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 The death toll¹ is surging from today’s street battles across Egypt much of which is under a curfew this hour. The ministry² of health is now reporting at least 235 death and more than 200 people wounded in street battles today.

Gunshots swing out in Cairo where Security forces move in on capment by Egyptians who have been fighting for a month to reinstate deposed³ President Mohamed Morsi. Here’s latest from M Kennedy in Cairo.

Violence hasn’t gone too so much from Cairo and other parts of Egypt since security forces dispersed⁴ the pro-Morsi’s sit-ins with teargas and bullets. Pro-Morsi protesters are still marching in Cairo and vow⁵ to continue pushing for Morsi’s reinstatement. Mohamed Epp Racine, the minister of interior said the security forces showed restrain during the operation. He said that 43 policemen were killed in an attack on a police station. And Muslim Brotherhood⁶ members are being arrested across the country in large number. For NPR News, I’m Merrit Kennedy in Cairo.

Secretary of State John Kerry is condemning⁷ the Egyptian military’s crack down. 

“The promise of the 2011 revolution has simply never been fully⁸ realized and the final outcome of that revolution is not yet decided⁹. It would be shaped in the hours ahead, in the days ahead. It would be shaped by the decision with all of Egypt’s political leaders make now and in these days ahead.”

Egypt is in under a month-long state of emergency. 

Former Illinois congressman¹⁰ Jesse Jackson Jr. has been sentenced to 30 month plush 3 years supervisor¹¹ release for his use of $750,000 in campaign funds. Here’s his lawyer Reid Weingarten.

“The fall from grace is completely for my client. Jesse Jackson went from an enormously respected charismatic, long-term member of Congress to a convicted felon¹² who is about to be incarcerated¹³. So, it’s a day of deep sadness.”

In another news, military personnel same-sex marriages got an official word today. They will get the same benefits other couples receive. Defence Secretary Chuke Hagel announced that the Pentagon will treat all military marriages equally. NPR’s Tom Gjelten says the move was widely expected after supreme¹⁴ court overturned the Defence of Marriage Act. 

The Defence of Marriage Act forbids the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages. That meant Pentagon couldn’t give full benefits to personnel in same-sex relationship even they were legally married under state laws. With that Act now ruled unconstitutional, the Pentagon can set its own policy, Defence Secretary Chuke Hagel says the Pentagon will make the same benefits available to all military spouses¹⁵ regardless whether they were in same-sex or opposite-sex marriages. It’s not enough for a same-sex couple to be a committed relationship to get spousal benefits, but the director authorizes¹⁶ 10 days leave time, so a couple can travel to a state where they can legally get married. Tom Gjelten, NPR News in Washington.

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There is growing crisis in the education of Native American children. As NPR’s G C reports a new study that shouting the alarm.

Native Americans students are rough and after thoughts in studies about kid’s academic progress, but the educations trust  to  Washington base group has released one of the most comprehensive reports showing that a grim situation for Americans Indians and Alaska Native children. Only 2 in 10 fourth grader reach a great level. In mass about half perform well below basic, and it’s been in this way for years now. while blacks and Latinos subsided¹⁷ the gains, Native student progress have been flagged since 2005. The problem extends to higher education as well, of all native American students enrolled¹⁸ in four-year college in 2004, only 39% completed a Bachelor’s degree, the lowest for any group. The study is calling for a reevaluation of education policy nationwide to address the crisis. X NPR News.

A traveling hospital technician accused of causing an outbreak of hepatitis C in four state has pleaded guilty at federal drug charges in New Hansel. It was charged with drug theft and tempering also accusing of infecting others with hepatitis C by stealing painkiller¹⁹ syringes and replacing them with saline-filled syringes tainted²⁰ with his blood. Under a plea, the 34-year-old avoid criminal charges in connection with patients outside New Hansel, but he remains²¹ x at least two dozen civil lawsuits²² and faces as long as 40 years in prison.

When were you doing in the Blackout of 2003. 50 million people from the Mid-Atlantic to New England to x lost electricity thanks to an overgrown treat that came in contact with power transmission lines near Cleveland, Ohio. That was 10 years today. 

1 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 deposed   

v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
• The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 dispersed   

adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的

参考例句：

• The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
• After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。

5 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

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 condemning   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
• I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

10 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

11 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

12 felon   

n.重罪犯；adj.残忍的

参考例句：

• He's a convicted felon.他是个已定罪的重犯。
• Hitler's early "successes" were only the startling depredations of a resolute felon.希特勒的早期“胜利 ”，只不过是一个死心塌地的恶棍出人意料地抢掠得手而已。

13 incarcerated   

钳闭的

参考例句：

• They were incarcerated for the duration of the war. 战争期间，他们被关在狱中。 来自辞典例句
• I don't want to worry them by being incarcerated. 我不想让他们知道我被拘禁的事情。 来自电影对白

14 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。

15 spouses   

n.配偶，夫或妻( spouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Jobs are available for spouses on campus and in the community. 校园里和社区里有配偶可做的工作。 来自辞典例句
• An astonishing number of spouses-most particularly in the upper-income brackets-have no close notion of their husbands'paychecks. 相当大一部分妇女——特别在高收入阶层——并不很了解他们丈夫的薪金。 来自辞典例句

16 authorizes   

授权，批准，委托( authorize的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。
• The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。

17 subsided   

v.（土地）下陷（因在地下采矿）( subside的过去式和过去分词 )；减弱；下降至较低或正常水平；一下子坐在椅子等上

参考例句：

• After the heavy rains part of the road subsided. 大雨过后，部分公路塌陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• By evening the storm had subsided and all was quiet again. 傍晚， 暴风雨已经过去，四周开始沉寂下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

18 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 painkiller   

n.止痛药

参考例句：

• I shall persuade him to take the painkiller.我将说服他把药吃下去。
• The painkiller only provides him a short respite from his pain.止痛药仅仅让他在疼痛中有短暂的疏解。

20 tainted   

adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏

参考例句：

• The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
• He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》

21 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

22 lawsuits   

n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。 来自辞典例句
• I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。 来自辞典例句