NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-03-26

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

 

　　US stocks pared losses but investors¹ are still worried about the future of the Euro zone. At last glance the Dow was down 62 points at 14,415; NASDAQ off ten at 3,235 and S%P 500 down five at 1,552. So far is a last minute deal to save Cyprus from a financial meltdown. International lenders agree to give the Mediterranean² island nation the equivalent of a 13-billion-dollar bailout exchange for privatizing state assest, cutting its budget and streamlining its banking³ system. Cypriot president NicosAnastasiades says, through an interpreter, everyone compromise.

 

　　Despite the disappointment, that we all fail or the attitude that some of our partners will do not believe, that an exit from the European family would be a response to the crisis.

 

　　Teri Schultz has more in the leaders appearing in Brussels today.

 

　　Cypriot citizens probably are feeling much relief yet from the rescue worked out in Brussels. The most of their banks won't go under now, neither have they opened amid fears clients would empty the accounts. So financial institutions remain close for a tenth day and ATM withdrawals⁴ are being limited to 100 Euros about 130 dollars per day. Howeven, stopping the free flow of money is actually illegal inside the EU, reminds internal market commissioner⁵, Michelle Barniaxx, speaking here through an interpreter.

 

　　Measures to restrict or limit that freedom of movement may only be enacted⁶ exceptionally through few days.

 

　　Experts in Nicosia are examining possible scenarios⁷ for cash outflows before reopening bank and letting money move again. For NPR News, I'm Teri Schultz in Brussels.

 

　　Christian⁸ leaders are arousing the public to take a stand against gun violence. More than 20 episcopal bishops¹⁰ were across the US to stand on the nation's capital today and hope a spring legislated¹¹ action by lawmakers. That's the start of holy week especially solemn time for Christians¹². NPR's Craig Windham reports the bishops led a march from the White House to the Capitol, stopping several times for prayer, using the former, the ancient Christian service, knowns as the stations of the cross.

 

　　The red   , Ian Douglas, the episcopal bishop⁹ of Connecticut, and one of the organizers of the event, says the march was purposely set for the week that Christians called the crucifixion of Jesus.

 

　　We thought it was most appropriate to Christians to walk the way of the cross in this holy week and show that while death is real and surrounds us in the end, life or trial.

 

　　Douglas says the memory of the deadly school shooting in his state remains¹³ real and painful. He acknowledges there are deep disagreements overhaul¹⁴ to reduce gun violence but he says,

 

　　even if we have a variety of theological perspectives, we can all agree that this violence in our society must stop.

 

　　Craig Windham NPR News, Washington.

 

　　Before the closing bell, Dow was down 64, at 14,448. This is NPR.

 

　　Secretary of state John Kerry spent this day in Afghanistan. At the time when US officials have been expressing concerned about Afghan president Hamid Karzai's recent anti-America rhetoric¹⁵. Today Kerry and Karzai appealed united, shortly after the US military handed control of a major detention¹⁶ center to Afghan authorities. However Kerry's previously¹⁷ unannounced visit is also seen as an attempt to defuse tension. Karzai angered US officials when he accused the Obama administration of working with Taliban insurgents¹⁸ to keep Afghanistan weak.

 

　　Two-time Pulitzer prize winning journalist, Anthony Lewis has died at the age of 85 of renal and heart failure. NPR's David Folkenflik reports Lewis's writing help to find the voice of the New York Times, on major social issues for nearly a half century.

 

　　As a young reporter of the Washington Daily News in 1955, Lewis won a Pulitzer for exonerating¹⁹ a navy emeployee, who had wrongly been accused of being a security leak. At the Times, Lewis invented coverage²⁰ of the supreme²¹ court through his lucid²² and compiling writing, translating cases in rulings for the non-legal reader. In his book, Gideon's Trumpet²³, Lewis documented the case of a poor Floridan man who's convicted a breaking into poor hole without the benefit of a lawyer. The court ruled all defendants²⁴ required representation even those without money. After a stentor as London Bureau chief, Lewis wrote columns in which he championed civil liberties and civil rights. He's survived by his wife, Margaret Marshall, the former chief justice of Massachusetts and by his three children and seven groundchildren. David Folkenflik NPR News.

 

　　US stocks trading lower with the Dow off 64 points at last check. This is NPR News.

1 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

2 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

3 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。

4 withdrawals   

n.收回，取回，撤回( withdrawal的名词复数 )；撤退，撤走；收回[取回，撤回，撤退，撤走]的实例；推出（组织），提走（存款），戒除毒瘾，对说过的话收回，孤僻

参考例句：

• He has made several withdrawals from his bank account. 他从银行账户上提了几次款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It is not the bank's policy to deduct interest on withdrawals. 提款需扣除利息这并非是本银行的政策。 来自辞典例句

5 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

6 enacted   

制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
• Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

7 scenarios   

n.[意]情节；剧本；事态；脚本

参考例句：

• Further, graphite cores may be safer than non-graphite cores under some accident scenarios. 再者，根据一些事故解说，石墨堆芯可比非石墨堆芯更安全一些。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Again, scenarios should make it clear which modes are acceptable to users in various contexts. 同样，我们可以运用场景剧本来搞清楚在不同情境下哪些模式可被用户接受。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

8 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

9 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。

10 bishops   

（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )； （国际象棋的）象

参考例句：

• Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
• "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。

11 legislated   

v.立法，制定法律( legislate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Congress has legislated a new minimum wage for workers. 国会制定了一项新的关于工人最低工资的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Most member countries have already legislated against excessive overtime. 大多数成员国均已立法禁止超时加班。 来自辞典例句

12 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

13 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。

14 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。

15 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

16 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

17 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

18 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

19 exonerating   

v.使免罪，免除( exonerate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

20 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

21 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。

22 lucid   

adj.明白易懂的，清晰的，头脑清楚的

参考例句：

• His explanation was lucid and to the point.他的解释扼要易懂。
• He wasn't very lucid,he didn't quite know where he was.他神志不是很清醒，不太知道自己在哪里。

23 trumpet   

n.喇叭，喇叭声；v.吹喇叭，吹嘘

参考例句：

• He plays the violin, but I play the trumpet.他拉提琴，我吹喇叭。
• The trumpet sounded for battle.战斗的号角吹响了。

24 defendants   

被告( defendant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
• As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件