NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2015-11-10

 A memorial service at St Petersburg St. Isaac Cathedral today for the victims of last weekend's Russian plane crash in Egypt Sinai desert. Hundreds of mourners crowded into the world's fourth largest cathedral for the service. All 224 people on board the Metrojet flight were killed, most of them Russian tourists heading home from vacationing at Red Sea resorts. Russia continues to send empty planes to Egypt to bring home the thousands of Russian tourists still stranded¹ there. India's ruling party has suffered a crucial defeat in a regional election that's seen as a referendum on prime minister Narendra Modi. NPR's JM reports Modi's BJP Party has conceded defeat to an opposition² leader in Bihar state. Nitish Kumar upset expectations comfortably gaining ground in the five-phased election. Modi's BJP party have been forecasted to win the vote for a new legislate³ of assembly in the poor and populous⁴ Northern state of Bihar. Kumar continues as chief minister his third term. A left-leaning coalition⁵ routed Kumar's are drive of Narendra Modi who have 40 campaign appearances and extravagant⁶ promises of development. But the messages turned polarizing on issues such defense⁷ and Modi's party was rebuked⁸ for stoking dangerous dangerous divisions. India is closely watching this election and whether Modi's bruising⁹ defeat will prompt any change in his course. JM, NPR news in New Deli.

In Central Africa, gunmen described as wearing police uniforms killed at least 9 people last night at a bar in Burundi's capital Bujumbura. The BBC's RH reports some residents there calling it a politically motivated execution. The killings¹⁰ were in one of the city's southern districts which used to be an opposition stronghold. They took place just before a deadline for civilians¹¹ to hand over weapons as part of an operation to stem power resistance to president Pierre Nkurunziza. 20 people have been killed in the past week and more than 200 since April when he would stand for a third term. Opponents say his subsequent election breached¹² the terms of a peace deal that ended Burundi's civil war. The BBC's RH.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he did not mislead the public when he said he was offered a full scholarship at West Point. For people that try to take this and twist it and make it seem like something dishonest, it seems like dishonesty itself. Tuitions for all West Point students is fully¹³ paid. Carson told CBS's Face The Nation his autobiography¹⁴ says he only applied¹⁵ to one school Yale. Carson is in Puerto Rico and says statehood for Puerto Rico would strengthen the US. This is NPR news.

The death toll¹⁶ from a night club fire in Bucharest  Romania more than a week ago has risen to at least 45. Dozens are still hospitalized. The club had only one exit when fireworks set it on fire. The local mayor who resigned last week is now under arrest for granting a permit for this show without fire official's approval. In southeastern Brazil, at least 2 people are dead. 28 are still missing after 2 dams burst last week. NPR's LD reports crews aren't giving up the search for survivors¹⁷. Hundreds of firefighters, soldiers and civil defense workers have been digging through the thick* looking for survivors or more likely now the dead. Authorities have given many conflicting death polls as they struggled to grapple with the scale of the disaster. The tragedy occurred when two dams holding waster water at a iron or mine collapsed¹⁸. The nearby village was submerged and a thick blanket of sludge and hundreds of people lost their homes. They're now living in shelters. The governor has called it the state's worst ever environmental disaster. Mining is one of Brazil's biggest industries and it's huge drive of exports. There are now questions as to how safe operations in the country are. Critics have long charged there lacks environmental safety and oversight¹⁹. FS, NPR news, Rio.

Health officials in Hawaii say an outbreak of Dengue fever on the Big Island is growing. They report four new cases, bringing the total to 23. They are still looking for the source of the outbreak. I'm BC, NPR news in Washington.

1 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 legislate   

vt.制定法律；n.法规，律例；立法

参考例句：

• Therefore,it is very urgent to legislate for the right of privacy.因此，为隐私权立法刻不容缓。
• It's impossible to legislate for every contingency.为每一偶发事件都立法是不可能的。

4 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。

5 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

6 extravagant   

adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的

参考例句：

• They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
• He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。

7 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。

8 rebuked   

责难或指责( rebuke的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The company was publicly rebuked for having neglected safety procedures. 公司因忽略了安全规程而受到公开批评。
• The teacher rebuked the boy for throwing paper on the floor. 老师指责这个男孩将纸丢在地板上。

9 bruising   

adj.殊死的；十分激烈的v.擦伤(bruise的现在分词形式)

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow. 他滑倒了，一只胳膊肘严重擦伤。 来自辞典例句

10 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

11 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

12 breached   

攻破( breach的现在分词 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
• Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。

13 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

14 autobiography   

n.自传

参考例句：

• He published his autobiography last autumn.他去年秋天出版了自己的自传。
• His life story is recounted in two fascinating volumes of autobiography.这两卷引人入胜的自传小说详述了他的生平。

15 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

16 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

17 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

18 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

19 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。