NPR 美国国家电台 2014-10-02

 Officials with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention are confirming the first case of Ebola in the US. Health official said the patient is a man whose name isn't being released, recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas and he's been captured in isolation¹. Testing by the CDC confirmed the disease today, Doctor Thomas Frieden is the director of CDC in describing the chronology events. 

"This individual left Liberia on the 19th of September, arrived in the US on 20th of September, had no symptoms when departing Liberia or entering this country. By or 5 days later around 24th of September began develop symptoms."

More Americans or 4 American aid workers rather became in fact involved voluntarily in west Africa have been treated in special isolation units in Atlanta and Nebraska. So far more than 6,000 people have been sickened in current Ebola outbreak. Around 3,000 of whom have died. 

 

Head of Secret Service was on Capitol Hill today, facing some tough questions from lawmakers about security breaches² in the White House. NPR's Werner  Summer reports Julia Pierson said she takes forward responsibility for the agencies' latest blunders.

Secret Service director Julia Pierson told lawmakers that her agency failed its mission of protecting the White House. When a man with a knife entered the building and ran halfway³ through the ground floor before being subdued⁴.

"It's clear that our security plan was not appropriately executed. It's unacceptable and I take full responsibility and I will make sure that doesn't happen again."

Pierson promises she will do all she could to restore public trust in the agency. Werner Summer, NPR News, the Capitol. 

 

UN humanitarian⁵ chief says tens of thousands of Syrians have been uprooted⁶ by the militants⁷ calling themselves Islamic State, seizing more territory in Syria and neighboring Iraq. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on the latest assessment⁸ of the amounting crisis. 

In her latest briefing to the Security Council, Valerie Amos describes a Halloween scene in northern Aleppo where IS's militants have been advancing. 

"And over 170,000 people, mostly women and children fled into Turkey in just a few days. Their fear was so great that many people cross heavily-mined fields to seek refuge."

UN Humanitarian Chief says all scenes in Syria show "an utter disregard to humanitarian love". She says the Syrian government continue to use barrel bomb in populated areas and it's still making a difficult for UN agency to reach people in need. Michele Kelemen, NPR News, Washington. 

 

Home prices continue to rise in July, though it's slower in pace than a year and a half. According to Standard & Poor Case index, it looks prices in 20 US cities, prices on average rose 6.7% in July from the same period of a year earlier down from the annual gain just over 8% in June.

 

On Wall Street, the Dow was down 21 points, to 17,042. 

 

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Thousands pro-democracy demonstrators continue to march through rain-soaked streets in Hong Kong today. Protesters marking the 6 straight days of campaign aimed at putting pressure on the pro-Beijing government. It called the demonstration⁹ illegal and thought to stop them from heavy police presence. Demonstrators are unhappy over Beijing decision to limit voters choice in 2017 leadership election. Police over the weekend use tear gas and pepper sprays to disperse¹⁰ protesters. 

 

California will soon become the first state in the nation to ban plastic bags at all groceries and most retail¹¹ stores. NPR's Chris Ziegler reports the bill signed by governor Jerry Brown takes effect next July. The new law makes it illegal for grocery stores, convenience stores and pharmacies¹² to distribute single-used plastic bags to customers. The bill is mostly aimed to cracking down on pollution and airing plastic bags, littering beaches, clogging¹³ drains and creeks¹⁴. To follow plastic bag, ban has already been in effect in major cities like Los Angeles. When here in LA, you have to bring your own bags, or you can buy a 10-cent paper bag if you forget. Libertarians oppose to this new state-wide law, recalling it an unnecessary government overreach. Along with new restrictions¹⁵, the bill signed by governor Brown includes 2 million dollars in competitive loans to help businesses transition to making reusable shopping bags. Chris Ziegler, NPR News. 

 

The Federal Communication Commission is saying it wants to bring an end of so-called "blackout of sporting events". Agency voted to end the decades old rule prevents cable in separate operators from airing local sports events. Live when events isn't sold out. Commission says the 40-year-old rule will originally put in place help boost tickets sells but it no longer needs it. FCC chair Tom Wheeler says the agencies' decision may not spell an end of all sports blackouts. 

 

I'm Jack¹⁶ Speer, NPR news in Washington.

1 isolation   

n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离

参考例句：

• The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
• He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

2 breaches   

破坏( breach的名词复数 )； 破裂； 缺口； 违背

参考例句：

• He imposed heavy penalties for breaches of oath or pledges. 他对违反誓言和保证的行为给予严厉的惩罚。
• This renders all breaches of morality before marriage very uncommon. 这样一来，婚前败坏道德的事就少见了。

3 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

4 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

5 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。

6 uprooted   

v.把（某物）连根拔起( uproot的过去式和过去分词 )；根除；赶走；把…赶出家园

参考例句：

• Many people were uprooted from their homes by the flood. 水灾令许多人背井离乡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The hurricane blew with such force that trees were uprooted. 飓风强烈地刮着，树都被连根拔起了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

8 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

9 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

10 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

11 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

12 pharmacies   

药店

参考例句：

• Still, 32 percent of the pharmacies filled the prescriptions. 但仍然有32%的药剂师配发了这两张药方。 来自互联网
• Chinese herbal pharmacies, and traditional massage therapists in the Vancouver telephone book. 中药店，和传统的按摩师在温哥华的电话簿里。 来自互联网

13 clogging   

堵塞，闭合

参考例句：

• This process suffers mainly from clogging the membrane. 这种过程的主要问题是滤膜的堵塞。
• And you know that eyewitness that's been clogging up the airwaves? 你知道那个充斥着电视广播的目击证人？

14 creeks   

n.小湾( creek的名词复数 )；小港；小河；小溪

参考例句：

• The prospect lies between two creeks. 矿区位于两条溪流之间。 来自辞典例句
• There was the excitement of fishing in country creeks with my grandpa on cloudy days. 有在阴雨天和姥爷一起到乡村河湾钓鱼的喜悦。 来自辞典例句

15 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

16 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。