NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-04-28

　　From NPR in Washington, I’m W Johnston.

 

　　Charges have been filed against a Mississippi man in the probe into the ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and two other officials. NPR’s Alice K reports.

 

　　FBI special agents arrested 41-year-old James E D without incident early Saturday morning. Earlier this week, the officials searched to his Tupelo Mississippi home and the premises¹ of former martial² arts business he ran. Now he is charged with knowingly developing and possessing the biological agent ricin for uses of weapon. If convicted, that could give him up to life in prison. Letters tainted³ with the poison risin addressed to President Obama and two Mississippi officials were received in the mail processing facility in Washington area in the aftermath of Boston Marathon bombing. Charges were dropped earlier this week against another Mississippi man after no evidence was found at his home. Alice K, NPR news.

 

　　After a week of widespread delays at the nation’s airports, the Federal Aviation Administration says it is suspending all employee furlough and staffing levels will return to normal within the next 24 hours. The announcement comes a day after congress passed legislation, allowing the agency to withdraw the furloughs. During his weekly media address today, President Obama said the fix for the service destruction this week is nothing but bandit solution. Republicans say the delays could have been averted⁴. NPR’s C S reports.

 

　　President Obama singling out the GOP even though the bill to ease air traffic controller furloughs has both chambers⁵ with strong Democratic support.

 

　　“There is only one way to truly fix this question, by replacing it before it causes further damage.”

 

　　The president wants to replace the sequester⁶ account with the mix of spending reduction and tax increases. Republicans have rejected that approach and Pen. Republican Congressman⁷ Bill S says FAA could have averted the delay on its own.

 

　　“They could have taken into account air traffic patterns and make sure controllers would be in place where they were most needed. Or, they could have reached out to congress and airlines to have plans ahead of time.”, S and President Obama, speaking at their weekly addresses. C S, NPR news, Washington.

 

　　Police in New York City have cordoned⁸ off a lower Manhattan construction site where surveyors discovered what appears to be part of the landing gear of one of the planes that crashed into World Trade Center on 9/11. J Richards, a retired⁹ deputy fire chief who lost his son in the World Trade Center, says the finding more than 10 years after the attacks only shows the need to do more searching of the area for human remains¹⁰.

 

　　“… through comprehensive full search of lower Manhattan to make sure we don’t get more surprises as happened in 2007 we found body parts in sewers¹¹ an manhole covers.”

 

　　Policy say the twisted and rusted¹² arm jack¹³ measuring about 3 feet wide was found wedged between two buildings yesterday. The National Transportation safety board is continuing the investigation¹⁴.

 

　　This is NPR news.

 

　　FBI agents have finished coming through a landfill near the University of Massachussets Star Myth, where the suspect of Boston Marathon bombings was a student. D T remains in a prison hospitalized. Two of his college friends have been questioned by the police but the lawyer says they have nothing to do with the bombing plot.

 

　　Russian police have rounded up and detained around 140 people during a raid on a mosque¹⁵ in Moscow. NPR’s C F reports that the raid comes amid heightened concern about Islamic extremism after the Boston Marathon bombings.

 

　　Russian federal security agency, the FSB, issued a statement, confirming the raid and saying that 30 of the people detained were citizens of unspecified foreign countries. It is not clear whether any charges have been filed against these people who were rounded up. Russian news agency cited the FSB as saying the mosque in question had been visited in the past by people involved in planning and carrying out terrorist attacks. Russia has been the target of many acts of terrorism of the past two decades, most of them blamed on Chechen separatists, operating during the two Chechen wars. The alleged¹⁶ involvement of two ethnic¹⁷ Chechens in the Boston bombings has revived fears of terrorism here. C F, NPR news, Moscow.

 

　　Supreme¹⁸ Court Justice Steven B underwent surgery today at a Washington DC hospital for a fractured shoulder. B sustained an injury after falling from his bicycle yesterday. He is expected to be released early next week. It is the third time that 74-year-old justice has suffered a major injury after falling from his bike.

1 premises   

n.建筑物，房屋

参考例句：

• According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定，场内不准饮酒。
• All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行，不用送到外面去做。

2 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

3 tainted   

adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏

参考例句：

• The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
• He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 averted   

防止，避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 )； 转移

参考例句：

• A disaster was narrowly averted. 及时防止了一场灾难。
• Thanks to her skilful handling of the affair, the problem was averted. 多亏她对事情处理得巧妙，才避免了麻烦。

5 chambers   

n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅

参考例句：

• The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网

6 sequester   

vt.使退隐，使隔绝

参考例句：

• Everything he owned was sequestered.他的所有财产都被扣押了。
• This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months.预计这个陪审团将至少被隔离两个月。

7 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。

8 cordoned   

v.封锁，用警戒线围住( cordon的过去式 )

参考例句：

• Police cordoned off the area until the bomb was defused. 警方封锁了这个地区直到炸弹被拆除为止。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

10 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。

11 sewers   

n.阴沟，污水管，下水道( sewer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sewers discharge out at sea. 下水道的污水排入海里。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Another municipal waste problem is street runoff into storm sewers. 有关都市废水的另外一个问题是进入雨水沟的街道雨水。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

12 rusted   

v.（使）生锈( rust的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I can't get these screws out; they've rusted in. 我无法取出这些螺丝，它们都锈住了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• My bike has rusted and needs oil. 我的自行车生锈了，需要上油。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

14 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。

15 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

16 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

17 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

18 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。