NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-02-21

　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

 

　　Democratic former Illinois congressman¹ Jesse Jackson Jr, has pleaded guilty to charges he misused² 750,000 dollars in campaign funds. He could face four years in prison. His wife also faces prison time after agreeing to plead guilty for filing false joint³ federal income tax returns for the years 2006 to 2011. Republican former senator,  Pete Domenici of New Mexico confirmed he fathered to son outside of his marriage more than 30 years ago, and that the mother was Michelle Laxalt, they've 24-year-old daughter of fellow senator Paul Laxalt. In a statement to the Albuquerque Journal today, Domenici says he deeply regrets his behaviour.

 

　　The proposed merger⁴ of office depo and Office Max, is now official. NPR's Dave Mattingly reports the deal is valued of more than a billion dollars in stock.

 

　　Combine the two office supply retailers⁶ have more than 2500 sotres in the US, Canada and Mexico. But university of Michigan business and law professor, Eric Gordenxx, says look for that to change wants the deal go through.

 

　　There will be a lot of job losses, because the only way the merging⁷ makes senses they've closed a lot of stores, and cut costs.

 

　　Analysts⁸ say Office Depo or Office Max, each smaller than rival staples⁹ have been hurt by the weaker US economy. Increased competition from this kind of retailer⁵, such as WalMart and Kascoxx, and once online, including Amazon.com. Dave Mattingly NPR News, Washington.

 

　　In Ireland, women who for years were incarceration¹⁰ laundries and workhouse conditions, are celebrating victory today. NPR's Philip Reeves reports they have finally received a government apology.

 

　　Some ten thousand Irish women were sent to the  Magdalene laundries before the lase one closed in 1996. They worked unpaid¹¹ in very harsh conditions under the supervision¹² of Catholic nuns¹³. Ireland's prime minister Enda Kenny tearfully told parliament this was a national shame, and of the heart felt apology.

 

　　That they hope, the history and these patient, should make, health and your down, for all those who feel that the jail would be nice by never end.

 

　　Kenny outlined plans for compensation, and said a national monument will be built as a reminder¹⁵ of this dark episode in Ireland history. Philip Reeves NPR News, London.

 

　　Vice¹⁶ president Joe Biden has awarded the medal of Valor¹⁷ to 18 police officers, fire fighters and public safety officers.

 

　　You all share, the selflessness, that's not easy to explain, a commitment to you fellow man, that's rare, a bravery that inspires, little inspires on most everyone.

 

　　The medal is the nation's highest honor for public safety officers. This is NPR News.

 

　　Oscar Pistorious, the first Olympian runner to compete the Olympics is spending another 19 in jail. Spes second trying to convince a judge to release him on bail¹⁸, as he fights the charge of premeditate murder in the death of his girlfriend last week.

 

　　Today was the deadline for embattling veteran cyclist Lance Armstrong to decide whether he would meet with US's antidoping agency officials. They wanna testify under rows about the use of performance enhancing drugs in the sport. Armstrong recently admitted to doping. He was stripped of his seven toured France titles.

 

　　Investigators¹⁹ are combing through the wreckage²⁰ of the restaurant that blew up and cought fire in upscale entertainment district in the center of Kansas City, Missouri, at least one person was killed in the blast. FrekMoursx, of member station KCUR, has details.

 

　　The gas explosion yesterday evening shot the country club plaza²¹ section of Kansas city. The resulting fire obliterated²² a popular local under restaurant. Workers using heavy equipment hit the gas main , hours before the blast, and gas company officails were on site, when fire fighters responded to the leak. SlightJimsx, the mayor of Kansas City, says it's still not clear why the place wasnt' fully¹⁴ evacuated²³ by the time went up.

 

　　Everybody wants to blame some body, everybody wants to know these details.

 

　　Others forcing to list to a major winter storm, burying down on Kansas City this evening, or likely cut the investigation²⁴ short. For NPR News, I'm FrankMurssxx, in Kansas City.

 

　　Ryode Island is marking the tenth anniversary of night club fire that killed 100 people in west Warwick. The blaze was caused by pyro technics that ignited flammable phone during the show featuring the 18s hot rock band, Great White.

 

　　At last check on Wall Street, Dow was down 94 points at 13,942. This is NPR.

1 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

2 misused   

v.使用…不当( misuse的过去式和过去分词 )；把…派作不正当的用途；虐待；滥用

参考例句：

• He misused his dog shamefully. 他可耻地虐待自己的狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had grossly misused his power. 他严重滥用职权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

4 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

5 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

6 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

7 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。

8 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

9 staples   

n.（某国的）主要产品( staple的名词复数 )；钉书钉；U 形钉；主要部份v.用钉书钉钉住( staple的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The anvil onto which the staples are pressed was not assemble correctly. 订书机上的铁砧安装错位。 来自辞典例句
• I'm trying to make an analysis of the staples of his talk. 我在试行分析他的谈话的要旨。 来自辞典例句

10 incarceration   

n.监禁，禁闭；钳闭

参考例句：

• He hadn't changed much in his nearly three years of incarceration. 在将近三年的监狱生活中，他变化不大。 来自辞典例句
• Please, please set it free before it bursts from its long incarceration! 请你，请你将这颗心释放出来吧！否则它会因长期的禁闭而爆裂。 来自辞典例句

11 unpaid   

adj.未付款的，无报酬的

参考例句：

• Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime.医生过度加班却无报酬。
• He's doing a month's unpaid work experience with an engineering firm.他正在一家工程公司无偿工作一个月以获得工作经验。

12 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

13 nuns   

n.（通常指基督教的）修女， （佛教的）尼姑( nun的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Ah Q had always had the greatest contempt for such people as little nuns. 小尼姑之流是阿Q本来视如草芥的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Nuns are under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. 修女须立誓保持清贫、贞洁、顺从。 来自辞典例句

14 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

15 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

16 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。

17 valor   

n.勇气，英勇

参考例句：

• Fortitude is distinct from valor.坚韧不拔有别于勇猛。
• Frequently banality is the better parts of valor.老生常谈往往比大胆打破常规更为人称道。

18 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

19 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 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。

21 plaza   

n.广场，市场

参考例句：

• They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
• The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。

22 obliterated   

v.除去( obliterate的过去式和过去分词 )；涂去；擦掉；彻底破坏或毁灭

参考例句：

• The building was completely obliterated by the bomb. 炸弹把那座建筑物彻底摧毁了。
• He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝，喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

23 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

24 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。