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  The US military is continuing air strikes in Iraq this weekend against targets controlled by militants¹ from the Islamic State group. NPR's ** reports the White House has not ruled out expanding air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria. In the past few weeks, the US has made almost a hundred bombing rounds in Iraq to help Iraqi and Kurdish forces fight Islamic State extremists. President Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor² Ben Rhodes says the White House is ready to take action against potential terrorism by the Islamic State outside of Iraq. We are actively³ considering what can be necessary to deal with that threat and we are not going to be restricted by borders. Rhodes calls recent killing⁴ of the American journalist James Foley by Islamic State's militants a terrorist attack against the US, but he says president Obama has not yet been presented with military options against the Islamic State beyond Iraq. **, NPR News.

 

    In Jackson Hole Wyoming, Federal Reserve officials continue their annual discussions and Steve Backner of Market News International says they are focusing on labour market conditions and the implications from monetary⁵ policy. For sometime, the Fed's biggest focus has been reducing the unemployment rate and it has fallen from 10 to 6.2%. The Fed has left short- term interest rates near 0, in hope of more improvement on the job's front and a low inflation climate. But economists⁶ are telling the Kansas City Fed's annual symposium⁷ there is more to assess in labour market progress and deciding when to raise rates than just looking at the jobless rate. Fed Chair Janet Yellen concedes it's a complicated task. No decision is likely soon, but Fed officials are using these discussions to help reach a consensus⁸ on the time and in case of a eventual⁹ rate heights. For NPR News, I'm  Steve Backner in Jackson Hole.

 

    It's been 2 weeks since the shooting of 18- year- old Michael Brown, and the streets of Ferguson, Missouri were calm today, though it's not clear it's still that way. NPR's Martin Kaste reports. Policemen should pacify¹⁰ the Ferguson protest earlier this week by wading¹¹ into the crowds and tactically resting people they had identified as agitators¹³. Sam Smith, is an African American who lives elsewhere in St. Louis county. He says that technique seems to have worked unfortunately in his view. I talk about outside agitators coming up here. Kim was an outside agitator¹² where he went. But these people have a tendency- they have a problem with people protesting coming up here being outside agitators. What if you don't make any noise, you don't get hurt? Protesters still want the immediate¹⁴ arrest of the white officer who shot Brown. If the grand jury decides not to indite¹⁵ him, people here say the protest here could easily become violence again. Martin Kaste, NPR News, St. Louis. Meanwhile, the White House is reviewing programs that led local and state police departments by military gear. This is in the aftermath of a public outcry after a local police in Ferguson used military equipment. This is NPR.

 

    Steven Nagel, an astronaut who flew on 4 space shuttle missions, including 2 as commander, has died after a long battle with cancer. In a statement released today, NASA said Nagel died Thursday. He was a test pilot for the air force before becoming an astronaut in 1979. After his space shuttle flights in the 80s and 90s, he worked for the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Steven Nagel was 67. 

 

    The Cleveland Indian's original stadium League Park reopened today, 74 years after the team moved across town. From member station WKSU, ** reports. League Park opened in 1891 with Cy Young on the mount. It's where Babe Ruth had his 500th home run, and also where the Indians won their first world series in 1920. The team moved to Cleveland Municipal Stadium in 1946 and League Park was used for the negro leagues and as a Cleveland Browns practice facility before being mostly torn down in 1951. Now the city has spent 6.3 million dollars renovating¹⁶ the facility, says public sports director Michael Cox. We kept the dimensions of the ballbar out of the fences, the same as they were when they were built. We don't want this to be a baseball band. We want it to be a destination. League Park will now be used by local high school and little league teams. For NPR News, I'm **.

 

    The National Hurricane Center says the tropical weather sets to drench¹⁷ Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic today is expected to gather strength as it moves over waters near the Bahamas. It's now a tropical depression and it's the 4th one of the Atlantic hurricane season and forecasters say it could bring up to 8 inches of rain in parts. I'm Jeanie Herbst, and from Washington 10, you are listening to NPR News.

1 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。

2 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。

3 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

4 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。

5 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

6 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 symposium   

n.讨论会，专题报告会；专题论文集

参考例句：

• What have you learned from the symposium?你参加了这次科学讨论会有什么体会？
• The specialists and scholars present at the symposium come from all corners of the country.出席研讨会的专家学者们来自全国各地。

8 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

9 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

10 pacify   

vt.使(某人)平静(或息怒)；抚慰

参考例句：

• He tried to pacify the protesters with promises of reform.他试图以改革的承诺安抚抗议者。
• He tried to pacify his creditors by repaying part of the money.他为安抚债权人偿还了部分借款。

11 wading   

（从水、泥等）蹚，走过，跋( wade的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The man tucked up his trousers for wading. 那人卷起裤子，准备涉水。
• The children were wading in the sea. 孩子们在海水中走着。

12 agitator   

n.鼓动者；搅拌器

参考例句：

• Hitler's just a self-educated street agitator.希特勒无非是个自学出身的街头煽动家罢了。
• Mona had watched him grow into an arrogant political agitator.莫娜瞧着他成长为一个高傲的政治鼓动家。

13 agitators   

n.（尤指政治变革的）鼓动者( agitator的名词复数 )；煽动者；搅拌器；搅拌机

参考例句：

• The mud is too viscous, you must have all the agitators run. 泥浆太稠，你们得让所有的搅拌机都开着。 来自辞典例句
• Agitators urged the peasants to revolt/revolution. 煽动者怂恿农民叛变（革命）。 来自辞典例句

14 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

15 indite   

v.写（文章，信等）创作

参考例句：

• This essay is written just for trying to indite article in English.此散文仅仅是为了尝试用英文写文章。
• I indite a poem.我写了一首诗。

16 renovating   

翻新，修复，整修( renovate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The increased production was largely attained by renovating old orchards and vineyards. 通过更新老果园和葡萄园，使生产大大增加。
• Renovating that house will cost you a pretty penny. 为了整修那所房子，你得花很多钱。

17 drench   

v.使淋透，使湿透

参考例句：

• He met a drench of rain.他遇上一场倾盆大雨。
• They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them.他们将消防水管对着人们，把他们浇了个透。