NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-04-08

　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum.

 

　　Secretary of State John Kerry opened his Middle East and Asia tour with a call for Turkey and Israel to restore normal ties and take a leading role in stabilizing¹ the region. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

 

　　Speaking in Istanbul with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Kerry urged Turkey and Israel to continue on the path of rapprochement that started with an Israeli apology for the 2010 death of Turkish citizens aboard an aid vessel² bound for the Gaza Strip.

 

　　Turkey and Israel are both vital allies of the United States and we are hopeful that their agreement to restore normalization³ between their countries will actually help to open the door to greater cooperation so that we can all of us work together to promote peace.

 

　　Turkey and Israel have discussed returning their respective ambassadors, but Turkey is also demanding compensation for the deaths aboard the aid ship Mavi Marmara, which Israel has agreed in principle to pay. Peter Kenyon, NPR News, Istanbul.

 

　　Assailants attacked mourners in Cairo, following a procession to bury four Christian⁴ men killed in religious violence in north of Cairo over the weekend. NPR's Leila Fadel reports one person died and 22 others were wounded.

 

　　Christian protesters chanted against Islamist President Mohamed Morsi as unknown assailants to attack the procession. Egyptians watched on live TV as young men on rooftop shot handguns and threw Molotov cocktails⁵ near the Saint Mark Coptic Christian cathedral in Cairo. A fire burned at the cathedral with a coptic pope bleeps and police fired tear gas into the grounds of the church and at the assailants. The funeral followed a gun fight between Muslims and Christians⁶ north of Cairo on Saturday. One Muslim man was also killed. Religious violence appears to be on the rise since Egypt's 2011 revolt. And the Christian community, which makes up about 10% of the population, say they feel more vulnerable since Islamists were elected to power.  Leila Fadel, NPR News, Cairo.

 

　　A top security official in South Korea said today, North Korea may be planning another missile test this week. He said it could come Wednesday the deadline for foreign missions in Pyongyang to submit evacuation plans. North Korea has said it can't guarantee the safety of diplomats⁷ after that point. For weeks, North Korea has been threatening South Korea and the U.S. for their joint⁸ military drills.

 

　　Congress is coming back after a 2-week recess⁹, a bipartisan group of senators spent some of the break working on a bill to overhaul¹⁰ immigration laws to be ready for consideration by the end of the week. Republican John McCain told CBS's Face the Nation it won't be easy to win support for the measure.

 

　　There will be a great deal of unhappiness about this proposal, because everybody didn't get what they wanted. There are entrenched¹¹ positions on both sides of this issue as far as business and labor¹².

 

　　A bipartisan group in the House is working on its own version.

 

　　This is NPR News from Washington.

 

　　Police in India have arrested at least eight people in connection with a building collapse¹³ near Mumbai last week. At least 72 people died. Officials say two builders are among those arrested, allegedly for bribing¹⁴ the police and local officials.

 

　　Officials at South Africa Kruger National Park say they are poised¹⁵ to combat poachers with a new equipment as sophisticated as that used by criminal gangs, who are killing¹⁶ animals. NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports.

 

　　Kruger Park says at least 145 rhinos¹⁷ have been killed by poachers this year and warns that figure may rise to 1,000 by the end of 2013. Kruger Spokesman William Mabasa told South African local radio they have isolated¹⁸ most of the poaching to the park's border near Mozambique and are challenging the well-armed criminals.

 

　　From the security point of view, we are doing everything, we have offered them the latest equipment in the market, we have increased the vehicle numbers. Over and above that we were able to give them helicopters.

 

　　Extra gain rangers¹⁹ have been recruited to patrol alongside the police and soldiers, in a bid to stop poachers from bypassing the new security measures. Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR News, Johannesburg.

 

　　Officials in Israel say a cyber attack this weekend against government websites was mainly ineffective. The group anonymous²⁰ had said it would target the country to protest Israeli policy towards Palestinians. The head of the government's National Cyber Bureau said anonymous lacks the skills to harm vital infrastructure²¹ and that hardly any real damage occurred. He said if the group really wanted to hurt Israeli websites, it wouldn't have announced its plans ahead of time.

 

　　I'm Nora Raum, NPR News, in Washington.

1 stabilizing   

n.稳定化处理[退火]v.（使）稳定， （使）稳固( stabilize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The disulfide bridges might then be viewed primarily as stabilizing components. 二硫桥可以被看作是初级的稳定因素。 来自辞典例句
• These stabilizing design changes are usually not desirable for steady-state operation. 这些增加稳定性的设计改变通常不太符合稳态工作的要求。 来自辞典例句

2 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

3 normalization   

n.（normalisation）正常化，标准化

参考例句：

• The visit signalled the normalization of relations between the two countries.这次访问显示两国关系已经正常化。
• He was pleased to the normalization of relationship between the police and the people.他很高兴警方和人民之间关系的正常化。

4 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

5 cocktails   

n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物

参考例句：

• Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。 来自辞典例句
• Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。 来自辞典例句

6 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

7 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》

8 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

9 recess   

n.短期休息，壁凹（墙上装架子，柜子等凹处）

参考例句：

• The chairman of the meeting announced a ten-minute recess.会议主席宣布休会10分钟。
• Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。

10 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

11 entrenched   

adj.确立的，不容易改的(风俗习惯)

参考例句：

• Television seems to be firmly entrenched as the number one medium for national advertising.电视看来要在全国广告媒介中牢固地占据头等位置。
• If the enemy dares to attack us in these entrenched positions,we will make short work of them.如果敌人胆敢进攻我们固守的阵地，我们就消灭他们。

12 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。

13 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

14 bribing   

贿赂

参考例句：

• He tried to escape by bribing the guard. 他企图贿赂警卫而逃走。
• Always a new way of bribing unknown and maybe nonexistent forces. 总是用诸如此类的新方法来讨好那不知名的、甚或根本不存在的魔力。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻

15 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

16 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。

17 rhinos   

n.犀牛（rhino的复数形式）

参考例句：

• There are many reports of people taming and even training Indian rhinos. 有许多关于人们驯养甚至训练印度犀牛的记载。 来自辞典例句
• The rhinos had fed during the night in the rice fields of these villagers. 犀牛夜里在这些村民的庄稼地里也已吃饱了。 来自辞典例句

18 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

19 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

20 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

21 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。