NPR 2011-12-28

 Americans are apparently¹ feeling better about the economy. The conference aboard of consumer confidence index shut off 25 points in the last 3 months. It’s still not near the level of economies considering sign of economic health. But Daniel Carson reports confidence is bouncing back to the levels that not same since the summer.

 

Americans are more optimistic about business condition in jobs prospects². They don't seem too bothered about Europe debt crisis. At least so long dissent³ effect of work pay checks. The boosting consumer confidences seem to be alive with dissent holiday sale. And what NPD Group Analyst⁴ Marshal Cohen.

 

The tire of living in non-spending cocaine⁵ they being they post recession repu pair .They gotten say ,you know ,I have to need ,I did go out to spend on them. But coin caution not to rate too much into hire rating. Weigh growth of ground to hold that could dampen consumers and force spending in the coming months. For NPR I'm Daniel Carson in Washington.

 

Up to 120 sears and Kmart stores are on the chopping block. Sear’s holding announcing closure after reporting very weak holiday sales. Retail⁶ analyst Brain says both sears and Kmart have fell to keep up the competition from Wal-Mart, Target and other chains.

 

Here has no identities, I did not know what sears brand stand for. I did not know what Kmart stand for. Sears says it’s changing its business model shifting away for trying to improve margin⁷ performing stores and focus on those the January cash. The company is since which more than 4000 stores are closing.

 

In Sudan, fighting continues near the disputed border with south Sudan. The resurgent violence comes after the Sudan army killed the powerful rebel leader.NPR Felix Contreras reports his death deal a major blow to rebel movement fighting government forces in trouble Darfur region,

 

 

There are reported scammers in area of Sudan between Darfur and North Kordofan this followed announcement to the death of Khalil Ibrahim, the influential⁸ of Justice and Equality movement,the main rebel groups in Darfur, JEM as it’s known as past conducted dist, Sudanese and threaten more such attacks. The rebels have been buckling⁹ government troops and junt way alive in Darfur in the war Washington has called genocide. The Darfur conflict has fallen off the international redo as Sudan ever deadly confrontation¹⁰ as when as better split with newly independent south Sudan have grasp the headline, Felix Contreras,NPR news , Khartoum

 

An hour before the close on Wall street ,the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 24 points 12318.The NASDAQ is up 13 points at 2632 ,S&P is up 3 .This is NPR news.

 

President Obama is striating the Ireland his nomination¹¹ to fill 2 vacancies¹² on the Federal Reserve board. Democrat¹³ Jeremy Stein is democrat private equity¹⁴ executive, Jay Powell is republican. 

 

Los Angeles voters will get chance to weigh in on health and safety practice in the city porn industry. Backer of law would amend¹⁵ the use of condoms on porn site had gathered signatures qualified¹⁶ for the summer election. The 8 of health care foundation spent years to try to amend the use of condoms by actor in the films. The foundation attained¹⁷ more than 7000 signatures to Los Angeles city clerk. Only 41000 are needed. But it isn’t clear whether voters will get the opportunity to vote on the issue. Atty city attorney says they don't have legal authority doing as such a law only state lawmakers do. Recently though California head occupational safety and health weighting in on the matter and side with backers of initiatives. The division has told Los Angeles times she believed the city has right to use authority to prevent the spread of HIV aids.8 Judgments¹⁸ here arguments about ballot¹⁹ battle as soon as next month, Carrie Kahn NPR news.

 

The Mall of America, the national largest shopping mall is backing business, sending at least 9 people are under arrest after fight breakout on mall yesterday. Dan Jasper is mall's spokesman.

 

They were large groups of juveniles²⁰ and teenagers early 20 probably and they were seriously fight through mall which included in food court joint²¹ chairs, some stores went into lockdown mall.

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 prospects   

n.希望，前途(恒为复数)

参考例句：

• There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
• They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

3 dissent   

n./v.不同意，持异议

参考例句：

• It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
• He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。

4 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

5 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

6 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

7 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

8 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

9 buckling   

扣住

参考例句：

• A door slammed in the house and a man came out buckling his belt. 房子里的一扇门砰地关上，一个男子边扣腰带边走了出来。
• The periodic buckling leaves the fibre in a waved conformation. 周期性的弯折在纤维中造成波形构成。

10 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

11 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

12 vacancies   

n.空房间( vacancy的名词复数 )；空虚；空白；空缺

参考例句：

• job vacancies 职位空缺
• The sign outside the motel said \"No Vacancies\". 汽车旅馆外的招牌显示“客满”。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

14 equity   

n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票

参考例句：

• They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
• To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。

15 amend   

vt.修改，修订，改进；n.[pl.]赔罪，赔偿

参考例句：

• The teacher advised him to amend his way of living.老师劝他改变生活方式。
• You must amend your pronunciation.你必须改正你的发音。

16 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

17 attained   

（通常经过努力）实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 )； 达到； 获得； 达到（某年龄、水平、状况）

参考例句：

• She has attained the degree of Master of Arts. 她已获得文学硕士学位。
• Lu Hsun attained a high position in the republic of letters. 鲁迅在文坛上获得崇高的地位。

18 judgments   

判断( judgment的名词复数 )； 鉴定； 评价； 审判

参考例句：

• A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life. 他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。
• He is swift with his judgments. 他判断迅速。

19 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

20 juveniles   

n.青少年( juvenile的名词复数 )；扮演少年角色的演员；未成年人

参考例句：

• Do you think that punishment for violent crimes should be the same for juveniles and adults? 你对暴力犯罪的惩罚对于青少年和成人应一样吗？ 来自生活英语口语25天快训
• Juveniles Should we not exactly in need of such strength and conviction? 少年的我们难道不正是需要这种力量和信念吗？ 来自互联网

21 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。