NPR 2012-05-25

 Police in New York and the Manhattan District Attorney's officer looking into the story of a man who they say has implicated¹ himself in the death of six-year-old Etan Patz whose disappearance² 33 years ago. Forever changed the way people looked at issues of children's safety. More from NPR's Margo Adler.

The person of interest was picked up in Camden, New Jersey³, and NYPD Commissioner⁴ Ray Kelly  said in a statement that the man implicated himself. But there are conflicting stories when newspaper reported the man confessed to luring⁵ the boy with candy and stabbing and putting him in a bag. The New York Times quotes investigators⁶ saying the man confessed to strangling the boy and leaving him in a box which disappeared several days later. This the anniversary of the boy's disappearance ** a time for full stories and hoaxes⁷ in the case. There is some skepticism around the story, and much of it comes from sources that are so far unidentified. Last month, semi  new leads led to an excavation⁸ of a Manhattan basement. No additional evidence was found. Margot Adler, NPR News, New York.

 

 

A second and final day of voting in Egypt has stopped , presidential election is expected to be over by now. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says this is a big moment for Egypt, a critical player in US policy in the region.

Whatever the outcome of the election, the Egyptian people will keep striving to achieve their aspirations⁹ and as they do, we will continue to support them. 

The election was the result of the Arab Spring during which Egypt and other nations rose up against long-ruling regimes.

 

 

No breakthrough in nuclear talks in Baghdad, where NPR's Peter Kenyan reports Iran and six world powers try to find common ground on Iran's controversial atomic program.

Probably the best news to come out of this meeting is that they agree to meet again in Moscow this time, in mid¹⁰ June, probably the 17th or 18th of June. And they will have expert meetings in the run-up to that to try and lay out an agenda and make more progress at that level. NPR's Peter Kenyan.

 

 

SpaceX is preparing to dock its unmanned Dragon capsule with the International Space Station, taking place tomorrow morning. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports it had closed flyby of the station today.

Astronauts on the station got to watch something that hadn't seen since the space shuttles retired¹¹ last  summer. An American spaceship flying beneath them. John Couluris is a mission director with SpaceX.

It's exciting to be an American and part of putting American spacecraft into orbit. And we are very proud right now.

Dragon looked like a small dot, as it flew under the station, about a mile and a half away. The flyby went extremely well. Key systems worked fine. But officials cation that this is still a test flight. And a lot has to go right before Dragon becomes the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the station. Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR News.

 

 

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Radio pioneer, Hal Jackson has died at the age of 96. He spent decades desegregating radio starting in the 1930s. As NPR's Neda Ulaby reports Jackson was also the first African-American inducted into the radio Hall of Fame. 

All right, we get ten minutes from 9 o'clock, Hal Jackson ..

Before Hal Jackson demolished¹² Colley by becoming one of the first sports announcers and one of the first black national radio announcers, he worked as a generator¹³ in Washington DC. As he hold NPR few years ago, he approached the white head of a local station about doing his own show.

He said to me use the end word, no ** work on this radio station. 

But heroic Hal Jackson persevered¹⁴, he got white friends to buy advertising¹⁵ time and used it to launch what would be the first of many successful radio programs, including a long running music show in New York. 

A little shake, rattle¹⁶ and roll.

Hal Jackson also helped found one of the country's first broadcasting companies, entirely¹⁷ owned by African-Americans. Neda Ulaby, NPR News. 

 

 

An online auction¹⁸ of the late president Ronald Reagan's blood sample has been canceled. Amid outrage¹⁹ from the Reagan foundation. The British-based PFC Auction scrapped²⁰ today's plan to sell the vial which purportedly²¹ contained blood taken from  Reagan at a hospital after a 1981 attempted assassination²².

 

 

Economists²³ seeing  little change in the latest unemployment numbers from last week signaling modest job growth. The Labor²⁴ Department found that applications  dip by 2,000 to a seasonally²⁵ adjusted 370,000.

1 implicated   

adj.密切关联的；牵涉其中的

参考例句：

• These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

3 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。

4 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

5 luring   

吸引，引诱（lure的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap. 奶酪是引诱老鼠上钩的极好的东西。
• Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring. 她的教养警告她：有危险，要出错儿，这是微妙、神秘而又诱人的。

6 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 hoaxes   

n.恶作剧，戏弄( hoax的名词复数 )v.开玩笑骗某人，戏弄某人( hoax的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The disc jockey, a young separatist named Pierre Brassard, has made his name with such hoaxes. 这位名叫彼埃尔 - 布拉萨尔的音乐节目主持人，是一名年轻的分离主义者，以制造这类骗局闻名。 来自百科语句
• This chain-letter hoaxes, has mutated over the years. 这一骗局多年来在互联网上不断发展和变异。 来自互联网

8 excavation   

n.挖掘，发掘；被挖掘之地

参考例句：

• The bad weather has hung up the work of excavation.天气不好耽误了挖掘工作。
• The excavation exposed some ancient ruins.这次挖掘暴露出一些古遗迹。

9 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。

10 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

11 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

12 demolished   

v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
• They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。

13 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。

14 persevered   

v.坚忍，坚持( persevere的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She persevered with her violin lessons. 她孜孜不倦地学习小提琴。
• Hard as the conditions were, he persevered in his studies. 虽然条件艰苦，但他仍坚持学习。 来自辞典例句

15 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

16 rattle   

v.飞奔，碰响；激怒；n.碰撞声；拨浪鼓

参考例句：

• The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed.孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓，笑着叫着。
• She could hear the rattle of the teacups.她听见茶具叮当响。

17 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

18 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

19 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

20 scrapped   

废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)； 打架

参考例句：

• This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
• It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。

21 purportedly   

adv.据称

参考例句：

• This is purportedly the oldest tree in the world. 据称这是世界上最古老的一棵树。 来自互联网
• Mayor Oh Se-Hoon launched the campaign last year, purportedly to improve efficiency. 据悉，首尔市市长吴世勋于去年提出了这项旨在提高工作效率的计划。 来自互联网

22 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。

23 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

24 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

25 seasonally   

参考例句：

• The price of vegetables fluctuates seasonally. 蔬菜的价格随季节变动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They moved seasonally among various vegetation types to feed on plants that were flourishing. 它们还随着季节的变化而在各种类型植物之间迁移，以便吃那些茂盛的植物。 来自辞典例句