NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-05-08

　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

 

　　President Obama says the days when North Korea could create a crisis and win concessions¹ from the international community are over. NPR's Craig Windham reports Obama was speaking at a joint² news conference at the White House with South Korea's visiting President Park Geun-hye.

 

　　Speaking through an interpreter, Park said she and President Obama see eye to eye on North Korea.

 

　　The president and I reaffirm that we will by no means tolerate North Korea's threats and provocations³ and that such actions would only deepen North Korea's isolation⁴.

 

　　Although Obama says the U.S. and South Korea remain open to the possibility of North Korea choosing a more peaceful path.

 

　　So far at least, we haven't seen actions on the part of the North Koreans that would indicate they're prepared to move in a different direction.

 

　　So the president says the U.S. will maintain a deterrent⁵ to counter any threat from North Korea. Craig Windham, NPR News, Washington.

 

　　The administration is pledging swift changes in the way, it addresses sexual assault in the military after the Pentagon found the number of people violated in the past year, may be as high as 26,000. The report comes days after the airforce's head of sexual assault prevention was arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman.

 

　　Cleveland authorities say they are working to understand why and how three women were held captive in a Cleveland house for roughly a decade. Bryant Ball of member station WCPN reports three brothers have been arrested.

 

　　Ariel Castro owned the house on Cleveland's west side. He and his two brothers were taken into custody⁶ last night after Amanda Berry who had been held captive for ten years in the house, escaped with the help of a neighbor and called police. The other two women, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight⁷, were found in the house along the six-year-old that authorities believed to be Berry's girl. At today's press conference, Steven Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Cleveland operations, praised the women.

 

　　These three young ladies have provided us with the ultimate definition of survival and perseverance⁸. The healing can now begin.

 

　　All three women were released today from a local hospital. For NPR News, I'm Bryant Ball in Cleveland.

 

　　The U.S. and Russia reportedly have agreed to hold a joint international conference on the Syrian crisis. State Secretary John Kerry in Moscow where he's been urging the government to toughen its stance against the Syrian government. Russia is one of the Assad regime's most powerful allies.

 

　　Outraged⁹ hundreds of garment workers who survived the building collapse¹⁰ in Dhaka, Bangladesh, weeks ago are demanding financial compensation for their ordeal¹¹. More than 600 people were killed when the Rana Plaza¹² building caved in. The tragedy is renewing  questions over safety oversight¹³ in that country and heightening scrutiny¹⁴ over global retailers¹⁵ who do business in Bangladesh.

 

　　Before the closing bell, Dow was up 87 points at 15,056.

 

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　　People seem to have scaled back their use of credit cards. The Federal Reserve says consumer borrowing rose by $8 billion from February to March, the smallest increase in months.

 

　　Mexican authorities are reporting dozens of deaths and injuries from a gas tanker¹⁶ explosion in the suburb of Mexico city this morning. They say the tanker truck lost control hit a medium and exploded on the highway in a residential¹⁷ area. People rushed at the scene of burning cars and damaged homes to help victims. Officials say they fear the death toll¹⁸ which reached 20 will rise in the coming hours.

 

　　Ray Harryhausen, the visual effects pioneer, who stopped action models, brought dinosaurs¹⁹, skeletons, Cyclops and giant apes to life on screen has died. He was 92 years old. NPR's Bob Mondello has this appreciation²⁰.

 

　　It was seen the movie King Kong when he was 13 that started Ray Harryhausen sculpted²¹ miniatures and he was working on icon²² sequel Mighty²³ Joe Young years later that made him a master of Stop-Motion Animation²⁴. Other monster movies put actors in rubber suits . Harryhausen made creatures no human could inhabit for such films as 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers and It Came from Beneath the Sea. His art was eventually eclipsed by computer effects. But his work fired the imagination of such filmmakers who were also once 13-year-old, as George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. Bob Mondello, NPR News.

 

　　At last check on Wall Street, Dow was up 87 points at 15,056.

 

　　I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News, in Washington.

1 concessions   

n.（尤指由政府或雇主给予的）特许权( concession的名词复数 )；承认；减价；（在某地的）特许经营权

参考例句：

• The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
• The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

2 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。

3 provocations   

n.挑衅( provocation的名词复数 )；激怒；刺激；愤怒的原因

参考例句：

• We cannot ignore such provocations. 对于这种挑衅，我们不能置之不理。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• They must immediately cease all their provocations. 他们必须停止一切挑衅。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 isolation   

n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离

参考例句：

• The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
• He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

5 deterrent   

n.阻碍物，制止物；adj.威慑的，遏制的

参考例句：

• Large fines act as a deterrent to motorists.高额罚款是对开车的人的制约。
• I put a net over my strawberries as a deterrent to the birds.我在草莓上罩了网，免得鸟歇上去。

6 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

7 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

8 perseverance   

n.坚持不懈，不屈不挠

参考例句：

• It may take some perseverance to find the right people.要找到合适的人也许需要有点锲而不舍的精神。
• Perseverance leads to success.有恒心就能胜利。

9 outraged   

a.震惊的，义愤填膺的

参考例句：

• Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
• He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。

10 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。

11 ordeal   

n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验

参考例句：

• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
• Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。

12 plaza   

n.广场，市场

参考例句：

• They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
• The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。

13 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

14 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

15 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

16 tanker   

n.油轮

参考例句：

• The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
• Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。

17 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

18 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

19 dinosaurs   

n.恐龙( dinosaur的名词复数 )；守旧落伍的人，过时落后的东西

参考例句：

• The brontosaurus was one of the largest of all dinosaurs. 雷龙是所有恐龙中最大的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

21 sculpted   

adj.经雕塑的

参考例句：

• a display of animals sculpted in ice 冰雕动物展
• The ladies had their hair sculpted by the leading coiffeur of the day. 女士们的发型都是当代有名的理发师做的。

22 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

23 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

24 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。