NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-01-27

　　From NPR News in Washington, I am Korva Coleman.

 

　　Thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C. today for a march on gun control. NPR’s Allison Keyes tells us residents of Newtown, Connecticut were there, too.

 

　　This march was organized in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary where 20 children and six teachers were killed. Joe Huskers has four kids who graduated from that school, and took a bus here to support her neighbors.

 

　　“I am here to share my strength with those who couldn’t make it here today.”

 

　　Many marchers carried signs with the names of victims of gun violence. But Pat Potter of Virginia carried a sign reading “Born to teach, not to shoot.” She is horrified¹ at those who want to see teachers armed.

 

　　“The last thing we need is more guns in school. I think our job is that teachers and parents, and the societies to protect children and keep them safe.”

 

　　The marchers want a ban on military-style assault rifles and universal criminal and mental health background checks on would-be gun buyers. Allison Keyes, NPR News, Washington.

 

　　The hacker² group Anonymous³ says it is taking down the website of the US Sentencing Commission. The hackers⁴ say the attack on the federal website is in retaliation⁵ for the suicide of Internet activist⁶ Aaron Swartz. Swartz’s family in France blamed his death on federal prosecutors⁷. They say the government was over-zealous in prosecuting⁸ Swartz for allegedly downloading millions of academic articles with the intention of distributing them for free.

 

　　Senator Tom Harkin has announced he will not seek a sixth term in 2014. NPR’s Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports the Iowa Democrat⁹ has been an influential¹⁰ liberal voice on Capitol Hill for going on 40 years.

 

　　Five terms in the United States House of Representatives followed by five terms in the Senate, yet 73-year-old Tom Harkin is still the junior Senator from Iowa. As chairman of the Health Education, Labor¹¹, and Pensions Committee, Hawking¹² supported the health care overhaul¹³ in 2010, and he was an outspoken¹⁴ advocate for people with disabilities. Harkin’s decision to retire from the Senate at the end of his term could be an opening for Republicans in 2014. Iowa is a potential swing state. That seat will be a coveted¹⁵ opportunity for the GOP to narrow the Democrats’ majority in the Senate. Elizabeth Wynne Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

 

　　At least 30 people are dead in rioting in Egypt following news that 21 soccer fans will receive the death penalty. The fans were convicted in court for their part in a deadly soccer riot nearly a year ago. It left 74 people dead. There were additional violent protests in Egypt that had nothing to do with the soccer verdict. This is the second anniversary of the start of the Egyptian protests that ultimately toppled Egyptian President Mubarak. Today protesters say they are opposed to President Mohamed Morsi and his party, the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood¹⁶. They want Morsi to change the newly ratified¹⁷ constitution.

 

　　You are listening to NPR News from Washington.

 

　　The first of six Patriot¹⁸ anti-missile batteries sent to Turkey is now operational. Turkey says it was put into place under Turkish command. The battery is intended to protect Turkish cities from missiles that could come over the border from Syria. The Syrian civil war is pushed very close to Syria’s borders. NATO says the Patriot batteries are now only for Turkish defense¹⁹ purposes, they are not supposed to be used for any offensive purposes against Syria.

 

　　The Taliban have claimed responsibility for two deadly bombings in Afghanistan today. NPR’s Sharon Carberry reports one of the blasts killed ten Afghan police officers in northern Afghanistan.

 

　　Afghan officials in northern Kunduz province say the attacker waited until dusk, then there’s a group of police officers gathered at a checkpoint, he approached them on a motorcycle loaded with explosives. The blast killed the heads of counter-terrorism in the Traffic Department for the province. The bombing took place in the center of Kunduz city and wounded more than a dozen other policemen and civilians²⁰. Earlier in the day, a remote-controlled explosive placed in a bicycle killed two people in the eastern Ghazni province. The Taliban claimed responsibility for that bombing, saying they were targeting Polish troops on a foot patrol. Sharon Carberry, NPR News, Kabul.

 

　　Searchers in Antarctica have found wreckage²¹ of a small plane that crashed into a mountainside. It’s believed to hold the remains²² of three Canadians. Searchers have been looking for them for the past three days. Two helicopters participated in the effort today, but they could not land at the wreckage site, saying it was too dangerous. The rescuers say that no one could have survived the plane crash.

 

　　I am Korva Coleman, NPR News.

1 horrified   

a.(表现出)恐惧的

参考例句：

• The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
• We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。

2 hacker   

n.能盗用或偷改电脑中信息的人，电脑黑客

参考例句：

• The computer hacker wrote that he was from Russia.这个计算机黑客自称他来自俄罗斯。
• This site was attacked by a hacker last week.上周这个网站被黑客攻击了。

3 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

4 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

5 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

7 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

8 prosecuting   

检举、告发某人( prosecute的现在分词 )； 对某人提起公诉； 继续从事（某事物）； 担任控方律师

参考例句：

• The witness was cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel. 证人接受控方律师的盘问。
• Every point made by the prosecuting attorney was telling. 检查官提出的每一点都是有力的。

9 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

10 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

11 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。

12 hawking   

利用鹰行猎

参考例句：

• He is hawking his goods everywhere. 他在到处兜售他的货物。
• We obtain the event horizon and the Hawking spectrumformula. 得到了黑洞的局部事件视界位置和Hawking温度以及Klein—Gordon粒子的Hawking辐射谱。

13 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。

14 outspoken   

adj.直言无讳的，坦率的，坦白无隐的

参考例句：

• He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
• She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。

15 coveted   

adj.令人垂涎的；垂涎的，梦寐以求的v.贪求，觊觎(covet的过去分词)；垂涎；贪图

参考例句：

• He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. 他一直渴望有机会与著名音乐家一起工作。
• Ther other boys coveted his new bat. 其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

17 ratified   

v.批准，签认（合约等）( ratify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified. 条约没有得到批准，因此被宣布无效。
• The treaty was ratified by all the member states. 这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。

18 patriot   

n.爱国者，爱国主义者

参考例句：

• He avowed himself a patriot.他自称自己是爱国者。
• He is a patriot who has won the admiration of the French already.他是一个已经赢得法国人敬仰的爱国者。

19 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。

20 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。

21 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

22 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。