐出意大利。

17 deported   

v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 )；举止

参考例句：

• They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

19 ratified   

v.批准，签认（合约等）( ratify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified. 条约没有得到批准，因此被宣布无效。
• The treaty was ratified by all the member states. 这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。

20 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》

21 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

22 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。