NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-06-03

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　　The Lebanese militant¹ group Hezbollah battled Syrian rebels in Lebanese territory today. Hezbollah supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In a Lebanese TV interview, Assad says Russia is still planning to supply weapons to his government. The BBC’s Jonathan Marcus has more.

 

　　Recent successes of the battle field, direct military supports from his Lebanese ally Hezbollah, renew the vision within opposition², a new weaponry from Russia means it’s not quite in the battle the Syrian president that Western powers were hoping to force onto the negotiating table. Mr. Assad shouted confident, he said the Russians were still committed to sending him advanced anti-aircraft missile. But he’s sort of not sure in what he said, that they have been delivered. He warned Israel again any further air attacks against Syria. in wilde open to attend a peace conference in Geneva, he stressed that any peace deal would have to be put to a referendum. The BBC’s Jonathan Marcus.

 

　　A delegation³ of US congress members said today their fact finding mission to Russia found nothing specific that could have been done to help to prevent the Boston Marathon bombings. NPR’s Corey Fintoff reports that congress members spoke⁴ today at the US embassy in Moscow.

 

　　California republican Dana Rohrabacher is leading the 6-member delegation which came to Russia to see whether the FBI have done all that it could with information provided by the Russian Security Services about Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Rohrabacher says his group has producted meetings with Russian lawmakers and security officials. The group was joining by activist⁵ Steven Seagal, who’s critic with helping⁶ arrange some of the meetings. Seagal has recently visited Russian President Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya. Rohrabacher says the US Russia need to cooperate more on security issues. He says both countries are threatened by radical⁷ Islamist. Corey Fintoff NPR News, Moscow.

 

　　Three storm chasers were among the ten people killed during the outbreak of tornadoes⁹ in Oklahoma on Friday. NPR’s Eyder Peralta reports, veteran storm chasers Tim Samaras and his 24-year-old son Paul, and his friend Carl Young were caught at large tornado⁸ and died.

 

　　In interviews, Samaras often said his love affairs of tornadoes began when he was 6 years old. He was instantly miserified by the circle and the witz storm Kansas and the x x . Later in life, he became an engineer designing instruments to understand tornadoes better. Just last month, Samaras captured the formation of a tornado in South Central Kansas for National Geography. At one point, he steps out the vehicle. The wind is wiping. The sun is setting And the funnel¹⁰ is dancing. And Samaras is in all. “An amazing sight. Wah!” Samaras‘ brother announced his death in the message John Facebook. He said all three men died “doing what they love”. Samaras was 55 years old. Eyder Peralta, NPR News.

 

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　　There’re wildfires burning in the west. In the Mexico center face it’s under a smoky hearth¹¹ as crule battle fire not far from city. It’s uncontained and has spread to a mountain square miles. Officials have evacuated¹² people for about 140 homes. In California, another wildfire is forced the evacuation about 100 homes and two communities north of Los Angles. The Angeles National Forest fire has grown to nearly 41 square miles, it destroyed five buildings. That fire is about 20% contained.

 

　　An American woman freed after more than a week in the Mexican jail on suspicion of drug smuggling¹³. She’s still recovering from her ordeal¹⁴. NPR’s Alison Keyes reports.

 

　　Yanira Maldonado returned to her Arizona home yesterday after the judge determined¹⁵ she is not suspected of smuggling 12 pounds of marijuana onto a bus. A surveillance video showed she and her husband getting onto the bus with just a purse, blanket and a bottle of water. Her brother-in-law Brandon Klippel says the family is doing great than similar what they have been through.

 

　　The thing is you don't go from the beginning of the week concrete dirty sheets. It’s just perfect that we pray for her.

 

　　He says the family will need time to heal together when cooperate. Maldonado was a naturalized US citizen who were born in Mexico. Alison Keyes, NPR News.

 

　　The creator of wind-powered whirlgigs has died in Carolina. Vollis Simpson was 94. He built the whirlgigs pieces of art recycle heating and air-conditions systems that turned and tolled¹⁶ in the winds. Simpson worked to cut thousands of tiny pieces that were also shown with lights fell on them. Some of the whirlgigs were 50 feet and weigh three tons. The North Carolina House has approved the measures making whirlgigs the state official falcon¹⁷.

 

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1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

6 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

7 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

8 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

9 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网

10 funnel   

n.漏斗；烟囱；v.汇集

参考例句：

• He poured the petrol into the car through a funnel.他用一个漏斗把汽油灌入汽车。
• I like the ship with a yellow funnel.我喜欢那条有黄烟囱的船。

11 hearth   

n.壁炉炉床，壁炉地面

参考例句：

• She came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来，在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。
• She comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里，打开电灯。

12 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

13 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

14 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。

15 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

16 tolled   

鸣钟（toll的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Bells were tolled all over the country at the King's death. 全国为国王之死而鸣钟。
• The church bell tolled the hour. 教堂的钟声报时。

17 falcon   

n.隼，猎鹰

参考例句：

• The falcon was twice his size with pouted feathers.鹰张开羽毛比两只鹰还大。
• The boys went hunting with their falcon.男孩子们带着猎鹰出去打猎了。