NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-07-27

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

 

　　The White House has announced plans to move two more detainees out of the US prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports the prisoners are from Algeria.

 

　　By law, in order to transfer a detainee at Guantanamo, President Obama has to issue a certification 30 days before the prisoners moved. The Pentagon started that clock for two Algerian detainees. It told Congress that the administration plans to move two Algerian prisoners. The certification amounts to a guarantee from the president that the detainees won't return to terrorism. There are still 166 men at Guantanamo. Eighty-six of them have been approved to transfer. But to move them, the administration has to show Congress that the detainees will be monitored. The Algerian government has a robust¹ counter-terrorism program and will be able to keep an eye on their returnees. Dina Temple-Raston, NPR News.

 

　　The Justice Department says it will not seek the death penalty against Edward Snowden if Russia sends him back to the US to face trial on espionage² charges. In a letter to his Russian counterpart, Attorney General Eric Holder³ also says Snowden will not be tortured. NPR's Carrie Johnson reports on the latest efforts to bring the former NSA contract worker to justice.

 

　　In an open letter to the Russian justice minister, US Attorney General Eric Holder says Edward Snowden will not be mistreated if he's returned to his homeland for trial. Snowden's been living in a transit⁴ center in the Moscow airport for four weeks. And he sought asylum⁵ from Russia on the grounds that he can't get fair treatment by the US. But the attorney general counters those claims. He says Snowden will be provided a lawyer and will get a jury trial, as well as the right to appeal if he's found guilty of sharing classified information about NSA surveillance. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

 

　　San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has announced he'll undergo two weeks of intensive therapy at a behavior counseling clinic for allegedly sexually harassing⁶ women.

 

　　“I apologize to the citizens and staff members who have supported me over the years. I apologize to the people of San Diego. And most of all, I apologize to the women I've offended.”

 

　　They included a retired⁷ Navy rear admiral and a dean at San Diego State University, who were the latest in a series of women to accuse Filner of inappropriate behavior, such as kiss or groping. The mayor is under mounting pressure from members of his Democratic Party to resign from the position he has held for less than a year, but Filner is refusing to step down.

 

　　Ariel Castro is getting life without parole and 1,000 years on top of that for kidnapping, raping⁸ and inflicting⁹ other abuses on three women held hostage at his Cleveland home for ten years. In exchange for pleading guilty today, Castro was spared the death penalty.

 

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　　Spanish authorities have arrested the driver of a train that sped through a curve and derailed late Wednesday killing¹⁰ at least 78 people. An American was among the dead. Five other US citizens were among the scores injured in what's described as one of Europe's worst rail disasters. Lauren Frayer reports investigators¹¹ are also examining other devices that may shed more light on what caused the crash in northern Spain.

 

　　These trains are equipped with a sort of black box like you would have on a plane. And investigators are looking at those black boxes, trying to figure out what’d be the train was going at, what the odometer and the information that the driver was able to see. They are also looking at videos because there were some surveillance videos along the track that recorded the moment of the accident and recorded actually the way the train was moving quite quickly through this curve and suddenly derailed and the cars then piled up one after another.

 

　　Lauren Frayer reporting. Spain, meanwhile, is observing a period of national mourning for the dozens of people who were confirmed dead.

 

　　The Japanese owner of the nuclear plant crippled in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami¹² is trying to do damage control after being criticized for not being forthcoming with the public. Today Tepco's president told the media that the company delayed telling people that radioactive water likely leaked into the sea because it was not 100% certain and didn't want to cause mass panic. The president apologized and said he as well as Tepco's VP will forfeit¹³ 10% of their salaries for a month.

 

　　US stocks are trading slightly higher with the Dow gaining just three. It's at 15,559 before the closing bell.

 

　　I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News in Washington.

1 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

2 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。

3 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

4 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

5 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。

6 harassing   

v.侵扰，骚扰( harass的现在分词 )；不断攻击（敌人）

参考例句：

• The court ordered him to stop harassing his ex-wife. 法庭命令他不得再骚扰前妻。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was too close to be merely harassing fire. 打得这么近，不能完全是扰乱射击。 来自辞典例句

7 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。

8 raping   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网

9 inflicting   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
• It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。

10 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

11 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》

12 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

13 forfeit   

vt.丧失；n.罚金，罚款，没收物

参考例句：

• If you continue to tell lies,you will forfeit the good opinion of everyone.你如果继续撒谎，就会失掉大家对你的好感。
• Please pay for the forfeit before you borrow book.在你借书之前请先付清罚款。