NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-05-11

　　U.S. army is reported to be in a heightened state of alert in response to detererating security conditions in Libya. the state department says it's advising citizens against traveling to capital xx. the British government says it will temporarily draw a number of embassy stuff. xx's news service is reporting that two police station in xx has been bombed. there were no immediate¹ reports of casualties. xx was the site of last year's deadly attack on U.S. consulate² on which an ambassador and three other Americans were killed. congressional republican has launched several inquiries³ into what the administration knew ahead of the attack.

 

　　the xx plant explosion initially⁴ thought as an industrial accident is now under investigation⁵ as an criminal matter. that blast in the ? community of west last month killed 14 people and devostated much of that town. the criminal ? was open within hours of authority announcing that they have arrested a resident for allegedly possessing a explosive device. although xx explains that police are not saying if these two developments are directly linked. in an eye-opening turn of this event, xx , a ? paramedic who gave numerous press interviews and movie speech of the xx memorial for the first responders has been arrested for possessing a destructive device. hours later the xx ranger⁶ and xx sheriff's office announced that they were opening an criminal investigation into the ? explosion. law enforcement have not connected those legal actions. xx gave a funny and moving eulogy⁷ of his friend xx a volunteer fire fighter in a memorial attended by nearly ten thousand people

 

　　the body of the Boston bombing suspect has been intered. he was buried in xx. according to a death certificate released this afternoon, xx's body was sent to a cemetery⁸ in central Virginia. his uncle xx took responsibility for the body. he says his nephew was buried with the help of the coalition⁹ of faith community. the body has been kept in a funeral parlor¹⁰ in xx when residents protested it's presence. cemeteries¹¹ in xx and other states have refused to accept its remains¹². xx was killed during a getaway attempt after a gun battle with police.

 

　　Federal service is expending¹³ its oversight¹⁴ in the financial system. federal chairmen xx told a gathering¹⁵ in xx that while central bank still monitering banks it's broading its oversight to other kinds of institutions that could trigger another financial crisis.

 

　　all hopes of miracle may not be lost after all over the xx's worst industrial disaster. as the death toll¹⁶ from a government factory passed one thousand one women was found live today. crew say they heard a faint voice pleading for help and immediately stopped the heavy machine already carefully break through concrete and steel rods. cheers erupted as the team pulled the xx from the rubble¹⁷. xx managed  to keep herself alive on dry food and water for 17 days. local authority says xx appears to be in remarkably¹⁸ good condition.

 

　　British prince paid tribute to Americans killed in world war as he visit xx national cemetery today. the 21-year-old xx is a captain and a pilot in British army. the prince has recently return from a tour in Afghanistan. an honor guide came to his attention as xx wearing his blue uniform stepped forward to place his ? at the tomb of the unknown. a crowd of people was watching this ceremony which was punctuated¹⁹ by the sound of camera ? clicking.

 

　　earlier the prince visited the area where the Americans killed in Afghanistan and xx were buried. xx walked the simple white tomb stones and he left a basket of yellow and red roses with a hand-written note. it read to my comrade in arms of the United States of America who have paid the ultimate price in the cost of freedom.

 

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1 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

2 consulate   

n.领事馆

参考例句：

• The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

3 inquiries   

n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 )；疑问；探究；打听

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释，等候进一步调查。
• I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 ranger   

n.国家公园管理员，护林员；骑兵巡逻队员

参考例句：

• He was the head ranger of the national park.他曾是国家公园的首席看守员。
• He loved working as a ranger.他喜欢做护林人。

7 eulogy   

n.颂词；颂扬

参考例句：

• He needs no eulogy from me or from any other man. 他不需要我或者任何一个人来称颂。
• Mr.Garth gave a long eulogy about their achievements in the research.加思先生对他们的研究成果大大地颂扬了一番。

8 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

9 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

10 parlor   

n.店铺，营业室；会客室，客厅

参考例句：

• She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
• Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店？

11 cemeteries   

n.（非教堂的）墓地，公墓( cemetery的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like. 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• In other districts the proximity of cemeteries seemed to aggravate the disease. 在其它地区里，邻近墓地的地方，时疫大概都要严重些。 来自辞典例句

12 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

13 expending   

v.花费( expend的现在分词 )；使用（钱等）做某事；用光；耗尽

参考例句：

• The heart pumps by expending and contracting of muscle. 心脏通过收缩肌肉抽取和放出（血液）。 来自互联网
• Criminal action is an action of expending cost and then producing profit. 刑事诉讼是一种需要支付成本、能够产生收益的活动。 来自互联网

14 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。

15 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

16 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。

17 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

18 remarkably   

ad.不同寻常地，相当地

参考例句：

• I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。

19 punctuated   

v.（在文字中）加标点符号，加标点( punctuate的过去式和过去分词 )；不时打断某事物

参考例句：

• Her speech was punctuated by bursts of applause. 她的讲演不时被阵阵掌声打断。
• The audience punctuated his speech by outbursts of applause. 听众不时以阵阵掌声打断他的讲话。 来自《简明英汉词典》