美国国家电台 NPR 2012-10-23

 The presidential candidates are heading into their third and final debate in what's become a tight race just weeks before the election. They will spar at Lynn University in Boca Raton Florida. This time, seated across from moderator Bob Schieffer of CBS, NPR's Ron Elving says tonight's exchange is supposed to focus on foreign policy although don't be surprised if the economy comes up. 

 

The debate is supposed to be about foreign policy and there are six subject areas chosen by Mr. Schieffer that are all about foreign policy mostly about the Middle East. But there is no guarantee that the candidates will not take opportunities that arise to bring in other issues to talk, for example about the economy, or to talk about some of the issues that they think differentiate¹ them. NPR's Ron Elving.

 

NPR's Craig Windham reports one topic expected to surface tonight is last month's deadly attack on the U.S. consulate² in Benghazi, Libya.

 

Romney is expected to renew his criticism of the administration's handling of the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. Dan Senor is an advisor³ to the Romney campaign.

 

We need to figure out what happened, this can't happen again. We need to assure our diplomats⁴ and other officials in the U.S. government when they go overseas that they are going to have the proper security. 

 

But Stephanie Cutter, President Obama's Deputy Campaign Manager says Mr. Obama has been clear and forceful in his response to the attack.

 

He initiated⁵ an investigation⁶ to get to the bottom of it, of what happened and how we keep our embassy safe all over the country. That investigation is running its course. It's important that we don't politicize it. 

 

Both Cutter and Senor were interviewed on NBC's Today show. Craig Windham, NPR News.

 

The Lebanese military is trying to restore order in the aftermath of the assassination⁷ of an intelligence official, who was staunchly opposed to Syria's involvement in Lebanon. The State Department says an FBI team will help in Lebanon's investigation of the bombing. 

 

Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour De France titles. His name will be stricken from the record books. The cyclist from North Texas is banned for life from the sport. From Dallas, NPR's Wade⁸ Goodwyn has more. 

 

Lance Armstrong's fall from grace can only be described as his historic in scale. The seven-time Tour De France winner is accused of organizing an extensive team-wide doping conspiracy⁹ to cheat the other competitors in the race. Armstrong has denied the accusations¹⁰. But eyewitness¹¹ testimony¹² by former teammates who admitted they two doped have undermined Armstrong's proclamations of innocence¹³. The accounting¹⁴ is not over. The International Olympic Committee is likely to strip him of the bronze medal he won in 2000. And sponsors and their insurance companies may try to reclaim¹⁵ millions in bonus money paid for winning the tour. Wade Goodwyn, NPR News, Dallas.

 

At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was up two points at 13,346; Nasdaq up 11;S&P 500 up slightly.

 

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It's not just the baby boomers worried about their retirements¹⁶. The Pew Research Center says  30 somethings are now among those most likely to stress about their financial security, although the survey notes anxiety about the long-term impact of the Greek recession has risen across all adult age groups. 

 

Three years after a deadly earthquake struck central Italy, a court in L'Aquila has convicted seven scientists and experts for failing to give the public enough warning. It's sentenced the group to seven years in prison but that could all change on appeal. Still the convictions drew criticism from seismology experts worldwide who argue it is impossible to accurately¹⁷ predict when an earthquake will strike.

 

The oldest known survivor¹⁸ of the Auschwitz concentration camp has died in his native  Poland at the age of 108. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson has more from Berlin.

 

According to Auschwitz Museum officials, Antoni Dobrowolski was a teacher who gave lessons in defiance¹⁹ of his country's Nazi²⁰ occupiers. They had banned most schooling²¹ to destroy Polish culture, an underground effort to continue teaching children emerged, and those caught like Dobrowolski were sent to concentration camps including Auschwitz. In a video made five years ago, he recalled the camp being "worse than Dante's hell". Dobrowolski who was not Jewish, was also sent to two other concentration camps. After the war, he moved to Debno, where he worked as a Polish language teacher, he was also a principal at a local high school. Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, NPR News, Berlin.

1 differentiate   

vi.(between)区分；vt.区别；使不同

参考例句：

• You can differentiate between the houses by the shape of their chimneys.你可以凭借烟囱形状的不同来区分这两幢房子。
• He never learned to differentiate between good and evil.他从未学会分辨善恶。

2 consulate   

n.领事馆

参考例句：

• The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

3 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。

4 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

7 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

8 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

9 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

10 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

11 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。

12 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

13 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

14 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

15 reclaim   

v.要求归还，收回；开垦

参考例句：

• I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
• You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时，必须出示这张票子。

16 retirements   

退休( retirement的名词复数 )； 退职； 退役； 退休的实例

参考例句：

• We've had two retirements in our office this year. 今年我们办公室已有二人退休。
• Those may take the form of sackings redundancies, temporary layoffs or retirements. 这些形式有开除，作为编余人员，暂时解雇或退休。

17 accurately   

adv.准确地，精确地

参考例句：

• It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
• Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。

18 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

19 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

20 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

21 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。