NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-07-13

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

 

　　George Zimmerman's fate is now up to a central Florida jury of six women. They've begun deliberating in the former neighborhood watch volunteer's murder trial for the death of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old Zimmerman fatally shot last year. NPR's Greg Allen reports from Sanford that the case turns on an important question did Zimmerman acting¹ in self defence when he shot the unarmed teenage.

 

　　Prosecutors² have pointed³ inconsistencies and places where Zimmerman changed the story about what happened on the nighty followed then fought with the 17-year-old. In his closing argument, Zimmerman's lawyer Mark O'Mara told the six-person jury, that the evidence and testimony⁴ shows his client was justified⁵ in the use of force when he shot and killed Trayvon Martin.

 

　　The state carries a burden without question of proving to you beyond the reason about, but George Zimmerman did not properly act himself defence.

 

　　That's a burden, O'Mara said, the state hasn't met. He said there is no evidence Zimmerman had any ill will or hatred⁶ toward Martion. And in the fight, he said, the neighborhood watch volunteer feared for his life. The jury's considering two charges, manslaughter and second-grade murder between carry a potential life sentence. Greg Allen NPR News, Sanford, Florida.

 

　　Homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano is resigning. In a statement, she confirms that she's been nominated to serve as the next president of the university of California.

 

　　The French government is reporting at least six deaths in today's train derailment outside Paris. The BBC's Hugh Schofield reports the train crashed into a station while carrying hundreds of passengers on the eve of a major holiday weekend.

 

　　It was travelling add speed, for some reasons, it seems a decouple part of the train, left or lost contact with the rest of the train, and plowed⁷ onto the platform of Bretigny-sur-Orge at high speed, and it seems causing things of some devastation⁸. There are pictures of the roof of the station, torn off, impacted by the train, and a lot of the dead and injured, of course, there will be not just people on the train, but poeple on the platform.

 

　　The BBC's Hugh Schofield reporting.

 

　　The conditions around last week's oil train derailment and explosion in Quebec are still hazarded. It's preventing emergency workers from reaching victims who've been killed. So far at least 24 bodies have been recovered.

 

　　The Obama administration is criticizing Russia for allowing rights activists⁹ to meet with Edward Snowden today, saying it amount to a propaganda flatform. Snowden reportedly is seeking asylum¹⁰ in Russia. He is wanted in the US on espionage¹¹ charges for leaking information about the US's classified surveillance programs.

 

　　The Texas senate has convened¹² the debate on the measure that would implement¹³ some of the nation's toughest abortion¹⁴ restrictions¹⁵. Police are posted throughout the gallery to prevent disruptions as demonstrators on site closely watch the debate and vote. Last month the filibuster¹⁶ and subsequent protest blocked the bill from becoming law.

 

　　Before the closing bell, Dow was up three points at 15,464. This is NPR.

 

　　Gasoline prices rose sharply last month in the US. NPR's Dave Mattingly reports higher prices at the pumps field, the big jump in wholesale¹⁷ inflation.

 

　　The Labor¹⁸ Department says wholesale prices rose 0.80% in July, the largest increase in nine months.

 

　　This is a first of all strong increase, that's a little bit troubling and secondly¹⁹ it's above expectations.

 

　　That's economist²⁰ HugeJohnsonxx. But core inflation outside the bottle, food and energy sectors²¹ was modest, up just 0.20%. Core inflation has remained below the federal reserve's target level for the past year. Dave Mattingly NPR News, Washington.

 

　　Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer has admitted tens of thousands of signatures in his bid to claim a spot on the primary ballot²² for New York city comptroller. This is Spitzer's first compaign since leaving the governor's office, amid a prostitution scandal. We have the latest from NPR's Joe Rose.

 

　　Spitzer had just four days to gather signatures after accouncing his campaign for comptroller earlier this week. On Thursday, Spitzer has admitted 27,000 signatures far more than enough to appeal on the primary ballot in September.

 

　　This is a demonstration²³ of what means when citizens come together to sign petitions.

 

　　Spitzer is trying to betray himself as the underdog. But he's financing the campaign with his own personal wealth and reportedly paid his conversers hundreds of dollars a day to gather signatures. He's likely an opponent in the democratic primary, Manhattan Borough²⁴ president Scott Stinger says he gathered 100,000 signatures using only volunteers. Joe Rose NPR News, New York.

 

　　Before the closing bell, US stocks trading higher with the Dow up slightly at 15,464. This is NPR.

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 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。

3 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

4 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

5 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

6 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

7 plowed   

v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• They plowed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland. 他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。 来自辞典例句
• He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds. 他先翻土，然后播种。 来自辞典例句

8 devastation   

n.毁坏；荒废；极度震惊或悲伤

参考例句：

• The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
• There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

11 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

12 convened   

召开( convene的过去式 )； 召集； （为正式会议而）聚集； 集合

参考例句：

• The chairman convened the committee to put the issue to a vote. 主席召集委员们开会对这个问题进行表决。
• The governor convened his troops to put down the revolt. 总督召集他的部队去镇压叛乱。

13 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

14 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

15 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

16 filibuster   

n.妨碍议事，阻挠；v.阻挠

参考例句：

• A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.一个参议员硬把这个题目拉扯进来，作为一种阻碍议事的手法。
• The democrats organized a filibuster in the senate.民主党党员在参议院上组织了阻挠议事。

17 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

18 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。

19 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

20 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

21 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

22 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

23 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

24 borough   

n.享有自治权的市镇；(英)自治市镇

参考例句：

• He was slated for borough president.他被提名做自治区主席。
• That's what happened to Harry Barritt of London's Bromley borough.住在伦敦的布罗姆利自治市的哈里.巴里特就经历了此事。