NPR 美国国家电台 2014-10-08

 President Obama met with his top health advisers¹ today as the administration trys to contain the Ebola virus in the US, help the African nations stop spread in their countries. NPR's Mara Liasson has more.

 

President Obama says the US is putting pressure on the other large countries to contribute aid to the west African nations that are struggling with the worst outbreak of the disease. In the US, Mr Obama says the good news is that because the disease is not airborn the chance of an outbreak is extremely low, but only if health workers follow the protocals for containment².

 

If they have run information, and they are on those protocals, then this is something that we are going to be able to make sure it's not have kind of impact secure in the United State along the world.

 

The White House said it's not considering a travel ban from west Africa, but it's trying to tight screening proceedures for travelers from that region.

 

Mara Liasson NPR news, the White House. 

 

In a stunning³ move, the US Supreme⁴ Court said today it would stay out of the same sex marriage debate at least for now. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports the court left the place three federal appeal's court decisions that struck down state's ban on gay marriage. 

 

The Court's action means that same sex couples will not be able to marry in 11 states where such unions have previously⁵ been banned. At those states to the 19 that already allowed gay marriage, and you have 30 states where such unions are legal. At some future point, if another federal appeals for which will up all gay marriage ban, the court might have to resolve the conflict, but by then tens of thousands of gay couples would have married as Supreme Court expert Amy How observes.

 

This influeces just a few people and I don't think they are going to be able to put the gene⁶ back into the bottle. 

 

Amy How is editor of scotis blog, the leading Supreme Court blog. Nina Totenberg, NPR news, Washington 

 

The discovery of cells in the brain that act as the body's enternal global positioning system has won three scientists Noble Prize for Medicine. Spacial cells among the first to be hit by disease is like all times offer a possible glimpse to how certain functions of the brain work. Here is Amercian research worker Jhon O'keefe who shares the prize discribing gave the call today. 

 

Had a call from the center director Alex, said that there is a gentlemen from Stockholm who would like to have a word with you. He says his mother urges that it's important, and I dont's what he wants to know.

 

 

Two other researchers Norwegians May-Britt and Edvard Moser sheared⁷ the 1.1 million dollor prize, the work will not lead to any of the cough adventures such as not to be critical to understand what happens to the brain.

 

Social networking site Facebook annouced today it closed its roughly 22 billion dollors purchase of the mobile messaging site What's App, which atracts about 600 million users. 

 

On Wall Street today, the Dow closes down 17 points, the NASDAQ lost 20 points. You are listening to NPR.

 

Dressing⁸ some 200 bishops⁹ gathered in Rome to discuss family issues. Pope Francis urged them to speak frankly¹⁰ and not be afraid of affending him. NPR's S J reports the run up of the two notice marked by clashes between aggressives and conservatives over interpretaions of church teachings.

 

In his harmless Sunday Francis has called for an end for inviting¹¹ said that the seamen¹² was meant not to discuss beautiful and clever ideas. Many of the topics were controrversial, pre-marriage sex, gay unions and artifical birth control. But the most heated debate has been around the proposal to lift the church ban on graty communion to some divorced and remarried catholics. The idea has inflamed¹³ conservatives who insist there's no change in church teaching. One top official Karnal Peter Elder of Hugy sugguest the possibilty of simplifying marriage noman process by which the church declares the union was never valid¹⁴. S J, NPR news Rome. 

 

His credits include Green, the ground-breaking show with the Broad Way, the scary Vallain the James Bond movie and Hocking Y-up on TV. 

 

These are colenents, they grow here. These to make cole soft inks. These on the other hand are uncloernets. They grow here too, but as you can see they are meant to be differet from colenets.

 

Geoffery Holder¹⁵ have reportedly died according his producer friend and family and  over the weekend ... hospital in New York. Tony awards.Geoffrey was 84 years old.

 

prices closed up, oil up to 7 barrel in New York. I'm Jack¹⁶ Speer, NPR news in Washington.

1 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

2 containment   

n.阻止，遏制；容量

参考例句：

• Your list might include such things as cost containment,quality,or customer satisfaction.你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制、产品质量、客户满意程度等内容。
• Insularity and self-containment,it is argued,go hand in hand.他们争论说，心胸狭窄和自我封闭是并存的。

3 stunning   

adj.极好的；使人晕倒的

参考例句：

• His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
• The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。

4 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。

5 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。

6 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

7 sheared   

v.剪羊毛( shear的过去式和过去分词 )；切断；剪切

参考例句：

• A jet plane sheared the blue sky. 一架喷气式飞机划破蓝空。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The pedal had sheared off at the pivot. 踏板在枢轴处断裂了。 来自辞典例句

8 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

9 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。

10 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

11 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

12 seamen   

n.海员

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather. 有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore. 在暴风雨中，许多海员想，要是他们在陆地上就好了。

13 inflamed   

adj.发炎的，红肿的v.（使）变红，发怒，过热( inflame的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• His comments have inflamed teachers all over the country. 他的评论激怒了全国教师。
• Her joints are severely inflamed. 她的关节严重发炎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？

15 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。

16 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。