NPR 美国国家电台 2015-1-27

 From NPR in Washington, I am JH.

The Obama administration has reached a meeting of the minds with the Indian government. It clear the way for US companies to help Indian in developing nuclear power plants. NPR’s GH reports the deal was announced following a lengthy¹ meeting today between president Obama and the Indian prime minister. 

The Obama administration is eager to see India to develop sources of electricity that don’t contribute to greenhouse gases, including both solar and nuclear power. The agreement is to remove road blocks preventing American companies from working with Indian’s nuclear industry. US ambassador Rich V said the US addressed liability in the matter of a nuclear accident as well as the way nuclear materials are tracked. 

Ultimately let the companies decide whether they go or not, but the two governments came a long way to reach an understanding. 

Indian’s prime minister says developing more clean sources of energy for his power staffed country is both a personal and national priority. NPR news, New Deli. 

 

Outgoing sectary  of defense² Hago says president Obama’s goals of closing Gautama bay will be tough to achieve by the end of his term. It is gonna be very difficult especially for Congress further restricts where these last 122 detainees go. Hago has an interview with NPR to be broadcast tomorrow morning on morning addition. 

He also says a decade of war and uncertainty³ about future budget cuts have hurt US military readiness. 

 

At least thirty police commanders are dead in clashes between Philippine polices and Muslim rebel in southern Philippines. Sunshine D reports form M says the heavy fighting may threaten a peace deal signed last year between the government and the largest Muslim rebel group in the Philippines. 

Now I am in the town where the fighting happened. Told by the associated press said the police intended to arrest a terrorist bombing suspect, but had caught mis-encounter with the members of Moral Liberation Front. Philippine officials say the target was Z…a Malaysian bomb expert who has a US department issued five million bounty⁴ on his head. The nearly 12 hours fighting was the first time that the MLF and securities forces have clashes since 2011, and resulted in the biggest single day combat that last in the country in many years. Reuters reports that peace parties has started informal talks to try to avert⁵ any escalation⁶ that could threaten a final peace deal in a region that has seen four decades of armed conflict. For NPR news I am sunshine D. 

 

Up to 3 feet of snow could fall on some places in the northeast as a powerful winter storm heads to the area. The national weather service has issued blizzard⁷ warning for Boston which could see up to a 2 feet snow and New York city.  Weather bureau also says the storm could be the worst that New York has ever seen. The storm has United Airlines planned canceling flights on Tuesday flights to New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. 

This is NPR news. 

 

Dozens of people are dead in a Nigerian city of MIDUGUARY when suspected Bokhara Islam militant⁸ insurgents⁹ launched several attacks on several cities. The Nigerian military has held off many of the attacks.  The five years old Islam insurgents have killed an estimate of 10, 000 people last year alone. 

 

Dozens of drivers regularly commute¹⁰ across the border of Santiago, many of whom have been approved to use fast lanes to speed their transit¹¹. But John, a member of KPBS reports those most trusted drivers can become unwilling¹² drug mill. The fast lane is on the busiest crossing in the world traveling from California into Mexico. The cars display their fast pass to ride that lane.  It is a perfect w for drug smugglers.  Smugglers are putting boxes of powerful magnets on the bottom of the cars in Mexico. Then they remove them to sell the drugs in the US side of border. The boxes can carry up to 15 pounds of powder drugs, such as heroine. This smuggling¹³ method is growing more popular says ice officer Lauren M. 

 

We have recently seen a spike¹⁴ of 4 cases here of within a matter of a couple of weeks. So it is a matter of the public being aware, and taking a look under the vehicle before returning. So far unwilling drivers who find the drugs have not been charged. For NPR news I am NJ in Santiago.

 

President Obama plans to propose the expansion of the oil drilling ban on wild life refuge in Alaska. It was designated millions of acres of wild life refuge as wild, that move from the battle republican called concress of oil and gas drilling in that area.

This is NPR. 

1 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

4 bounty   

n.慷慨的赠予物，奖金；慷慨，大方；施与

参考例句：

• He is famous for his bounty to the poor.他因对穷人慷慨相助而出名。
• We received a bounty from the government.我们收到政府给予的一笔补助金。

5 avert   

v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)

参考例句：

• He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
• I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。

6 escalation   

n.扩大，增加

参考例句：

• The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句

7 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

8 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

9 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

10 commute   

vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通

参考例句：

• I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
• Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。

11 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

12 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

13 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

14 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。