NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2014-07-06

 On the National Mall in Washington D.C,Broadway star Kelly O'hara takes the stage in this evening's traditional patriotic¹ extravaganza celebrating July,4th underway right now.At the White House,they marked this Independence Day with a naturalization ceremony.President Obama welcomed 25 new American citizens.And as NPR's XX reports,they're all foreign-born members of the US military.15 countries were represented among the ? former military members along with their spouses² who were sworn in as US citizens.What makes us American is not just circumstances of our birth,or names on our family tree,is that timeless belief that for many,we're one.President Obama said the gathering³ served as a reminder⁴ that America is a nation of immigrants and a country that he said needs to fix its immigration system.We shouldn't be making it harder for the best and the brightest to come here and creat jobs here and grow our economy here.We should be making it easier.With talks stalling congress,Obama said this week he would take executive actions to adjust immigration policy.XX,NPR news,Washington.

 

Civilian⁵ militias⁷ are issuing an action alert urging militia⁶ members from around the country to converge⁸ in Laredo Texas in response to the surge of central American immigrants crossing into the US illegally.The commander of the operation says he's creating a citizens blockade to secure the border to protect American lives.He says militia members are armed and ready to defend themselves.

 

 

In Jerusalem today,clashes between Israelis and Palestinians during a funeral for a Palestinian teenager found dead this week.Daniel XX reports.There were at least a few thousand Palestinians that took part in the funeral of 16-year-old XX in east Jerusalem.Some called for a new Palestinian uprising against Israel.? in the crowd threw stones and fired firecrackers at police who responsed with stun⁹ grenades.There were some injuries reported on both sides.It's been a tense week.Hundreds of Israelis marched through Jerusalem earlier this week calling for revenge after the bodies of three kidnapped Israeli teens were found.And Palestinians accused Israeli extremists of killing¹⁰ the Palestinian teenager out of revenge.And in the Gaza Strip,Israeli said it carried out air strikes after militants¹¹ fired at least 14 rockets and mortars¹² into Israel.Some landed in residential¹³ areas but caused no injuries.For NPR news,I'm Daniel XX in Jerusalem.

 

 

Ukraine says 13 government soldiers were killed in fighting with pro-Russian rebels in the country's eastern provinces.Kiev also said its troops have retaken several villages that had been seized by the separatists.

 

 

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Iraqi prime minister XX says he's going to continue to run for a third term,dismissing calls by his own political allies and the international community to step aside.Iraq's parliament is struggling to form a new unity¹⁴ government and XX is accused of exacerbating¹⁵ the country's divisions.

 

 

Human right watches are warning of an increased risk for journalists in Iraq.From Baghdad,NPR's xx reports new government rules are making things more restrictive for reporters.The list of mandatory¹⁶ guidelines came into force as insurgents¹⁷ grabbed chance in the country.They say media must praise heroic acts by the security forces and never interfere¹⁸ insurgence¹⁹.Human rights watches XX said the rules are not legally binding²⁰.I see them as more of a billed threat.So journalists have received individual threats over emails and texts.At times of war,XX said there are legal members a government can take to police the media.The Iraqi government absolutely has a rate and a responsibility to place limit on media outlets²¹ that broadcast its speech or ? people to violence.But that's not these guidelines are about.Instead,she said they're about silencing criticism of a deeply troubled government.Alice Warden,NPR news,Baghdad.

 

 

At the world cup,? Brazil beat Colombia 2:1 to advance to the semi-finals.But when it faces Germany on Tuesday,it will do it without a star striker Nymar.The teen's doctor said he had a factured vertebrae after he was kneed in the lower back by a Colombian player late in today's game.The doctor says it is not serious but he needs surgery.

 

1 patriotic   

adj.爱国的，有爱国心的

参考例句：

• His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
• The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。

2 spouses   

n.配偶，夫或妻( spouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Jobs are available for spouses on campus and in the community. 校园里和社区里有配偶可做的工作。 来自辞典例句
• An astonishing number of spouses-most particularly in the upper-income brackets-have no close notion of their husbands'paychecks. 相当大一部分妇女——特别在高收入阶层——并不很了解他们丈夫的薪金。 来自辞典例句

3 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

4 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

5 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

6 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

7 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

8 converge   

vi.会合；聚集，集中；(思想、观点等)趋近

参考例句：

• The results converge towards this truth.其结果趋近于这个真理。
• Parallel lines converge at infinity.平行线永不相交。

9 stun   

vt.打昏，使昏迷，使震惊，使惊叹

参考例句：

• When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.他们告诉我她不见了时，我当时完全惊呆了。
• Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.萨姆站在原地，被一下打昏了。

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 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

12 mortars   

n.迫击炮( mortar的名词复数 )；砂浆；房产；研钵

参考例句：

• They could not move their heavy mortars over the swampy ground. 他们无法把重型迫击炮移过那片沼泽地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Where the hell are his mortars? 他有迫击炮吗？ 来自教父部分

13 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

14 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

15 exacerbating   

v.使恶化，使加重( exacerbate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• This pedagogical understretch is exacerbating social inequalities. 这种教学张力不足加重了社会不平等。 来自互联网
• High fertilizer prices are exacerbating the problem. 高涨的肥料价格更加加剧了问题的恶化。 来自互联网

16 mandatory   

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

参考例句：

• It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
• There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

17 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

18 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

19 insurgence   

n.起义；造反；暴动；叛乱

参考例句：

• US troops moved into the Afghan mountains in an offensive to stop Taliban insurgence. 美军日前进军阿富汗山区阻止塔利班组织的一次暴动。 来自互联网

20 binding   

有约束力的，有效的，应遵守的

参考例句：

• The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
• Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。

21 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》