美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-29

 From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.Hurricane Isaac is * towards New Orleans coast is expected to make landfall by early tomorrow, the seventh anniversary of hurricane Katrina. Some people are evacuating¹, others such as Georgina Moor² are placing their faith in levies³? reinforced after Katrina. 

I think it is a test of the city and although wonderful things we put in place that they tell us working and we don't know that but we believe it right now, we wouldn't be here.

B who's traveled all the way from UK to a vocation⁴ in the * city is getting more than he bargain for.

We are a little apprehensive⁵. We've never seen anything like this before so we don't know what to expect. We've just been out shopping, we got grocers in stop talk, but we just don't know what to expect.

Although it is now at minimal⁶, hurricane strength Isaac dose not have intense winds that Katrina did, but NPR's Craig Layne reports the slow moving storm could cause major water damage.

The head of the National Hurricane Center Rick Knabb says Isaac's drenching⁷ rains are likely to cause widespread river flooding and the storm could slam coastal⁸ areas of Louisiana and Mississippi would significantly surge of seawater. 

We could see storm surge of 6-12 feet above ground level. That is why, some focus has been told to evacuate⁹.

And President Obama is urging people in vulnerable areas to hit those evacuation orders and not attempt to fail? by trying to ride up the storm. 

Now is anther time to dismiss official warnings, you need to take this seriously. 

Mr. Obama says the federal urgency management agency has deployed¹⁰ supplies and response team in all of the gulf¹¹ coast states. C, NPR News, Washington.

The hurricane may temper the mood of the bed, the Republican convention in Tampa, but Republicans are among the less anticipating a full night of big speeches.

The soon-to-be presidential nominee¹² Mitt¹³ Romney arrived earlier in town before his wife's speech tonight. NPR's A reports, Mitt Romney spent most of the afternoon preparing for his own speech which he will deliver two days from now. 

To the Romney's campaign, the big Thursday is not about hitting the reset¹⁴ button, instead, campaign's advisor¹⁵ Stuart Stevens says it'll be a little continuation Romney has been making since he first announced his run for president. Stevens * a report on the flight to Tampa.

I mean * direct * between the * city in New Hampshire and that over a year ago to this speech, very much a * threat. A vision for American, a different, more positive vision for American, how things gonna improve.

Stevens tried to downplay expectations that Romney would get a bounce in polls from the convention. He said hurricane Isaac and the back-to-back convention scheduling mean all bats? or off. A, NPR News, in Tampa.

President Obama meanwhile appealing to the young voters since the start of the university in Iowa, Colorado and Virginia. 

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The Associate Press is reporting that under regulation is finalize¹⁶ to day by the Obama administrations in average gas mileage¹⁷ of new car and trucks will have to nearly double by 20,25. The new rules are reportedly would require the fleet of new cars and trucks to average 54.5 miles per gallon in 13 years.

There's more violence in Southern Russia today as a suicide bomber¹⁸ killed prominent Muslim Religious leader. NPR's Corey Flintoff report elsewhere 8 border police were also killed in a shooting.

The two incidents which are apparently¹⁹ not related took place in Dagestan, mostly Muslim part of Russia that borders G and Azerbaijan. In the first of two attacks, police say female suicide bomber killed a muslim * and at lest five of his followers²⁰. In the second, a border guard allegedly turned on his fellow troops and killed at least seven before he was killed. Dagestan has been the scene of almost deadly? attacks by Muslim separatists since the 1990s. Corey Flintoff, NPR News, Moscow.

In Syria, state television reports a bomb exploded in the mid-afternoon during a funeral in the capital Damascus. It says 12 people were killed and dozens more were wounded when a car bomb blew up. The victims were taking part in the funeral procession of two men who were killed in bombings yesterday. 

More indications today that housing sector²¹ in the US is improving for the third straight month home prices rose in June and all major US cities tracked by senator I is measure of national prices increase 2.3%. 

Before the close on Wall Street, Dow was up 5 points at 13,129.

I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News.

1 evacuating   

撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )； 排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）； （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空

参考例句：

• The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
• Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？

2 moor   

n.荒野，沼泽；vt.(使)停泊；vi.停泊

参考例句：

• I decided to moor near some tourist boats.我决定在一些观光船附近停泊。
• There were hundreds of the old huts on the moor.沼地上有成百上千的古老的石屋。

3 levies   

（部队）征兵( levy的名词复数 )； 募捐； 被征募的军队

参考例句：

• At that time, taxes and levies were as many as the hairs on an ox. 那时，苛捐杂税多如牛毛。
• Variable levies can insulate farmers and consumers from world markets. 差价进口税可以把农民和消费者与世界市场隔离开来。

4 vocation   

n.职业，行业

参考例句：

• She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年来苦苦寻找真正适合自己的职业。
• She felt it was her vocation to minister to the sick.她觉得照料病人是她的天职。

5 apprehensive   

adj.担心的，恐惧的，善于领会的

参考例句：

• She was deeply apprehensive about her future.她对未来感到非常担心。
• He was rather apprehensive of failure.他相当害怕失败。

6 minimal   

adj.尽可能少的，最小的

参考例句：

• They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
• I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。

7 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

8 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

9 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

10 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

11 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

12 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

13 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

14 reset   

v.重新安排，复位；n.重新放置；重放之物

参考例句：

• As soon as you arrive at your destination,step out of the aircraft and reset your wristwatch.你一到达目的地，就走出飞机并重新设置手表时间。
• He is recovering from an operation to reset his arm.他做了一个手臂复位手术，正在恢复。

15 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

16 finalize   

v.落实，定下来

参考例句：

• Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
• 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时，工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。

17 mileage   

n.里程，英里数；好处，利润

参考例句：

• He doesn't think there's any mileage in that type of advertising.他认为做那种广告毫无效益。
• What mileage has your car done?你的汽车跑了多少英里？

18 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。

19 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

20 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

21 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。