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 Community members are honouring the victims of the deadly shooting at Fordhood.A church just outside the Texas military base held a service today for the three soldiers killed.It's the second fatal shooting there in the past five years.Speaking on Fox news Sunday,House Homeland Security Committee chairman XX says the latest rampage shows a policy review is needed.

 

I don't think you can ever one hundred percent secure a military base from something like this happen.But I do think it requires a review,a re-analysis of the force protection policies that we have at our military installations to see how we can better secure them.President Obama is planning to attend a memorial service on Wednesday one week after the shooting.

 

 

Secretary of Defence Chuck Hago says the US is deploying¹ two missile defence destroyers to Japan.As John Matthews reports,Hago made the pledge in Tokyo today as he tried to boost Japan's confidence in the US military commitment to its security.

 

 

Secretary Hago says the destroyers are precautionary measures to what he calls Pyongyong's pattern of provocative² action,referring to its UN-resolution-violating missile launches.A combination of missile threats from North Korea,disputes with its neighbours and America's own military inaction in Crimea has Japan on edge,according to analysts³.They say Tokyo needs assurances that Washington is committed to defending its long-time ally.The next leg of Secretary Hago's Asian tour takes him into China where he says he'll use the opportunity to warn Beijing against its aggressive moves in the Pacific.China and Japan are currently locked in a heated territorial⁴ dispute over resource-rich islands in the east China sea.From NPR news,I'm John Matthews in Tokyo.

 

 

A polio vaccination⁵ program is underway across the middle east.Following the outbreak of war in Syria,the paralysing disease has been found in several countries where it was once eradicated⁶.NPR's Alex XX reports.

 

 

The UN announced that the campaign was attempted to vaccinate⁷ more than 20 million children in Syria,Iraq and Egypt in the next 5 days.Until last year,polio had been eliminated in every country except Afghanistan,Pakistan and Nigeria.Islamist militants⁸ have hindered vaccination programs in those countries.But in Syria,a Pakistani-strain of the virus was discovered in October last year.Since then,27 children have been paralysed by polio there.Then,in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad,a baby was found to be paralysed by polio last month.Officials say the vaccination drive is urgently needed to halt further spread of the virus.Alex Gordon,NPR news.Beirut.

 

 

Gas prices are up again in the US.The latest XX Survey says the price for a gallon of regular has risen 5 cents in the last two weeks.

 

 

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Israeli prime minister XX is accusing Palestinian officials of violating the terms of peace negotiations⁹ as NPR's Emily Harris reports from XX efforts to extend the talks that started last summer are floundering.

 

 

XX blamed Palestinian authority president XX for the talk's breakdown¹⁰.He claimed Abbas's decision to apply for membership in international treaties was a unilateral move outside the terms'agreed-on talks.Palestinian officials note that Israel had first failed to fulfill¹¹ another term for negotiations,freeing 26 Palesitinian prisoners convicted of involvement in killing¹² Israelis.Natenyahu suggested that Israel may also take what he called unilateral actions.He wasn's specific.But Israeli media reports say that if talks do not continue,Israel might withhold¹³ tax revenue Israel collects on behalf of the Palestinian authority,or perhaps stop efforts to improve cellular¹⁴ technology in the Palestinian territories.Emily Harris,NPR news,XX.

 

 

The international community is praising Afghans for turning out in huge numbers to vote this weekend in the face of threats from the Taliban.XX,head of the European Union's election assessment¹⁵ team,praised Afghan authorities for making an impressive effort to avoid election flaw.

 

 

I was impressed,I was moved,personally,as a democrat¹⁶ coming here on invitation of the Afghan authorities,to observe the elections,to make an assessment of it,to evaluate them.

1 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

2 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

3 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

4 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

5 vaccination   

n.接种疫苗，种痘

参考例句：

• Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
• Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。

6 eradicated   

画着根的

参考例句：

• Polio has been virtually eradicated in Brazil. 在巴西脊髓灰质炎实际上已经根除。
• The disease has been eradicated from the world. 这种疾病已在全世界得到根除。

7 vaccinate   

vt.给…接种疫苗；种牛痘

参考例句：

• Local health officials then can plan the best times to vaccinate people.这样，当地的卫生官员就可以安排最佳时间给人们接种疫苗。
• Doctors vaccinate us so that we do not catch smallpox.医生给我们打预防针使我们不会得天花。

8 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

9 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

10 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

11 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

12 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。

13 withhold   

v.拒绝，不给；使停止，阻挡

参考例句：

• It was unscrupulous of their lawyer to withhold evidence.他们的律师隐瞒证据是不道德的。
• I couldn't withhold giving some loose to my indignation.我忍不住要发泄一点我的愤怒。

14 cellular   

adj.移动的；细胞的，由细胞组成的

参考例句：

• She has a cellular telephone in her car.她的汽车里有一部无线通讯电话机。
• Many people use cellular materials as sensitive elements in hygrometers.很多人用蜂窝状的材料作为测量温度的传感元件。

15 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

16 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。