NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-06-05

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

 

　　The military's top brass¹ is acknowledging that the rising number of sexual assault cases is eroding² trust in the U.S. forces. But as NPR's Larry Abramson reports rejecting congressional efforts to reduce the authority of commanders who had administered justice.

 

　　The Senate Armed Services panel is dealing³ with at least seven different proposals, one in particular would take the decision to prosecute⁴ sexual assault and other major crimes away from the commander. But Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno resisted that idea.

 

　　I want the commander fully⁵ involved in the decisions that have an impact on the morale⁶ and cohesion⁷ of the unit to include punishment.

 

　　But Odierno admitted the growing number of sexual assaults had caused many troops to lose their trust in leadership. And some senators said that loss of trust mean someone else needs to pursue sexual assault cases. Larry Abramson, NPR News, Washington.

 

　　The IRS is coming under fire again in a report released by the inspector⁸ general today reveals extravagant⁹ spending by the agency at a training conference in 2010, amounting to more than $4 million at a time when the administration was publicly calling for more belt-tightening. The findings were released as the Republican-led House considered the latest testimony¹⁰ on another IRS scandal. It's treatment of conservative groups. They heard from the leaders of six of those organizations. NPR's Tamara Keith has more on that.

 

　　The groups applied¹¹ for tax-exempt status and then waited, and waited. Some are required to answer questions about their members and donors¹² and political activities. One group says the agency leaked confidential¹³ information about its donors to its chief opponents. Dianne Belsom is with the Lawrence County Tea party. She says she was overwhelmed by all the questions the IRS asked.

 

　　Our group is a small time operation with very little money and this represents a complete waste of time by the IRS in terms of any money they would collect if we were not tax-exempt.

 

　　She is still waiting to hear back whether her group's application for tax-exempt status as the social welfare organization has been accepted. Tamara Keith, NPR News, the Capitol.

 

　　New Jersey¹⁴ voters will have a chance to decide this fall who should fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant with Democrat¹⁵ Frank Lautenberg's death yesterday. Governor Chris Christie says the special election will be held this October but he has yet to say who fill that post until then.

 

　　I have yet to make a determination as to who I will appoint to hold this seat between now and the results of the October 16th special election. But when I determine who that person is, I'll make that announcement promptly¹⁶.

 

　　Lautenberg died yesterday of complications of  viral pneumonia¹⁷ . He was 89 years old.

 

　　At last check on Wall Street, Dow Jones Industrial Average down 77 points at 15,177.

 

　　From Washington, this is NPR News.

 

　　Germany is deploying¹⁸ thousands of troops to areas hit hardest by one of the worst floods to strike the country in years. The deluge¹⁹ has killed 12 people across central Europe. In Germany Saxony State, about 10,000 people have been evacuated²⁰.

 

　　Drug wars plaguing Latin America were expected to take center stage at the organization of  American States General Assembly. During a three-day session in Guantanamo, some Latin American nations were expected to call on the U.S. government to start looking at alternative approaches to its drug war strategy. In previous visits, President Obama has said that the U.S. shares responsibility in tackling drug related border violence. Secretary of State Kerry was expected to attend the conference.

 

　　New research finds that couples who meet online are slightly less likely to break up than those meet in traditional ways. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

 

　　The study looked at 19,000 couples married between 2005 and 2012. It's published in the Proceedings²¹ of the National Academy of Sciences and finds that online matches also have greater marital²² satisfaction. The authors note that people who meet online rather than in person disclose more of themselves which may lead to a deeper bond, or they suggest online daters could be more selective or somehow more motivated to marry. They say longer term study is needed, but they call their results encouraging for the third of American marriages that now start out online.  Jennifer Ludden, NPR News.

 

　　U.S. markets appeared earlier losses with the Dow off 76 points at last glance at 15,178.

 

　　I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News, Washington.

1 brass   

n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器

参考例句：

• Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。

2 eroding   

侵蚀，腐蚀( erode的现在分词 )； 逐渐毁坏，削弱，损害

参考例句：

• The coast is slowly eroding. 海岸正慢慢地被侵蚀。
• Another new development is eroding the age-old stereotype of the male warrior. 另一个新现象是，久已形成的男人皆武士的形象正逐渐消失。

3 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

4 prosecute   

vt.告发；进行；vi.告发，起诉，作检察官

参考例句：

• I am trying my best to prosecute my duties.我正在尽力履行我的职责。
• Is there enough evidence to prosecute?有没有起诉的足够证据？

5 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。

6 morale   

n.道德准则，士气，斗志

参考例句：

• The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day.敌军的士气日益低落。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

7 cohesion   

n.团结，凝结力

参考例句：

• I had to bring some cohesion into the company.我得使整个公司恢复凝聚力。
• The power of culture is deeply rooted in the vitality,creativity and cohesion of a nation. 文化的力量，深深熔铸在民族的生命力、创造力和凝聚力之中。

8 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

9 extravagant   

adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的

参考例句：

• They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
• He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。

10 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

11 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

12 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 confidential   

adj.秘（机）密的，表示信任的，担任机密工作的

参考例句：

• He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
• We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。

14 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

15 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

16 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

17 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

18 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

19 deluge   

n./vt.洪水，暴雨，使泛滥

参考例句：

• This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.雨大的时候，这条小溪能变作洪流。
• I got caught in the deluge on the way home.我在回家的路上遇到倾盆大雨。

20 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。

21 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

22 marital   

adj.婚姻的，夫妻的

参考例句：

• Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。
• I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。