NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-05-25

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

 

　　The Afghan capital is reeling from a Taliban attack near the UN compound today. Local authorities say there were a number of casualties in Kabul.

 

　　The Syrian government is signalling that it may be willing to take part in talks with the opposition¹ next month. Today its Russian ally announced Damascus had agreed in principle to attend an international conference aimed at ending more than two years of warfare² in Syria.

 

　　Secretary of State John Kerry has wrapped up two days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. From Jerusalem, NPR's Emily Harris reports the two sides have different views on what must happen for peace talks to begin.

 

　　Israeli building on West Bank land claimed by Palestinians is one of the most contentious³ obstacles to talks. Kerry said the U.S. believes Israel should stop building settlements and stop retroactively legalizing Israeli homes in the West Bank that were built without Israeli permits.

 

　　Our position on settlements and outpost and on the legalization is that we are opposed to it. But it should not be something that prevents us from being able to get to negotiations⁴.

 

　　He says keeping or removing settlements must be worked out in direct Israeli-Palestinian talks. Emily Harris, NPR News, Jerusalem.

 

　　Big day for graduates of the U.S. naval⁵ academy.

 

　　Three years for those we lived behind in the class 1963. Keep in, keep in, keep in.

 

　　A thousand forty seven midshipmen performed the ceremonial had tossed at the Navy-Marine Corps⁶ Memorial Stadium. In keeping with a long tradition, President Obama addressed the graduating class, echoing a counter terrorism speech he gave yesterday. The president said the U.S. has to remain prepared for the rising threats of the 21st century, echoing that message to the graduating class today.

 

　　And even as we stay vigilant⁷ in the face of terrorism and stay true to our Constitution and our values, we need to stay ready for the full range of threats from nations seeking weapons of mass destruction to cyber criminals seeking to unleash⁸ weapons of mass destruction.

 

　　Obama also criticized reports of sexual assault in the military, saying we have to be determined⁹ to stop these crimes.

 

　　The financial hit to the government from bailouts during the financial crisis is shrinking. A congressional budget office study now says the cost of the government's main bailout program, the TARP, will amount to $21 billion. That's much less than the $700 billion Congress originally authorized¹⁰.

 

　　U.S. stocks remain mixed this hour before the closing bell, at last check on Wall Street, Dow Jones Industrial Average was up nine points at 15,303; NASDAQ was down slightly at 3,459; S&P 500 down slightly at 1,650.

 

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　　The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best selling author Haynes Johnson died today after suffering a heart attack. As NPR's David Folkenflik tells us Johnson helped to define an era of political journalism¹¹.

 

　　Haynes Johnson was the son of a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times and served as an artillery¹² lieutenant¹³ in the U.S. army during the Korean war. His first reporting job was in Wilmington Delaware. But Johnson soon moved to the Washington Star where stayed for a dozen years and won a Pulitzer for his coverage¹⁴ of the civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama. He joined the Washington Post where he'd worked the rest of his newspaper career and became one of the most influential¹⁵ political journalists in the country, both as reporter and as an editor guiding the coverage of others. His numerous books helped to cast understanding of the age, such as Sleepwalking Through History. He's carefully reported but highly critical account of the U.S. in the Reagan years. Johnson was 81.  David Folkenflik, NPR News.

 

　　Investigators¹⁶ with a National Transportation Safety Board are being dispatched at the site of a collapsed¹⁷ bridge in Washington State. An incident that's now causing major disruptions between Seattle and Vancouver during one of the year's most heavily travel holiday weekends. Authorities say a semi carrying an oversized load hit the Interstate 5 bridge, sending part of it into the Skagit River near Mount Vernon. No one was seriously hurt.

 

　　In Georgia, authorities say 16 people were taken to the hospital following a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport. College Park Police say the department received a call this morning about the crash on a road that loops around the world's busiest airport.

 

　　Before the close, Dow was up nine points at 15,303.

 

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1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

3 contentious   

adj.好辩的，善争吵的

参考例句：

• She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。

4 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

5 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

6 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

7 vigilant   

adj.警觉的，警戒的，警惕的

参考例句：

• He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
• The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。

8 unleash   

vt.发泄，发出；解带子放开

参考例句：

• They hope to create allies to unleash against diseases,pests,and invasive species.他们希望创造出一些新群体来对付疾病、害虫和一些有侵害性的物种。
• Changing water levels now at times unleash a miasma of disease from exposed sewage.如今，大坝不时地改变水位，从暴露的污水释放出了疾病瘴气。

9 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

10 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

11 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

12 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

13 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

14 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。

15 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。

16 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》

17 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。