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 A bill limiting the White House's ability to close the detention¹ center at Guantanamo Bay is heading to the President's desk. As NPR's EC reports, both Republican-controlled chambers² of Congress are determined³ to block Obama from closing the prison. The president has promised to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay before he leaves office in 2017 but congress has once again passed a bill hindering him from doing just that. A measure authoring more than 600 billion dollars in defensive⁴ funding has easily cleared both House and Senate and it continues a ban on transferring Guantanamo detainees to the US. It also prevents them from getting sent to Libya, Syria,Yemen and Somalia. with more than 100 detainees remaining at the facility, restrictions⁵ on Guantanamo transfers make shutting down the military prison much harder. So now it's up to the White House to decide whether it will sign this defensive bill into law. EC, NPR news, the Capitol.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he had a good meeting with president Obama yesterday and is counting on the US to help maintain Israel's military edge over regional rivals. NPR's MK says Netanyahu spoke⁶ to Jewish groups a day after visiting the White House. Israeli prime minister seems keen to move from a period of sharp differences with the Obama administration over the Iran nuclear deal. 'America and Israel can and should work together now to ensure Iran comply with the deal, to curb⁷ Iran's regional aggression⁸ and to fight Iranian terrorism around the world.' Prime minister Netanyahu says the US plays in his words 'an indispensable aid to Israel' although he said his country is giving back in other ways, providing the US with intelligence. He is here in Washington to talk about a ten-year military aid package at the time when the Mid⁹ East is becoming more dangerous. MK, NPR news, the State Department.

British prime minister David Cameroon today outlined four areas of change he wants from the EU. His proposals, ahead of an upcoming in/out referendum include cutting the total burden on business and allowing capitals, goods and services to flow more freely around the EU. Cameroon also says EU countries need greater controls to manage the influx¹⁰ of refugees and migrants traveling across the continent. We do need some addition measures to address wider reviews and the right to free movement within Europe and to reduce the very high flow of people coming to Britain from across all of Europe. Cameroon also wants a red line around national security, declaring it the soul responsibility of individual state. Stocks on Wall Street are trading mixed at this hour. The Dow&Jones industrial leverages¹¹ up 18 points at 17747. The NASDAQ down 11 points. The S&P up 2. You're listening to NPR news in Washington.

Former German chancellor¹² Helmut Schmidt has died at his home in Hamburger at the age of 96 from an infection. NPR's SS reports the popular west German leader was famous for chain smoking menthol cigarettes ands his tough stances in the Cold War agains home-grown terrorism. Helmut Schmidt became chancellor in 1974 and for 8 years sharpened West Germany to become a global economic powerhouse. Many Germans and western leaders praised him for his toughness toward the former Soviet¹³ Union. Even so, he supported for US missiles being deployed¹⁴ on Germany soil eventually caused him deposed¹⁵. Chancellor Angle Merkel called Schmidt a German political institution whose opinions and guidance were important to her. And French president Francois Orlando said Europe has lost a great European. Those sentiments would likely have pleased who spoke in the past with ARD television. The former chancellor said being remembered someday for having done a good job would mean a lot to him. SS, NPR news, Berlin.

A flight attendants strike at Lufthansa may expand to tomorrow that would affect all of the German airlines' flights. A union representing flight attendants are calling for its members to walk off the job over a growing dispute about benefits. The strike began Friday at Germany's three main airports and so far tens of thousands of passengers have been affected¹⁶ by the cancellations. Lufthansa has confirmed that all of its flights from Germany would be affected from 4 am Wednesday until midnight Friday. I'm WJ and you're listening to NPR news in Washington.

1 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

2 chambers   

n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅

参考例句：

• The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

4 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

5 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

8 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

9 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。

10 influx   

n.流入，注入

参考例句：

• The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
• Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。

11 leverages   

促使…改变( leverage的第三人称单数 )； [美国英语]杠杆式投机，（使）举债经营，（使）利用贷款进行投机

参考例句：

• Additionally, this approach leverages the benefits of incremental and full backups. 除此之外，这一个作法也使渐近式以及完全的备份变得容易。
• A simple formula for building mutual value-creating relationships with consumers leverages dialogue, data, and insights. 与客户建立共同的价值创造关系，一条简单的准则就是利用对话、数据和洞察力。

12 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

13 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

14 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

15 deposed   

v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
• The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。