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 The State Department says it’s unlikely to propose keystone XL pipeline¹ would have a big impact on the development of Canada’s tar² sands. NPR’s Elizabeth Shogren reports that assessment³ comes in the agency’s final and environmental review of the project. 

keystone XL is controversial, because the oil would carry has significantly larger green house gas footprint than conventional crude. In a new assessment, the State Department says it’s about 17 percent higher. Still, assistant secretary of state Kerri-Ann Jones says that oil is likely to get market with or without Keystone pipeline. 

“Approve any single project is unlikely to significantly affect the rate of extraction of the oil and the oil sands, or the refining of heavy crude on the US Gulf⁴ Coast.”

Environmentalists and energy analysts⁵ say the document leaves the door open for Secretary of State John Kerry to reject or approve the project. There’s no deadline for his decision. Elizabeth Shogren, NPR News, Washington. 

 

President Obama met with business leaders at the White House, urging them to do more to hire people who haven’t been out of work for a long time. NPR’s Scott Horsley reports it’s the latest and serious move by the White House acts on its own when Congress will not. 

So far the Obama administration has been stymied⁶ in its efforts to get Congress to keep sending unemployment check to those who have been out of work 6 months or more. Obama says he will keep pressing lawmakers, calling those checks and economic lifeline. Meanwhile, though the president urge a quart of American to do its part to put people back to work. The president says companies should be careful not overlook job applicants⁷, even they have been unemployed⁸ for an extent of period. 

“Just because you have been out of work for a while, that doesn’t mean that you’re not a hard worker.”

Study suggests long-term unemployed are less likely to be interviewed for jobs than people who haven’t been out of work just few weeks. Scott Horsley, NPR News, the White House. 

 

The Thomson Reuters university in Michigan consumer’s sentiment in debts fell slightly to 81.2 this month. Confidence was down among households with annual incomes below 75,000 dollars. But economic outlook group chief economist⁹ Bernard Baumohl says the numbers don’t match with economic reports released earlier this week. 

“What we really want is some consistencies¹⁰. In this report, it tells us our consumers feeling and we got this mixed result this week on consumers modes, and not particularly can turn back today’s report either.”

Still any downturn indexes potentially caused for concern, that’s because spending by consumers dropped off 2/3 of the overall US economic activities. 

 

Tweeter has its buying out about 900 patents from IBM, the company contending the deal were allow Tweeter greater electro property protection and its ability to innervate. San Francisco-based Tweeter holds just a handful of patents, IBM, meanwhile, has more than 41,000. 

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow was down 149 points, to 15,698; the NASDAQ dropped 19 points. 

 

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A Roman Catholic diocese facing numerous clergy¹² child sex abuse claims has now announced it will file for bankruptcy¹³. The diocese in Helena, Montana which faces lawsuits¹⁵, claiming clergy members have abused as many as 362 children over a period of decades, says charged with 11 filings will help results pending¹¹ claims. The diocese covers west Montana, employing about 200. It also accused the diocese shielded offenders¹⁶ and should have known these threats they posed. 

 

Public powerful tax-exempt group crossroads GPS and its secret donors¹⁷ are the center of a lawsuit¹⁴ filed today by 3 liberal groups. NPR’s Peter Overby says the suit will force the federal election commission to regulate Crossroad as a political committee. Some commissions are so far declared to do. 

Crossroads GPS was found by Republican Party strategists. It’s a tax-exempt social welfare organization and does dozens to close donors. In 2010, Crossroads drew nearly 17 million dollars worth of edge, directly promoting Republican and attacking Democrats¹⁸. Its total for 2012 was 71 million. The lawsuit says FEC should treat Crossroads as a political committee in making a public identify to donors. The 3 Republican commissioners¹⁹ in FEC earlier concluded the Crossroads didn’t meet the threshold for regulation. Peter Overby, NPR News, Washington. 

 

Authorities in New York say 2 men have been arrested while a number of others are reportedly still in large after a day-time robbery in an upscale jewelry²⁰ store. Officials say the suspects were arrested less than a day after robbers wielding²¹ a hammer stormed a cardiac jewelry store at fifth avenue in Manhattan. Smashing the display cases and seized 16 watches, value between 2,500 and 60,000 dollars apiece. 

 

I’m Jack²² Speer, NPR News in Washington.

1 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

2 tar   

n.柏油，焦油；vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于

参考例句：

• The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。
• We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。

3 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？

4 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

5 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

6 stymied   

n.被侵袭的v.妨碍，阻挠( stymie的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Relief efforts have been stymied in recent weeks by armed gunmen. 最近几周的救援工作一直受到武装分子的阻挠。 来自辞典例句
• I was completely stymied by her refusal to help. 由于她拒不相助， 我完全陷入了困境。 来自互联网

7 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

8 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

9 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

10 consistencies   

一致性( consistency的名词复数 )； 连贯性； 坚实度； 浓度

参考例句：

• There are inherent consistencies and relations of ideal methodology between philosophy of science and western economics. 科学哲学和西方经济学之间存在着内在一致性和思想方法论关联。

11 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

12 clergy   

n.[总称]牧师，神职人员

参考例句：

• I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
• All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。

13 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

14 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。

15 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

16 offenders   

n.冒犯者( offender的名词复数 )；犯规者；罪犯；妨害…的人（或事物）

参考例句：

• Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
• Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。

17 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 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》

19 commissioners   

n.专员( commissioner的名词复数 )；长官；委员；政府部门的长官

参考例句：

• The Commissioners of Inland Revenue control British national taxes. 国家税收委员管理英国全国的税收。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The SEC has five commissioners who are appointed by the president. 证券交易委员会有５名委员，是由总统任命的。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

20 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

21 wielding   

手持着使用（武器、工具等）( wield的现在分词 )； 具有； 运用（权力）； 施加（影响）

参考例句：

• The rebels were wielding sticks of dynamite. 叛乱分子舞动着棒状炸药。
• He is wielding a knife. 他在挥舞着一把刀。

22 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。