NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-02-22

 　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh

 

　　15 republican senates are launching a new effort to keep their former colleague Chark Hagga from becoming secretary of defense¹. In effort led by Texas senator John Corlon , the letter urged president Obama to withdraw Hagu's nomination² saying he asks broad base partisan³ support need to effectively performer creative job. Senator John Michan outspoken⁴ Hague's critic has not signed the letter . He indicated last Sunday he would not block the nomination, and most recently Richard Chaby reportedly told Decatur daily he would likely back Hague as well .

 

　　A Winter storm is blamed the plane with so much snow, residences are staying home from work and school today on the order of local and state officials , at least one Hotelling Kansas is commentating people who were unable to drive through snow pact⁵ highway . The storm is blamed in at least two deadly traffic accident involving 19 year old in Brisco and 18 year old in Oklahoma , forecasters are expected to up to 18 inches snow. Meanwhile, Missouri governor Jame has declared state of emergency. From Member station, KSMU Jennifer David reports parts of Missouri are granting to a hall because of treasury⁶ conditions, the governor has activated⁷ state emergency plan which allowed state emergency to work directly with county and city emergency responders. About 40 people are staying at souvion army in spring field which provided bed ,blanket, and food for family in need . Drivers in southern Missouri are seeing mostly slid and freezing rain where the Northern part of state is expected to see heavy snow fall. Some rural post carrier are having trouble navigating⁸ country road sneaked⁹ eyes , For NPR news, I'm Jennifer David in Western Missouri.

 

　　Sales previously¹⁰ owned home are on the rise increased 0.4% in January . The National association realtor says the media price home sold last month was about 173,000 dollars , NPR Cregie says that's up 12% compared to January of last year, in the 11 straight month year over year increase , the name recent for raising sale is limited inventory¹¹. Morine young, chief economist¹² for the association says only about 1.7 million existing homes  were on the market at the end of January . This is lowest number of home available for sale since 1999, UN says sales were up in every region of nation except for west to inventory of home is tidiest . The answer he says it is more construction . Right now, the builders are adding but they need to grade leave round production . Distressed¹³ homes including foreclosure and short sale account for 23% of sales existing home last month, Cregie Windom NPR news, Washington. This is NPR.

 

　　Germany is pushing for transatlantic trade agreement between European Union and United states. NPR reports from Berlin that German hopes for the deal arisen since president Obama recently expressed his support for the measure. Chancellor¹⁴ told German parliament today that swift action on free trade zone guarantee EU and United states, sub-district standard in law , especial regard to future technologies. She said if we don't believe then other country will, and their standard maybe coincide with ours. Talks between US administration and Europe Union are started by June with hope of getting trade pact by the end of next year . Surro NPR news Berlin .

 

　　The NATO secretary general is warning member countries facing cut back not to allow their defense budget to suffer . Under Score says further cut can seriously affect world wide security . It's comment in Brussels comes from Washington faced across board spending cut take much effect in March first if congress did not reach a deal .

 

　　Members of American are looking or seeking unemployment benefit jump to 20,000 last week to seasonally¹⁵ adjusted 362,000. The Labor¹⁶ department says the four week average meanwhile which means less volatile¹⁷ gage¹⁸ rose by 8000 , just over 360,000, highest in six weeks .

 

　　Department spokesman says heavy snow storm did not affect unemployment total,

 

　　Dow is 50 points .

 

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1 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。

2 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。

3 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

4 outspoken   

adj.直言无讳的，坦率的，坦白无隐的

参考例句：

• He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
• She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。

5 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

6 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。

7 activated   

adj. 激活的 动词activate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The canister is filled with activated charcoal.蒸气回收罐中充满了活性炭。

8 navigating   

v.给（船舶、飞机等）引航，导航( navigate的现在分词 )；（从海上、空中等）横越；横渡；飞跃

参考例句：

• These can also be very useful when navigating time-based documents, such as video and audio. 它对于和时间有关的文档非常有用，比如视频和音频文档。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Vehicles slowed to a crawl on city roads, navigating slushy snow. 汽车在市区路上行驶缓慢，穿越泥泞的雪地。 来自互联网

9 sneaked   

v.潜行( sneak的过去式和过去分词 )；偷偷溜走；（儿童向成人）打小报告；告状

参考例句：

• I sneaked up the stairs. 我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
• She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch. 她偷偷看了一眼手表。

10 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

11 inventory   

n.详细目录，存货清单

参考例句：

• Some stores inventory their stock once a week.有些商店每周清点存货一次。
• We will need to call on our supplier to get more inventory.我们必须请供应商送来更多存货。

12 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。

13 distressed   

痛苦的

参考例句：

• He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions. 他非常苦恼而困惑，无法回答他们的问题。
• The news of his death distressed us greatly. 他逝世的消息使我们极为悲痛。

14 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

15 seasonally   

参考例句：

• The price of vegetables fluctuates seasonally. 蔬菜的价格随季节变动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They moved seasonally among various vegetation types to feed on plants that were flourishing. 它们还随着季节的变化而在各种类型植物之间迁移，以便吃那些茂盛的植物。 来自辞典例句

16 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

17 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

18 gage   

n.标准尺寸，规格；量规，量表 [=gauge]

参考例句：

• Can you gage what her reaction is likely to be?你能揣测她的反应可能是什么吗？
• It's difficult to gage one's character.要判断一个人的品格是很困难的。