美国国家电台 NPR 2012-11-01

 From NPR news in Washington. I am Lakshmi Singh. The mass transit¹ system in the nations largest city is slowly coming back to life after super storm Sandy overwhelming New York city's infrastructure². Governor Antral Quomo says parts of the subway system will begin running again tomorrow, again that is just parts of that system. Two major airports have reopen, but New York LaGuardia is still close because of water on its runways. Given the wide impact of the storm, Governor Quomo says there is an important takeaway for elected officials.

 

Part of learning from this is the recognition that climate change is reality, extreme weathers are reality, it is a reality that we are vulnerable. And if we are going to do our job as elected officials, we are going to need think about how to redesign or as we go forward, make the .. necessary, so we don't reoccur this type of damage.

 

Insurance estimated the damage across the eastern U.S. could be tens of billions of dollars. Sandy has claimed at least 65 lives in multiple state, more than 6 million people are still without power. Now today it is about assessing damage in many areas. We spoke³ to Wellow Goda, NPR senior type.., she was driving into New York city from her home in Connecticut.

 

We live in the southern most St, Connecticut, right on the water there, so there was a enormous storm surge,the wind was bad, the storm surge ..made it even worse, and we have to work this morning pumping up the basement, we have 6 feet water in the basement, they said that in Deria, which is the next town over, houses that were on the shore were literally⁴ knocked off their foundation. So there is a lot of clean up to be done, there is ..pumping up basement, people are trying to take stock what just the storm did. NPR G Ruston.

 

President Obama touring the most severely⁵ affected⁶ areas of New Jersey⁷, where the national guard had been evacuating⁸ residents from heavily flooded towns, including H and M. He resumes campaigning tomorrow. With less a week until the election, Mitt⁹ Romney resumed his normal campaign schedule today, NPRs R reports Romney has three events across Florida.

 

Romney started out with the acknowledgement of the people suffering in the wake of the storm and a plea for donation.

 

We love all our fellow citizens, we come together in times like this and we want make sure they have a speedy and quick recovery from their financial and in many cases, personal loss.

 

Then he sag¹⁰? his way to his typical stamps, which though he did not go after president Obama as aggressively as usual, that is partly because The President is off the campaign trail today touring storm damaged New Jersy, and it is partly because Romney has began emphasizing bipartisanship and optimism as his part of final pitch to voters. R Pioro, NPR traveling with the Romney campaign.

 

Dow is down 37 points at last check at 13 071, this is NPR.

 

A backup generator¹¹ keeping the lights on in New York stock exchange, which reopen today after the super storm halt trading for last two days. Mayor Michael Bloomberg run the opening bell. Last glance we see the Dow off 36 points at 13 079, NASDAQ losing 60 at 2972, and The SP500 down slightly at 1409. And other news,two Detroit auto¹² makers¹³ are disrupt or disputing rather an ad from the Romney campaign. NPR Synary Glinton says the ad suggests U.S. auto manufacturing jobs will be moved overseas if the president is re-elected. 

The TV and radio ad claim both Chrysler and General motors are adding jobs in China at the expense of works in Ohio. Ohio is a top auto producing state and a swing state in the presidential race. Chrysler recently announced that it will be starting up production of jeeps in China, to sell in China. And General motors is expanding its operations in China as well, which is now the largest and fattest growing car market. Both Chrysler and General motors executives rushed to condemn¹⁴ the Ads. Chrysler CEO send a email to workers saying: Jeep production will not be moved from United States to China. And GM says it will continue to add jobs in the U.S. Synary Glinton, NPR news.

 

Speaking of the unemployment rate has hit 11.6% in the Euro Zone, September has the biggest increase number of people looking for work in three months, that is total 18.5 million people in the 17 nations that use the Euro currency, now out of jobs. At last check on Wall street, the Dow was down more than 30 points at 13 076. This is NPR.

1 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

2 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

3 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。

4 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。

5 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。

6 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。

7 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。

8 evacuating   

撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )； 排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）； （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空

参考例句：

• The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
• Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？

9 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。

10 sag   

v.下垂，下跌，消沉；n.下垂，下跌，凹陷，[航海]随风漂流

参考例句：

• The shelf was beginning to sag beneath the weight of the books upon it.书架在书的重压下渐渐下弯。
• We need to do something about the sag.我们须把下沉的地方修整一下。

11 generator   

n.发电机，发生器

参考例句：

• All the while the giant generator poured out its power.巨大的发电机一刻不停地发出电力。
• This is an alternating current generator.这是一台交流发电机。

12 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

13 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。