美国国家电台 NPR 2012-10-31

 From NPR news in Washington. I am Lakshmi Singh. The Associate Press now are reporting now 39 death from hurricane Sandy. More than 8 million people up and down the east coast are now believed to be without power still as the super storm pushes inland with more wind and rain. Major areas also struggling with flooding. Ritual Chan, a Holboken, New Jersey¹ resident living in high risk apartment facing Manhattan, she describes what she seeing from the window and on social media.

 

When the rains look always floods. Fortunately, I am not in one of those zones, but I am right on the water front. So, the problem I have been watching out of my window has been the surge coming in. I think that what I see and flooding I saw on the pier² was nothing compared what on the streets, especially at the west of Hoblegen, I saw some photos where cars were literally³ floating in the streets.

 

WSHUs Keomi Geser reports at least two confirmed storm related death in Conneticut, and more than 600 000 households still without electricity. Cars are slowly coming back on Conneticuts road ways after the governor clearing the driving ban, the mingle⁴ trees laid aside the roads, a sigh of how powerful the winds were. Coastal⁵ cities like Novek are now in recovery, Mayor Ritual Mosure says there are still safety concerns.

 

There are many roads that are blocked, many live wires down, so if it all possible, stay off the roads.

 

Mosure says city hall and many of the schools remain dark, he is concerned what extended outages might mean for the election day,only a week away. From NPR news. I am Keomi Getes. in Conneticut.

 

Gims Dorts of member station WDDE tells us Dellerwell appears to have escaped the worse.

 

About 30 000 people in Dellerwell remain without power and flooding still collides low lying coastal areas, despite the widespread damage, Governor Jack⁶ Markel says problems arent as extensive compared to neighboring states. Markel attributs some of the success to evacuation orders along the shore, and state-wide driving bans put in place.

 

People take responsibility for themselves as they did here, that helped a lot ,some , it is good for people to listen, but sometime it is good to be lucky as well.

 

Most roads and highways are back open to the public with less restrictions⁷, but residents are still unable to return to homes and businesses in the evacuation zones. From NPR news, I am Gims Dorsen, in Dover.

 

President Obama has held a call with 20 governors and mayors of those areas affected⁸ by hurricane Sandy. He thanked emergency response and expressed condolence for loss of life and pledged to make all resources available in the recovery effort. He skipped campaigning today, in the State DC and monitor post Sandy operations. President Obama we heared plans to toward storm damage areas tomorrow. Also,New York stock exchange close for a second straight day because of Sandy. This is NPR news.

 

In a rare turn so close to election, the President receive major cuddles from New Jercy Governor Chris Christy, a stanch⁹ Romney supporter. He told CBC the administrations response has been outstanding. Mitt¹⁰ Romney campaign is keeping a low profile in light of the storm disasters, in stead , the GOP nominee¹¹ collected relief supplies for storm victims while in Ohio, which is a critical state for both presidential candidates. 

 

Another news, South Carolina officials have announced that 3.6 million tax payers will get help from the state to guard against identity theft. The state is trying to.. answer law problems after official reveal last week international hacker¹² broke into the department revenues computer system. NPR Cacey Law reports the breach¹³ could affect families for years. Governor Niky Hilly says millions of South Carolina tax payers and their children will get free life time credit fraud resolution as a result of the massive security breach. the state will pay a year of credit monitoring, and up 2 million dollars insurance. International hackers¹⁴ stole social security numbers from the state department revenue, and Cyber security expert say that information could be used to file fake tax returns or allow hackers to take over bank accounts. The Governor says more than 280 thousand people have sighed for credit monitoring so far. A criminal investigation¹⁵ is underway. Casey Law NPR news.

 

Home prices rose in August in nearly all major U.S. cities surveys. The Standard & Poors/Case Shiller Index views a 2% jump compared with same time a year ago. I am Lakshmi Singh, NPR NEWS IN Washington.

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 pier   

n.码头；桥墩，桥柱；[建]窗间壁，支柱

参考例句：

• The pier of the bridge has been so badly damaged that experts worry it is unable to bear weight.这座桥的桥桩破损厉害，专家担心它已不能负重。
• The ship was making towards the pier.船正驶向码头。

3 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

4 mingle   

vt.使混合，使相混；vi.混合起来；相交往

参考例句：

• If we mingle with the crowd,we should not be noticed.如果我们混在人群中，就不会被注意到。
• Oil will not mingle with water.油和水不相融。

5 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

6 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

7 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

8 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。

9 stanch   

v.止住（血等）；adj.坚固的；坚定的

参考例句：

• Cuttlebone can be used as a medicine to stanch bleeding.海螵蛸可以入药，用来止血。
• I thought it my duty to help stanch these leaks.我认为帮助堵塞漏洞是我的职责。

10 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

11 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

12 hacker   

n.能盗用或偷改电脑中信息的人，电脑黑客

参考例句：

• The computer hacker wrote that he was from Russia.这个计算机黑客自称他来自俄罗斯。
• This site was attacked by a hacker last week.上周这个网站被黑客攻击了。

13 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

14 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

15 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。