NPR 2012-06-26

 Supporters and opponents of the Arizona immigration law are claiming victory in a Supreme¹ Court ruling today. The court said local law enforcement may not arrest illegal immigrants, and the state may not make it a crime for immigrants to work without a permit. But the justices upheld the so-called “show me your papers” provision requiring police to check the immigration status of someone they suspect is in the US illegally. Governor Jan Brewer² says she satisfied. 

 

“I believe we have accomplished³ a lot, in that it was upheld by the United States Supreme Court, and that we will move forward, instructing law enforcement to begin practicing what the United States Supreme Court has upheld.”

 

Meanwhile, speaking for the Service Employees International Union, Eliseo Medina said his rank-and-file is not happy.

 

“We are extremely disappointed that they upheld the “show me your papers” provision. We think that that is clearly a violation⁴ of human and civil rights, that it will, in fact, lead to racial profiling.”

 

President Obama welcomed provisions of the ruling striking down sections of the law and today renewed his call for a national overhaul⁵ of immigration law. The justices also ruled that a mandatory⁶ life sentence without parole is unconstitutional for juveniles⁸. NPR's Nina Totenberg explains.

 

The judge must or the jury must consider the youth and the background of this individual, whether the person was in fact, the shooter, the actual person, the trigger man, or was he or she an accomplice⁹. All of those things have to be considered before you sentence a juvenile⁷ to life in prison without parole. Not that you cannot do it, but you have to consider other factors you can't, on a mandatory basis, sentence juveniles to life in prison without parole. NPR's Nina Totenberg.

 

Some good news for the struggling construction market. NPR's Sonari Glinton reports. 

 

In May, the sale of new homes went up almost 8%. It's the best growth since April, 2010. That was the last month that people could qualify for a federal home-buying tax credit. Americans bought approximately 360,000 new homes. That's a big increase, but it's still far below the 700,000 economists¹⁰ would consider healthy. The sales gains were concentrated in two reasons of the country. New home sales increased more than 36% in the Northeast and nearly 30% in the South. They fell in the West and the Midwest. Some of the reasons for the overall growth in the new home market, affordability¹¹. Mortgage rates are at an all-time low, and prices remain low as well. Sonari Glinton, NPR News.

 

On Wall Street, approaching the close, the Dow was down 128 at 12,512; the NASDAQ down 54 at 2,837.

 

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Eurozone anxieties are leading world oil prices lower, translating into savings¹² at the pump. Analyst¹³ Chelbie Lunber puts the average price of a gallon of regular in the US now at 347 down 48 cents from early April. 

 

The scandal-plagued Vatican has hired a Fox News correspondent in Rome to improve its communications strategy. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports the American journalist is a member of the conservative Catholic group, Opus Dei.

 

Fifty-two-year-old Greg Burke has been with Fox News ten years, and he’ll be the first Vatican communications expert with experience outside the world of religious media. Last week, the Pope's right-hand man Cardinal¹⁴ Tarcisio Bertone accused the media of pettiness and lies. The Vatican has been bedeviled by communication errors since Benedict's 2005 election. The Pope's infamous¹⁵ remarks about Muslims and violence, his decision to rehabilitate¹⁶ a schismatic bishop¹⁷ who denied the holocaust¹⁸ and the Vatican's response to the 2010 explosion of sex abuse scandals in Europe are just a few. The Vatican is now dealing¹⁹ with leaks of sensitive documents. In accordance with Opus Dei discipline, Burke is celibate²⁰ and gives most of his income to the movement. Sylvia Poggioli, NPR News, Rome.

 

A spate²¹ of fires across the state of Colorado could leave many hotels and campgrounds empty for the Fourth of July holiday. A forest fire near Rocky Mountain National Park burned almost two dozen homes and other structures, and Florida Governor Richard Scott has declared a statewide emergency because of Tropical Storm Debby. The system has been drenching²² Florida with rain and spawning²³ tornados²⁴.

1 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。

2 brewer   

n. 啤酒制造者

参考例句：

• Brewer is a very interesting man. 布鲁尔是一个很有趣的人。
• I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. 我决定辞职，做一名酿酒人。

3 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。

4 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

5 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

6 mandatory   

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

参考例句：

• It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
• There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

7 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。

8 juveniles   

n.青少年( juvenile的名词复数 )；扮演少年角色的演员；未成年人

参考例句：

• Do you think that punishment for violent crimes should be the same for juveniles and adults? 你对暴力犯罪的惩罚对于青少年和成人应一样吗？ 来自生活英语口语25天快训
• Juveniles Should we not exactly in need of such strength and conviction? 少年的我们难道不正是需要这种力量和信念吗？ 来自互联网

9 accomplice   

n.从犯，帮凶，同谋

参考例句：

• She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
• He is suspected as an accomplice of the murder.他涉嫌为这次凶杀案的同谋。

10 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 affordability   

可购性

参考例句：

• Performance-Based Logistics Affordability: Can We Afford Categorical Conversion to Performance-Based Acquisition? 基于性能的后期的可承受性：能否担负得起向基于性能的采办的无条件的转变？
• There would be no crisis of affordability, as't for food or clothing. 就想食物与服装一样，因为供给没有危机。

12 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

13 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

14 cardinal   

n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的

参考例句：

• This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
• The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。

15 infamous   

adj.声名狼藉的，臭名昭著的，邪恶的

参考例句：

• He was infamous for his anti-feminist attitudes.他因反对女性主义而声名狼藉。
• I was shocked by her infamous behaviour.她的无耻行径令我震惊。

16 rehabilitate   

vt.改造(罪犯)，修复；vi.复兴，(罪犯)经受改造

参考例句：

• There was no money to rehabilitate the tower.没有资金修复那座塔。
• He used exercise programmes to rehabilitate the patients.他采用体育锻炼疗法使患者恢复健康。

17 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

18 holocaust   

n.大破坏；大屠杀

参考例句：

• The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
• Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

19 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

20 celibate   

adj.独身的，独身主义的；n.独身者

参考例句：

• He had defended the institution of a celibate priesthood.他捍卫了独身牧师制度。
• The instinct of the celibate warned him to hold back.单身汉的本能告诫他回头是岸。

21 spate   

n.泛滥，洪水，突然的一阵

参考例句：

• Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
• Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。

22 drenching   

n.湿透v.使湿透( drench的现在分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• A black cloudburst was drenching Siena at midday. 中午，一场天昏地暗的暴风雨在锡耶纳上空倒下来。 来自辞典例句
• A drenching rain poured down and the rising hurricane drove it in sheets along the ground. 一阵倾盆大雨泼下来了，越来越大的狂风把它顺着地面刮成了一片一片的雨幕。 来自辞典例句

23 spawning   

产卵

参考例句：

• Encounter sites have a small chance of spawning a "Commander" NPC. 遭遇战地区有很小的几率遇到NPC指挥官。
• Instantly revives your Champion at your Spawning Pool, 9 minute cooldown. 立即在出生地复活你的英雄，冷却时间9分钟。

24 tornados   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
• They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网