美国国家电台 NPR 2012-10-19

 After the years of court battles, the names of more than 1,200 people accused of child sexual abuse within the boy scouts² were released today.  ChrishionFoldinvensoxx, of organ public broadcasting reports the documents covered the years from 1965 to 1985. 

The names of individuals who've made allegations have been redacted. But child abuse attorney, KallyClobxx, says the files paint the picture volunteers staff repeatedly abusing children on scatting trips and sleep overs. 

You can read these files and say, wow, probably they should have had role that set scouts couldn't spend the light in scout¹ leaders homes because of a lot of abuse happned there. 

Several media organizations including Organ public broadcasting went to court to secure the release of the files. The scouts release the statement last month, saying it plans to report the names of suspect to child abuses in the files but also said that in many cases the files have protected children by listing the names of abuses. For NPR News, I'm ChristainFoldenVensoxx, in Portlandxx. 

 

A brief scare for Google today trading Google shares with temporarily halted after the company released earnings³ prematurely⁴ in the filing with the ICC. NPR's StevenHanxx, reports profits of the internet search giant felt more than 20%. 

Google's third quarter earnings reports spooked investers. The report was released unexpected lead during the middle of trading and revealed that the price advertisers willing to pay the search giant to deliver clicks for ad. is plummeting⁵. The average price for click felt 14%. Most likely because advertisers are willing to pay lustrine ad. that appears on mobile device. Google's recent purchase of cell phone makers⁶, Motorola mobility⁷ has also created drag on earnings. Motorola lost more than 0.50 billion dollars last quarter. Wall Street was expecting better, much better. The news sent Google stock tumbling, 9%. By the time trading was temporarily halted, Google's share holders⁸ had lost 19 billion dollars. Steven Henxxx, NPR NEws, Silicon⁹ Valley. 

 

A fight is brewing¹⁰ among European leaders ahead of their finanial summit in Brussels. Germany, the block's largest economy, is calling for stronger central powers of European union's executive to NATO, national budgets. Germany's getting to push back from several nations including France, where president Francois Hollande said today, the EU should concentrate on creating a banking¹¹ union. 

 

More riots erupt in Athens, Greece today against new cost cutting measures of many Greeks argued they can not afford. Crowds set to number in tens of thousands demonstrators outside the Greek parliament when a small group clashed with police, who used tear gas and stun¹² grenades to disperse¹³ the protesters. The governments says it's moving ahead of austerity measures in order to receive international bailout funds. 

 

At last check on Wall Street, Dow Jones industry average down 30 at 13,525. This is NPR. 

 

Scientist and inventor, Stanford Ovshinsky has died. WDET's Jerome Vaughn reports, Ovshinsky was inter-grow to the creation of many modern technologies. 

Ovshinsky has created it developing the nickel-metal hydride battery, which has been widely used to power laptop computers, cell phones and electric cars. He also contributed to the development of flights green liquid crystal displays and hydrogen fuel cells. Ovshinsky and his wife founded energy convertion devices in Michigan in 1960s. The company focused on his working to fuelled energy and information. He left the company in 2006 and led to form two new companies, Ovshinsky's innovation and Ovshinsky solar. Stand of Ovshinsky's family, says the event died from prostate cancer, he was 89 years old. For NPR Nes, I'm Jerome Vaughn in Detroit. 

 

A US's appeals court in New York is now the second in the country to reject a central part of the defence of marriage act which defies marriage's union between the man and woman. Today, a three-judge panel said the law unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to legally marry same sex couples. The issue is expected to come up before the US supreme¹⁴ court. 

 

Authorities reportedly are investigating multiple shootings at the central Florida beauty Salon¹⁵ today. The associated press says three women were killed and the fourth person was wouned at the Casselberry establishment. It says police saying that the gunman later killed himself. Motive¹⁶ is still under investigation¹⁷.

1 scout   

n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索

参考例句：

• He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
• The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。

2 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

3 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

4 prematurely   

adv.过早地，贸然地

参考例句：

• She was born prematurely with poorly developed lungs. 她早产，肺部未发育健全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His hair was prematurely white, but his busy eyebrows were still jet-black. 他的头发已经白了，不过两道浓眉还是乌黑乌黑的。 来自辞典例句

5 plummeting   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Prices are rising, falling, going up, going down, shooting up, plummeting, etc. 物价在上涨、下跌、上升、下落、猛然上涨、骤然下跌等。 来自辞典例句
• The enemy plane went plummeting into the sea. 敌机直直掉进海里。 来自辞典例句

6 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 mobility   

n.可动性，变动性，情感不定

参考例句：

• The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
• Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。

8 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

9 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

10 brewing   

n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• It was obvious that a big storm was brewing up. 很显然，一场暴风雨正在酝酿中。
• She set about brewing some herb tea. 她动手泡一些药茶。

11 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

12 stun   

vt.打昏，使昏迷，使震惊，使惊叹

参考例句：

• When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.他们告诉我她不见了时，我当时完全惊呆了。
• Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.萨姆站在原地，被一下打昏了。

13 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

14 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

15 salon   

n.[法]沙龙；客厅；营业性的高级服务室

参考例句：

• Do you go to the hairdresser or beauty salon more than twice a week?你每周去美容院或美容沙龙多过两次吗？
• You can hear a lot of dirt at a salon.你在沙龙上会听到很多流言蜚语。

16 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

17 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。