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 Health officials in New York City have now confirmed a physician working with the group of Doctors without Borders has tested positive for Ebola. The doctor was rushed to Bellevue Hospital reportedly with high fever, becoming the city's first confirmed case of the disease. The doctor recently return from West Africa and reported a 103 degree fever in diarrhea. While further test by the Center of Disease, Control & Prevention would be needed, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed the initial results. 

"Testing confirmed that a patient here in New York City had tested positive for Ebola. The patient is now here in Bellevue Hospital."

At the same time the mayor also sought to reassure¹ jittering² New Yorkers that the virus is difficult to catch. 

" Ebola is an extremely hard disease to contract. It's transmitted only through direct contact with the blood or other bodily fluids, not through casual contacts."

Doctor in emergency room physician was reportedly returned from Guinea more than a week ago. New York Times reported the doctor travelled from Manhattan to Brooklyn by subway last night. The CDC is dispatching Ebola team to New York and it's already looking at who the doctor may have been contacted with. 

 

Police in Canada are giving more details about the gunman who killed a Canadian solider Wednesday and stormed the parliament building. As NPR's Jackie Northam reports from Ottawa, police said the gunman acted alone. 

Canadian police say Michael Zehaf-Bibeau had been lived in at a shelter here in Ottawa since early October. The 32-year-old has come to Ottawa to apply for a passport. His part of background check he has exposed had come under investigation³. He was recent converted to Islam. Canadian Security Services though he was hoping to leave for Libya. In fact his mother told police after the shooting that her son was planning to go to Syria. Police say Zehaf-Bibeau was not among a group of roughly 90 people on a high risk watch list. The police say he has exposed motives⁴ were largely linked to his radicalization. Jackie Northam, NPR News, Ottawa. 

 

More to be done on talks with Iran. That's according to a US negotiator. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports negotiators are facing November 21 deadline to deal with the countries' nuclear program. 

Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman says all the components⁵ of the plan that should be acceptable on the table, and she told the Washington think-tank get time to finish the job. While Sherman says it's a complex puzzle trying to block Iran from all potential paths to nuclear weapon. 

"Given the states, it should be no surprise that our talks have moved forward a deliberate path, which is deposed⁶ for not so fast."

Skeptical⁷ US lawmakers want to step up the pressure on Iran. Sherman says the US and its partners will only suspend or lift sanctions when Iran takes convincing steps to show its nuclear program is peaceful. Michele Kelemen, NPR News, Washington. 

 

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A 23-year-old Maryland man who jumped the White House fence last night and was taken down by a dog has been ordered held without bond, after appearing today before a federal magistrate⁸. Dominic Adesanya, resisting it's he who is being taken away, and talking the 2 of the court officers remove them from the courtroom. Adesanya is charged with misdemeanor for assaulting the 2 police dogs and for unlawfully entering White House ground. White House press secretary Josh Earnest before the latest incident, told the reporters the option is being considered a heighten security in the White House. 

 

China launched a new spacecraft to the moon. As NPR's Jeff Brownfield reports it would test technology for future landing on the lunar surface. 

The new mission which launch to dispatch Long March-3C rocket, according to Chinese official news agency Xinhua. This spacecraft will travel near the moon before returning to earth and land in Mongolia. The mission is a practice for the next mission in 2017 which will land on the lunar surface and send moon rock back to earth. Last December China made headline with an unmanned lander and robotic rover generally touched down on the moon and drove around. Jeff Brownfield. NPR News. 

 

It appears after a great deal of back and forth⁹, the body of native American sports legend Jim Thorpe would remain in Pennsylvania, where he was late to rest 6 decades ago. Some relatives had sought have remains¹⁰ rebury on Travelliance, Oklahoma where he was born. Thorpe was a football, basketball and track star, who won the decathlon and pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics. He died in 1963. 

 

Once again recap this hour top story: health officials in New York now confirmed a physician working with the group Doctor without Borders says has tested positive for Ebola. He has been isolated¹¹ in a unit in Bellevue Hospital on that city.

1 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

2 jittering   

v.紧张不安，战战兢兢( jitter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• FLASH OF LIGHTNING outside his window sends harsh barred shadows jittering across cell. A storm breaking. 闪电夺目，把牢房的栅影颤抖地映出，暴雨突来。 来自互联网

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 motives   

n.动机，目的( motive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
• His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。

5 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

6 deposed   

v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
• The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

8 magistrate   

n.地方行政官，地方法官，治安官

参考例句：

• The magistrate committed him to prison for a month.法官判处他一个月监禁。
• John was fined 1000 dollars by the magistrate.约翰被地方法官罚款1000美元。

9 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

10 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。

11 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。