NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2014-04-29

 

 

From NPR News in Washington,I'm Winsor Johnston.At least 2 people are dead after a tornado¹ touchdown in northeast in the Oklahoma tonight. Mediarologist Patrick Marsh² says the storm watches in the morning stretch across a large section of the plain states. 

It streches for 3 or 20 to continue through the overnight hours across a large part of the central US, take early world crownly focusing on much of what I can saw extend to parts in Missouri as well.

Officials say the extent of property damage is still unknown. the tornado was one of severals bound by a large storm front moving through from the mid³ west and south. 

President Obama says the US and Euro must join the forces in imposing⁴ sanctions against Russia for the instability in Ukraine. Speaking on CBS of its face the nation, deputy national security advisor⁵ Tony Blinken says the US has backing of the European allies.

Focusing I'm on the fact that Russia is not make good on its commitments. Getting in an agreement to move forward with addtional pressure and additional sanctions,and there were indeed being deliberate about this,having them with us, makes us what we do, that much more effective,that what's why we put a premiate.New opinions and measures are expexted to be announced this week.

London subway workers are set for a 48-hour lockout starting tomorrow night. Larry Morne reports. There will be a mad APM dash to catch the London subway train before the strike begins. Prime Minister Cameron calls the plan out unjustified, and says it would cause chaos⁶ for 3 million kilometers,each strike day cost London business an estimated 84 million dollars. The union claims closing more than 900 ticket offices and cutting staff risks passengers' safety. The men on management counters few people use ticket offices these days most are pre-paid web cards.They promised the station would be stuffed at all times and no one would  

1 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

2 marsh   

n.沼泽，湿地

参考例句：

• There are a lot of frogs in the marsh.沼泽里有许多青蛙。
• I made my way slowly out of the marsh.我缓慢地走出这片沼泽地。

3 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

4 imposing   

adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的

参考例句：

• The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
• He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。

5 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

6 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。