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 From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. 

 

The government is filing federal criminal charges against the suspected in yesterday shooting at Los Angeles interntional airport, that killed a TSA agent. Paul Ciancia faces two felony charges, one for murdur of a federal officer, the other for committing violence at the international airport. Meanwhile, NPR's SamSanders, reports operations at LAX are getting back to normal. 

 

Friday shooting disrupted over 1,500 flights and thousands of passengers, but at a press conference Saturday afternoon, Los Angeles world airport's Gina Marie Lindsey has some good news. 

 

and I am very proud to say that terminal three is now fully¹ open and operational. Great job by everybody. 

 

The shooting took place Friday morning around 9:20, when a gunman armed with semiautomatic rifle, got pass security and fired shots in terminal three. Airport police engaged in a gun battle with the shooter, and quickly subdued² him. 23-year-old Paul Ciancia has been named as a suspect. Gerardo I. Hernandez is a TSA officer who was killed in the shooting. At least six were injured. Sam Sanders NPR News. 

 

Gunmen in northern Mali kidnapped and killed two French radio journalists today. The French government says Al Qaeda linked militants³ in north Africa, abducted⁴ them in the desert town of Kidal, where they were conducting an interview and then killed them a short time later. Early this year, French troops went into Kidal and another towns acorss northern Mali, to help the Malian government push separatists Islamists out of the region. 

 

Officials in Niger have arrested more than 120 migrants who were trying to leave the country by crossing the Sahara into Algeria. As NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports Niger's now on alert to stop migrants convoys⁵ after the bodies of 92 migrants who attempted to the same passage were found last week. 

 

Most of the dead migrants were mothers and children who perished from thirst after trucks ferrying them out Niger broke down. Those arrested Saturday were called setting off from a northern Nigerien down in pickup⁶ trucks. Niger's government declared it would crack down on the networks ferrying migrants across the Sahara and what it called death transports. Those immigranting from Niger are fleeing death bred poverty in what United Nations calls, the less developed country on earth. Niger also lies on the major migrant out between sub-Sahara in Africa and Europe. Migrants try to across the Mediterranean⁷ from north Africa to southern Europe. Many lose their lives at sea in wrecked⁸ boats. Eleanor Beardsley NPR News, Paris. 

 

Pakistani Taliban commanders are meeting to choose a successor to  Hakimullah Mehsud, who they say was killed in a US drone attack Friday. Security forces in Pakistan are on high alert, concerned Taliban militants will retaliate⁹ for the killing¹⁰. Meanwhile, Pakistan's interior minister says the attack is derailed the efforts to arrange peace talks with the Taliban. 

 

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If you're planning to sign up for health insurance at healthcare.gov this weekend, it won't be available for 24 hours beginning this hour eastern time. It will resume 9:00 PM eastern time tomorrow. The government says during that time, a tech team will be working on the network, improving the on-line application and enrollment¹¹ tools. 

 

Early tomorrow morning, we'll bring a rare celestial¹² event, the moon will block out the sun in a hybrid¹³ solar eclipse. NPR's Romana Martinasxx reports. 

 

At around 6:30 AM, people on the east coast of the United States will be able to see low in the sky, the sun partial eclipsed for about 30 minutes. This hybird solar eclipse will start with what it described as a ring of fire or partial eclipse,  and many will shift to a total eclipse as the moon shadows sweeps acorss a planet. People who live in central Africa will see the sun completely eclipsed for a few short moments. If you're planning on watching the eclipse, remember, Sunday is also when most the US time zones are fallback to standard time, so don't forget to set your clocks back an hour, see you don't miss it. RomanaMartinasxx, NPR News, Washington. 

 

In Texas today, just about every piece of the iconic Houston Astrodome, was sold to the highest bidder¹⁴. The world's first multi-purpose domed¹⁵ astro Turf sports stadium was put off for auction¹⁶ today in thousand showed up to get off their piece of history. All of the stadium seats sold as did all of the astro turf, a square foot, one for 20 dollars, other items that sold a turn style, presto¹⁷ warmers, and dugout benches. The astrodome opened in 1965 and was dubbed¹⁸ the eighth wonder of the world, it's now in district pail and clearly empty. 

 

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

3 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

4 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

5 convoys   

n.（有护航的）船队( convoy的名词复数 )；车队；护航（队）；护送队

参考例句：

• Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here. 车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys. 一名联合国官员说将会暂停援助项目，直到援助车队能够得到充分的保护为止。 来自辞典例句

6 pickup   

n.拾起，获得

参考例句：

• I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

7 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

8 wrecked   

adj.失事的，遇难的

参考例句：

• the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
• the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞

9 retaliate   

v.报复，反击

参考例句：

• He sought every opportunity to retaliate against his enemy.他找机会向他的敌人反击。
• It is strictly forbidden to retaliate against the quality inspectors.严禁对质量检验人员进行打击报复。

10 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

11 enrollment   

n.注册或登记的人数；登记

参考例句：

• You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注册时你会收到一份阅读书目。
• I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我刚刚接到复旦大学的入学通知书。

12 celestial   

adj.天体的；天上的

参考例句：

• The rosy light yet beamed like a celestial dawn.玫瑰色的红光依然象天上的朝霞一样绚丽。
• Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.万有引力控制着天体的运动。

13 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。

14 bidder   

n.(拍卖时的)出价人，报价人，投标人

参考例句：

• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
• The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。

15 domed   

adj. 圆屋顶的, 半球形的, 拱曲的 动词dome的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• I gazed up at the domed ceiling arching overhead. 我抬头凝望着上方弧形的穹顶。
• His forehead domed out in a curve. 他的前额呈弯曲的半球形。

16 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。

17 presto   

adv.急速地；n.急板乐段；adj.急板的

参考例句：

• With something so important,you can't just wave a wand and presto!在这么重大的问题上，你想挥动一下指挥棒，转眼就变过来,办不到！
• I just turned the piece of wire in the lock and hey presto,the door opened.我把金属丝伸到锁孔里一拧，嘿，那门就开了。

18 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》