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 President Obama is making sure part of national forest outside Los Angeles will be spared from development. He declared a national monument today. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the forest service and non-profit groups are setting aside million of dollars to clean up the area and improve public access. 

President Obama knows California San Gabriel Mountain attract more than 3 million visitors every year, more than Mount Rushmore more or the Grand Tetons. But the upgrade playground in the backyard of Los Angeles has long been neglected with overcrowded camp grounds and deferred¹ maintenance. Obama says the monument designation is just beginning of multi-million-dollar efforts to improve the area which it has belong to all of us. 

"My commitment to conservation isn't about locking away of our national treasures; it's about working with communities to open up of our glorious heritage to everybody."

Obama uses his executive authorities to declare the national monument after a local congresswoman pushed as the mountain named a national recreational area withdrawn² by partisan³ wrangling⁴. Scott Horsley, NPR News, 

 

The Nobel Committee decision to award the peace prize to very different activists⁵: one a girl from Pakistan, the other a man from India. It's been praised around the world. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports on reaction from Paris. 

"17-year-old Malala Yousafzai , a Muslin girl who was shot by the Taliban is known the world over for her fight for girls' education. Kailash Satyarthi, a 60-year-old Hindu, has dedicated⁶ his life to freeing children from forced labor⁷. At the United Nations Educational & Cultural Organization in Paris, director Irina Bokova says the choice winners from different countries and religions was a smart one. 

"I think it's a good message of soft power of education, of the children threats, independent of all different kinds of other political or religious circumstances."

Bokova believes his year's prize will empower million of girls and young people across the planet. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris. 

 

Dr. Kent Brantly, the first American flew back to the US for treatment of Ebola is urging calm for people fear in epidemic⁸ in this country. 

"When it needs to be finding a practical way to help western Africa, not worrying that because you live a hundred miles from a hospital that treated the patient that was at risk."

Brantly was interviewed by reporters with Abilene Christian⁹ University's alumni magazine. He says he was willing to donate blood to help treat Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died this week of Ebola in Texas. But Brantly says his blood test didn't match. 

 

It has been a roller-coaster for investors¹⁰ this week. The Dow finished today with a loss of 115 points, down to 16,544. This week's losses pushed the Dow back into the red for the year. Without the dip this week, the Dow would cover up a thousand points. The NASDAQ gave up 102, and the S&P fell 24 points. 

 

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Newly-released documents from the Clinton presidential library in the national archives are providing a glimpse of the White House strategy used to defend then president Bill Clinton during Monica Lewinsky scandal. The papers include talking points, questions prepared for media interviews and efforts to defend the president against impeachment¹¹. The 10,000 pages of records also touch the wide-wanted investigation¹² of Clinton land dealings in Arkansas and the death of deputy White House council Vince Foste. 

 

US Senator John Walsh Montana no longer hold a master degree he had revoked¹³ for plagiarism¹⁴. Montana Public Radio Eric Whitney says Walsh has been under investigation since August. 

Democrat¹⁵ John Walsh was appointed to the Senate in February, to complete the term of Max Baucus, who became US ambassador to China. Walsh was running to return the seat in this November election, but in July the New York Times reported he plagiarized¹⁶ most of his master thesis at the US Army War College in Pennsylvania in 2007. Walsh called the plagiarism is a mistake, saying he's suffering from post traumatic distress¹⁷ disorder¹⁸ for recent services in Iraq. In August, the War College initiated¹⁹ the plagiary in their investigation and Walsh withdrew his candidate for Senate. Walsh issued a statement, saying he disagreed with findings made by the War College, but accepted the decision and apologized to all Montanans. For NPR News, I'm Eric Whitney in Missoula, Montana. 

Fewer girls want to make new friends but keep her olds. For a second straight year, membership in the girl scouts²⁰ has reportedly dropped sharply. According to the figures provided to Associated Press, the total of youth and adult volunteers dropped 7% the last year. And over the past 2 years, membership is down nearly 12%. Girls Scouts officials say the drop is largely due to societal factors. 

1 deferred   

adj.延期的，缓召的v.拖延，延缓，推迟( defer的过去式和过去分词 )；服从某人的意愿，遵从

参考例句：

• The department deferred the decision for six months. 这个部门推迟了六个月才作决定。
• a tax-deferred savings plan 延税储蓄计划

2 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

3 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

4 wrangling   

v.争吵，争论，口角( wrangle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems. 双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。 来自辞典例句
• The children were wrangling (with each other) over the new toy. 孩子为新玩具（互相）争吵。 来自辞典例句

5 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》

6 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

7 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。

8 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

9 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

10 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

11 impeachment   

n.弹劾；控告；怀疑

参考例句：

• Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
• The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。

12 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。

13 revoked   

adj.[法]取消的v.撤销，取消，废除( revoke的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It may be revoked if the check is later dishonoured. 以后如支票被拒绝支付，结算可以撤销。 来自辞典例句
• A will is revoked expressly. 遗嘱可以通过明示推翻。 来自辞典例句

14 plagiarism   

n.剽窃，抄袭

参考例句：

• Teachers in America fight to control cheating and plagiarism.美国老师们努力对付欺骗和剽窃的问题。
• Now he's in real trouble.He's accused of plagiarism.现在他是真遇到麻烦了。他被指控剽窃。

15 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

16 plagiarized   

v.剽窃，抄袭( plagiarize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The poem employs as its first lines a verse plagiarized from a billboard. 这首诗开头的几行抄袭了一个广告牌上的一节诗。 来自辞典例句
• Whole passages of the work are plagiarized. 那作品整段整段都是剽窃的。 来自辞典例句

17 distress   

n.苦恼，痛苦，不舒适；不幸；vt.使悲痛

参考例句：

• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
• Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。

18 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

19 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

20 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。