NPR 美国国家电台 2014-10-03

 After several highly publicized security guests that agency she headed, the secret service director Julia Pierson is step down. Pierson's resignation was accepted by Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson as it was approved by the president. Representative Elijah Cummings is the top Democrat¹ on the House Oversight² Committee, and said Pierson needed to go. 

"So I don't see how she could, at the same time, address thing like the culture, protocol³, training, and at the same time, lift morale⁴ of the organization and protect the president and his family all the other duty-bound to be protected."

The incident last month, when a knife-weaving man was able to jump the fence, made his way inside the White House before finally being stopped, drew intense criticism for the secret service. President Obama and his family were not there at the time. 

 

In Jacksonville, Florida. Michael Dunn has been founded guilty for murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis in the dispute over loud music. NPR's Greg Allen reports it was done second trial of murder charges. 

Tuesday after Thanksgiving in 2012 when Michael Dunn pulled into a gas station at a convenience store, and parked alongside a SUV containing 4 teenagers. Dunn and one of the passengers Jordan Davis got into altercation⁵ over teenagers' loud rock music. At the end when Dunn took off a pistol and fired 9 shots into the SUV, killing⁶ Davis. Dunn said he believed he saw Davis holding a shoot gun, and was in fear for his life. No other weapons were found. In an earlier trial, Dunn was founded guilty of 3 counts of attempted murder on the lives of the 3 survivals teenagers. That jury dead locked on the murder charge. In this re-trial, the jury took 4 and a half hour to find Dunn guilty of the first degree murder, a charge that carries a life sentence. Greg Allen, NPR News. 

 

Rhode Island health officials are reporting 10 years old child does die due to a dangerous combination of severe bacteria affection along with respiratory virus, the second of 100 children around the country. NPR's Patti Neighmond has that story. 

State Health Official said the deadly combination is extremely rare. It's not clear how the child became affected⁷ with bacterial⁸ infection staphylococcus which is calmly found in hospitals. The child was also effected with internal virus D68 or EVD68. Health officials don't know whether the virus played a role in the child's death. Nationwide, at least 472 people, mostly children have been sickened by EVD68. Health officials say most patients suffer only mild cold-like symptom and recover quickly. But some particularly, though with asthmas can progress to wheezing⁹ in difficulty of breathing. Officials say parents should make sure their child's asthmas under control and seek medical help if children started have a trouble breathing. Patti Neighmond, NPR News. 

 

Manufacturing showed signs of slowing last month, and that apparently¹⁰ weighted on Wall Street today. All three the major market indexes down more than 1%. The Dow dropped 238 points; the NASDAQ was down 71 points. 

 

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The sister of the man identified the first Ebola patient diagnoses in the US says he notified health workers at the first time he went to the hospital that he had visited the US from Liberia. According to the woman, her brother went to a Dallas emergency room Friday, and told the officials he had come from the country where the epicenter of the currently outbreak, but was sent home with antibiotics¹¹. She says she returned two days later when his condition worsened and I remembered a team of health officials have been working at tracking anyone may have made in contact with the man. 

 

A federal judge in Seattle has declined the deportation¹² of 8 immigrant minors¹³ who are suing the government over the rights to be representative by a lawyer. NPR's Richard Gonzales would explain the suit of the case just slowed down so-called " rocket, dark legal hearings ". 

The suit was filed by the ACLU and other immigrant advocacy groups on behalf of 8 minors who argued the federal government should provide them with a lawyer in their deportation hearing. US District Judge Thomas Zilly said he's sympathetic to the minors' plea for legal assistance, but they've not yet exerted their option in the courts. He did not rule on the question of whether they're entitled to government-paid legal representation. According to federal records, immigrants without lawyer have little chance have avoided deportation. The Obama administration wants the measure to dismiss while the justice department plans to spend almost 2 million dollars to help legal aid organizations representing immigrant minors. Richard Gonzales, NPR News, Washington. 

 

An Oregon man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in plotting to bomb a crowded holiday event in Portland main square in 2010. Mohamed Mohamud was sentenced today in US District Court in Portland. Connection with the plot which turned out to actually be a well-orchestrated FBI sting. Agency posing itself an Al-Qaeda recruiter supplied fake car bomb to former Oregon State University student tried to set off. 

1 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

2 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

3 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

4 morale   

n.道德准则，士气，斗志

参考例句：

• The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day.敌军的士气日益低落。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

5 altercation   

n.争吵，争论

参考例句：

• Throughout the entire altercation,not one sensible word was uttered.争了半天，没有一句话是切合实际的。
• The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.男孩子们对裁判的判决颇有争议。

6 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。

7 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。

8 bacterial   

a.细菌的

参考例句：

• Bacterial reproduction is accelerated in weightless space. 在失重的空间，细菌繁殖加快了。
• Brain lesions can be caused by bacterial infections. 大脑损伤可能由细菌感染引起。

9 wheezing   

v.喘息，发出呼哧呼哧的喘息声( wheeze的现在分词 )；哮鸣

参考例句：

• He was coughing and wheezing all night. 他整夜又咳嗽又喘。
• A barrel-organ was wheezing out an old tune. 一架手摇风琴正在呼哧呼哧地奏着一首古老的曲子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10 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。

11 antibiotics   

n.（用作复数）抗生素；（用作单数）抗生物质的研究；抗生素，抗菌素( antibiotic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
• The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。

12 deportation   

n.驱逐，放逐

参考例句：

• The government issued a deportation order against the four men.政府发出了对那4名男子的驱逐令。
• Years ago convicted criminals in England could face deportation to Australia.很多年以前，英国已定罪的犯人可能被驱逐到澳大利亚。

13 minors   

n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 )；副修科目；小公司；[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修，选修，兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》