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 The FBI is providing new details of a terrorist plot that was foiled yesterday in Boston. Officials say the 26-year-old, who was fatally shot by police, was planning to randomly¹ kill police officers in Massachusetts. NPR’s Tovia Smith reports an alleged² co-conspirator appeared at Federal Court today. 

Usaamah Rahim was planning to behead someone outside of Massachusetts, but changed his plan at the last minute to killing³ police in Massachusetts, according to a nephew David. Police showed video to community leaders today, hoping to prove that Rahim was shot while running at police with a knife, not in the back as had been claimed. His alleged co-conspirator David Wright has been held without bail⁴. The FBI says he also conspired⁵ to obstruct⁶ justice by telling Rahim to destroy his phone before the attack. Authorities are not naming a third person they say was also involved in a Rhode Island meeting about the plot. The FBI has been on the scene investigating a Warwick, Rhode Island home. Tovia Smith, NPR News, Boston. 

 

President Obama is making another big push for Congress to pass fast-track trade authority. As NPR’s Tamara Keith reports, he’s trying to win over House Democrats⁸. 

President Obama did a flurry of interviews with local TV from Texas, California and Washington State. The goal? To provide cover for Democratic lawmakers who have already committed to support fast-track trade authority and to try to persuade others. The fast-track authority would help President Obama seal the deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership⁹ trade deal. Speaking to Kai Ryssdal, host of Market Place for APM, Obama said the deal has China’s attention. 

“They’ve already started putting out feelers about the possibilities of them participating at some point to you, to us, to Jack¹⁰ Lew, the treasury¹¹ secretary.” 

At this point, it’s unclear whether the fast-track trade bill has the votes to pass the House. Tamara Keith, NPR News, the White House.

 

Another Democratic challenger for the White House, former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee announcing today:

“I enjoy challenges and certainly we have many facing America. Today I’m formally entering the race for the Democratic nomination¹² for president. Thank you.”

Outlining education, infrastructure¹³, healthcare and a strong middle class as his priorities, started out as a Republican, briefly¹⁴ switching to independent before becoming a Democrat⁷, he joins three other candidates vying¹⁵ for the party’s nomination—former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley. 

 

The US trade gap down sharply last month, as exports posted a modest gain while imports fell. The Commerce Department says the April deficit¹⁶ fell 19.2% to nearly $41bn after surging in March to its highest level since late 2008. 

 

Wall Street was higher by the closing bell today. The Dow up 64. The Nasdaq up 22. 

 

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The most powerful machine in the world for smashing bits of atoms together is now back in business today. NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce reports that this collider wasn’t doing science for over two years. 

The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland is truly large. Its underground racetrack for subatomic particles is 17 miles around. In 2012 physicists¹⁷ announced that the multi-billion dollar machine had made its first big breakthrough—confirmation of the long theorized takes bones on particle. But soon after that the collider was shut down for maintenance and repairs. Scientists gathered in control rooms full of computer screens to applaud as the collider came back on line, and champagne¹⁸ corks¹⁹ were popping because now it will have even more powerful collisions than during its first three-year run, and higher energy collisions will let physicists look for even more mysterious particles. Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR News. 

 

The cruise ship that capsized on China’s Yangtze River amidst a storm with more than 450 people on board had been cited for safety violations²⁰ two years ago. That’s according to maritime²¹ agency records. More than 400 people are still unaccounted for and crews are still working to get to people who might be trapped and then also recover the victims. The ship’s captain and chief engineer, both among the few survivors²², have been detained. That ship was hit by what Chinese officials are now saying was a tornado²³ and that vessel²⁴ wasn’t designed to withstand that kind of wind strength. 

 

Crude oil prices were lower by the closing bell, losing $1.62. That’s more than 2.5%, ending at $59. 64 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 

 

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1 randomly   

adv.随便地，未加计划地

参考例句：

• Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内，分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
• Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句

2 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

3 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。

4 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

5 conspired   

密谋( conspire的过去式和过去分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They conspired to bring about the meeting of the two people. 他们共同促成了两人的会面。
• Bad weather and car trouble conspired to ruin our vacation. 恶劣的气候连同汽车故障断送了我们的假日。

6 obstruct   

v.阻隔，阻塞(道路、通道等)；n.阻碍物，障碍物

参考例句：

• He became still more dissatisfied with it and secretly did everything in his power to obstruct it.他对此更不满意，尽在暗里使绊子。
• The fallen trees obstruct the road.倒下的树将路堵住了。

7 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。

8 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》

9 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

10 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。

11 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

12 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。

13 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

14 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

15 vying   

adj.竞争的；比赛的

参考例句：

• California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
• Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。

16 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

17 physicists   

物理学家( physicist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• For many particle physicists, however, it was a year of frustration. 对于许多粒子物理学家来说，这是受挫折的一年。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技
• Physicists seek rules or patterns to provide a framework. 物理学家寻求用法则或图式来构成一个框架。

18 champagne   

n.香槟酒；微黄色

参考例句：

• There were two glasses of champagne on the tray.托盘里有两杯香槟酒。
• They sat there swilling champagne.他们坐在那里大喝香槟酒。

19 corks   

n.脐梅衣；软木( cork的名词复数 )；软木塞

参考例句：

• Champagne corks were popping throughout the celebrations. 庆祝会上开香槟酒瓶塞的砰砰声不绝於耳。 来自辞典例句
• Champagne corks popped, and on lace tablecloths seven-course dinners were laid. 桌上铺着带装饰图案的网织的桌布，上面是七道菜的晚餐。 来自飘（部分）

20 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

21 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

22 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

23 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

24 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。