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 South Carolina Republican lawmaker Lindsey Graham is seeking the GOP presidential nomination¹. In his hometown of central South Carolina, Graham says he wants to president to confront radical² Islam which he says is running wild, to take on the country's enemies. 

I want to be president to defeat the enemies that are trying to kill us. Not just penalize³ them or criticize them or contain them, but defeat them. 

Among other things, Graham says he will send 10,000 more US troops to Iraq to stabilize⁴ situation there. 

 

 

The nation's highest court is sounding with a Muslim woman who did not get hired after she showed up to a job interview with clothing retailer⁶ Abercrombie & Fitch wearing a headscarf. The justices saying the employers are generally required to accommodate job applicants⁷ and employees' religious needs. NPR's CJ has more on the eight-to-one decision. 

The ruling was written by justice Antonin Scalia with support from several others. The only nay⁸ dissenting⁹ justice was Clarence Thomas. The court majority held that to win a claim of disparate treatment, job seekers just need to show that their need for accommodation was motivating factor for an employer, not that the employer actually knew for certain that the employee, prospective¹⁰ employee will need an accommodation. 

NPR's CJ. At the time the headscarf violated the company's dress coded retail⁵ locations, but that has since changed. 

 

 

A lawsuit¹¹ has been filed against the first of its abortion¹² ban in Kansas. NPR's CL reports the ban targets the most common procedure used in the second trimester. 

The Kansas law is due to take effect in a month, and bans what it calls dismemberment abortion. The medical term is D&E, dilation¹³ and evacuation. Doctors use forceps, tongs¹⁴ or scissors to remove a fetus¹⁵ in parts. That's now banned, and doctors in violation¹⁶ face criminal prosecution¹⁷. Oklahoma has passed a similar law. Nationally, only a small share of abortions¹⁸ take place in the second trimester, but almost all of them are done by a D&E. Two doctors filed suits contending the Kansas law is unconstitutional since the Supreme¹⁹ Court has guaranteed the right to abortion until roughly the third trimester of pregnancy²⁰. Jennifer *, NPR News. 

 

 

Builders are breaking ground on more projects in April. Construction spending rose 2.2 percent, fueled by upticks in housing, government spending and non-residential building. Although the commerce department says construction spending hit the adjusted $1 trillion, the highest level since November of 2015, there were strong gains in non-residential construction, including office buildings, hotels and shopping centers. Government construction was also stronger.  

 

 

Stocks gain ground at the start of new trading week, the market moving higher today. There was a major acquisition in the * industry and some positive economic news. The Dow was 29 points to 18,040, the Nasdaq was up 12 points, S&P 500 gained 4 points. 

 

 

You're listening to NPR News in Washington. 

 

 

US remains²¹ committed to the current timetable for Iranian nuclear talks despite the fact that secretary of state John Kerry is returning to the US after breaking his leg in a weekend cycling accident. Kerry has spoken with the Iranian foreign minister since the accident, and says he intends to participate in talks scheduled for the end of the month. Kerry apparently²² fracture his right femur after striking a curb²³ while biking in France. 

 

 

Somewhere in Silicon²⁴ Valley, there is a woman who doesn't she's got a $100,000 check waiting for her, and not because she won a lottery²⁵. *, member station of KTVU in San Francisco reports the woman recycled a vintage computer that turns out to be worth a lot. 

In this part of the world, people recycle a lot of computers. But you don't see too many Apple Is turn-up, as it's the first generation Apple produced. Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne made about 200 of them in 1976. The folks in Clean Bay area realized what they had, only when they opened the box a few weeks after a recently widowed woman refused to get a receipt, or read her name.  

We want to just find the lady. 

Victor Gichun says they saw the Apple I for 200 grand to a private collector. And it's the company policy to split the proceeds 50-50.  

I helped her to take boxes from her SUV, and I've talked to her. I remember her very good. 

So is that woman listening now? Swim on by to collect your half. For NPR News, I'm RM.

 

 

Crude oil futures²⁶ * lower about 10 cents a barrel today, ending the session at 60.20 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 

I'm Jack²⁷ Speer. NPR News in Washington. 

1 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

2 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

3 penalize   

vt.对…处以刑罚，宣告…有罪；处罚

参考例句：

• It would be unfair to penalize those without a job.失业人员待遇低下是不公平的。
• The association decided not to penalize you for the race.赛马协会决定对你不予处罚。

4 stabilize   

vt.（使）稳定，使稳固，使稳定平衡；vi.稳定

参考例句：

• They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。

5 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。

6 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

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 nay   

adv.不；n.反对票，投反对票者

参考例句：

• He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的，不，应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
• Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。

9 dissenting   

adj.不同意的

参考例句：

• He can't tolerate dissenting views. 他不能容纳不同意见。
• A dissenting opinion came from the aunt . 姑妈却提出不赞同的意见。

10 prospective   

adj.预期的，未来的，前瞻性的

参考例句：

• The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
• They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。

11 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。

12 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

13 dilation   

n.膨胀，扩张，扩大

参考例句：

• Time dilation works both ways. 时间膨胀在两方面都起作用。 来自辞典例句
• The ciliary body is an anterior dilation of the choroid at the level of the lens. 晶状体是脉络膜石晶状体平面上向前扩大的部分。 来自辞典例句

14 tongs   

n.钳；夹子

参考例句：

• She used tongs to put some more coal on the fire.她用火钳再夹一些煤放进炉子里。
• He picked up the hot metal with a pair of tongs.他用一把钳子夹起这块热金属。

15 fetus   

n.胎，胎儿

参考例句：

• In the fetus,blood cells are formed in different sites at different ages.胎儿的血细胞在不同时期生成在不同的部位。
• No one knows why a fetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system. 没有人知道为什么母亲的免疫系统不会自动排斥胎儿。

16 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

17 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

18 abortions   

n.小产( abortion的名词复数 )；小产胎儿；（计划）等中止或夭折；败育

参考例句：

• The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人：不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
• Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论：染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网

19 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。

20 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

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 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。

23 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

24 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

25 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

26 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

27 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。