美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-10-29

 Its epicentre, the point directly above the earthquake was at the northeast of Pakistan. The force was felt in neibouring Pakistan and Tajikistan as well as two countries away in Idia. Its magnitude was 7.5, capable of catastrophic damage, but the geologists¹ say because the epicentre was so deep, more than a hundred and thirty miles below the surface, its effects were limited. Still Afganistan officials said more than four thousand houses were severely² damaged or destroyed, and more than two hundred people, most of them in Pakistan, were confirmed dead when we produced the show. The quake hit a rural mountainous area. Some of  affected villages are hard for rescuers to reach. They don't also have good infrastructures³ like  sturdy bridges and reliable communication systems. So that's another challenge. This quake was only slightly less powerful than  one that strucknearby Kashmir in 2005, but that one's epicentre was shallow and it killed more than seventeen thousand people.

  This week local and government law officials from across America are meeting in Chicago, Illinois. One issue they are discussing, a surge of violent crimes in some cities, with an increase numer of murders in Dallas, Texas, Miami, Florida, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Cleveland, Ohio. Another issue for officials at the meeting, was some are calling Fugurson Effect. It follows a controversial incident in Furgurson Missori last year when a white police killed a eighteen-year-old black man.

  FBI director Jim Commy says that at least part of the reason why there is a surge in crimes in some cities around the country could be that some officers are holding back.Now this is called the Furgurson Effect because increased scrutiny⁴ on police's tactics is causing officers to be reluctant to arrest suspects. He spoke⁵ to the University of Chicago on Friday and he tackled these issues about the race and the  effect on police.

  Far more people are being killed in some of American cities than in many years. And let's be clear, far more people of color are being killed in American cities this year and it's not the cops doing the killing⁶.   I wish to know that not all police chiefs believe that their officers are holding back. There are some believe that the rising crimes could be explained by the rise of synthetic⁷ drugs on the streets. Call me speaking to a convention of police chief in Chicago and will hear more about what he has to say.

1 geologists   

地质学家，地质学者( geologist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Geologists uncovered the hidden riches. 地质学家发现了地下的宝藏。
• Geologists study the structure of the rocks. 地质学家研究岩石结构。

2 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

3 infrastructures   

n.基础设施( infrastructure的名词复数 )；基础结构；行政机构；秘密机构

参考例句：

• Public transportation termini and depots are important infrastructures for a city. 公交场站设施是城市重要的基础设施。 来自互联网
• The increasingly fast urbanization process requires more and more infrastructures. 我国城市化进程不断加快，对城市基础设施的需求也越来越大。 来自互联网

4 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

5 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。

6 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。

7 synthetic   

adj.合成的，人工的；综合的；n.人工制品

参考例句：

• We felt the salesman's synthetic friendliness.我们感觉到那位销售员的虚情假意。
• It's a synthetic diamond.这是人造钻石。