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 The International Monetary¹ Fund Steeling Committee says while the global recovery contines, growth is still moderate, and prospects² are uneven³, especially in the merging⁴ markets, which account most of the gloabl growth. Meanwhile, Spain has frozen the assets of the former IMF chief, as Laura Frayer reports from Madrid.

Spanish procecutors say while Rodrigo Rato stashed⁵ nearly 30 million dollars overseas illegally to avoid paying Spanish tax. He is also accused of laundering⁶ at Bonkiya, Spain's biggest real esctate lender while he was CEO until the bank collapes that he needed a bailout. Rato was arrested and then freed this week, he denied the allegations and he's cooperating the authorities. They've frozen his assets and taken his passpord. As I heard from instinct IMF,Rato was Spain's former vice⁷ president and economy minister. His arrest has blown Spain's ruling conservative, who are seeking reelection later this year. From NPR news, I'm Laura Frayer in Madrid.

Across Germany, today thousands of people marched in protest of a plan f deal between US and Europe. Protesters are worried that the deal will arode food, labor⁸ and environmental standards. A recent Uga poll shows that 43% of Germans think trans-Atlantic trade and investment partnership⁹ will be bad for Germany. But Chancellor¹⁰ Angela Merkel says the deal could add 100 billion dollars annualy to the economies of both the US and Europe. 

In Afghannistan, at least 35 people are dead after a suicide bomber¹¹ targeted a crowd of people gathered at a bank to receive their monthly salary in Jeloubar. 125 other were wounded. Authorities say an official with self-described Islamic state claimed responsibity. But that claim hasn't been verified. 

A young man is dead in St.Louise after he alleged¹² charged a police with a knife. St.Louise public radio Camel Phillips says his death has a new debate about the best way for police to respond to mentally ill. 

Authorities say 23 year old David Mecal armed himself with a knife and a summirized sword before locking his mother out in their St.Louise county home later Friday night. His mother told police that he's been behaving radically¹³. Two hours after officers arrived on scene. Mecal stepped outside with a knife. St.Louise county police chief Don Belmore officers first tried to seduce¹⁴ Mecal was a rapid bull to the thigh¹⁵. 

We were hoping he would drop the knife, but it just didn't work out.Had he've done that, then the officers were already prepared to phicially engage him, ground him, and then this would be over, and he would be in a hospital. Belmoret said his department had a similar encounter with Mecal last summer. But officers were able to defuse the situation. From NPR news, I'm Camel Phillips in St.Louise.

New Hampshire is the place to be this weekend for Republican presidential hopeful.About 20 politicans are on a program for a 2-day conference hosted by the state's GOP.New Hampshire holds the first presidential primary. Demoncratic candidate Hillary Clinton heads to the state on Monday. 

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Two people remain in critial condition after a gas explosion in Fresnon California Friday. The sheriff's officers said the jail inmates¹⁶ and a public works employee are still hospitalized. The explosion on a specific gas electric pipe happened at the Freson County Sheriff gun arrange. An enquipment operator hit with a front loader, while tried to build a bur. Some country jail inmates were doing clean up work nearby. 

The rock and roll hall of fame welcomes its class of 2015 tonight in Clevand Ohio. From remember sation WKSU could be your body of reports, the adducting that includes musicians from blues¹⁷, rock, to punk, pop.

Greenday makes into the hall at his first tried, as the youngest act represents the ceremony at Clivand public hall. On the flipside, a long eligble act at the pop bell blue's band. Rulee and Bill Wither¹⁸ are the leave on me fame.Stevie Renal are double trouble.And Jone Jack¹⁹, are being adopted at placing first and third at the online poll. Running out of this year's class for the five at the early influence catogories, and Rico stars with a musical excellence²⁰ award, making all four Beatles double hall in ...From NPR new, I'm Cabiel Bartir.

Severe weather accoss US Friday with reports of 8 tornadoes²¹ in northeast Colorado, weastern Kananse and near the coast of Texas.Some damage was reported in Standford Texas. Today a severe thunderstorm watches for Central Texas and up in Kansasse with golf sized haling wind gust²² up to 75 miles an hour possibe. I'm Gene²³ Herbes, NPR news in Washington.

1 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

2 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

3 uneven   

adj.不平坦的，不规则的，不均匀的

参考例句：

• The sidewalk is very uneven—be careful where you walk.这人行道凹凸不平—走路时请小心。
• The country was noted for its uneven distribution of land resources.这个国家以土地资源分布不均匀出名。

4 merging   

合并（分类）

参考例句：

• Many companies continued to grow by merging with or buying competing firms. 许多公司通过合并或收买竞争对手的公司而不断扩大。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• To sequence by repeated splitting and merging. 用反复分开和合并的方法进行的排序。

5 stashed   

v.贮藏( stash的过去式和过去分词 )；隐藏；藏匿；藏起

参考例句：

• She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts. 她有一大笔钱存在几个不同的银行账户下。
• She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts. 她在不同的银行账户上秘密储存了一大笔钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 laundering   

n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）

参考例句：

• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

8 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。

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 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。

11 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

12 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

13 radically   

ad.根本地，本质地

参考例句：

• I think we may have to rethink our policies fairly radically. 我认为我们可能要对我们的政策进行根本的反思。
• The health service must be radically reformed. 公共医疗卫生服务必须进行彻底改革。

14 seduce   

vt.勾引，诱奸，诱惑，引诱

参考例句：

• She has set out to seduce Stephen.她已经开始勾引斯蒂芬了。
• Clever advertising would seduce more people into smoking.巧妙策划的广告会引诱更多的人吸烟。

15 thigh   

n.大腿；股骨

参考例句：

• He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了，疼得很。
• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。

16 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

18 wither   

vt.使凋谢，使衰退，(用眼神气势等)使畏缩；vi.枯萎，衰退，消亡

参考例句：

• She grows as a flower does-she will wither without sun.她象鲜花一样成长--没有太阳就会凋谢。
• In autumn the leaves wither and fall off the trees.秋天，树叶枯萎并从树上落下来。

19 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。

20 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

21 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网

22 gust   

n.阵风，突然一阵（雨、烟等），（感情的）迸发

参考例句：

• A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来，把前门关上了。
• A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。

23 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。