NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-06-16

　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.

 

　　Police in Turkey have stormed the city park filled with anti-government protestors in the past hour. They again used tear gas and water cannon¹ to dislodge hundreds of people. The protest began many days ago in opposition² to the government's plan to develop the park. And protestor Eski Kuchu  Shanuk says there is meaning behind the continuing protests.

 

　　This thing is not about against the government, it's about public businesses.

 

　　Turkey's president says he is now willing to let the park development case be handled by a judge, but he warned lingering protestors in the park they would be thrown out today by security forces if they did not leave.

 

　　Facebook and Microsoft are releasing limited information on data the companies have provided to the government. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports the firms have been negotiating with national security officials to reveal more details about the surveillance.

 

　　Facebook, Microsoft and Google have pressured the Obama administration to disclose how the web companies comply with national security orders. But the government is only allowing them to release aggregate³ numbers on all government inquiries⁴, ranging from local missing person's probes to orders under the federal intelligence surveillance act. Facebook says it received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests in the last half of 2012, affecting between 18,000 and 19,000 Facebook users. For the same period, Microsoft says it received between 6,000 and 7,000 criminal and national security  warrants, subpoenas⁵ and orders affecting between 31,000 and 32,000 accounts. Google says it's waiting to be able to reveal more meaningful information that singles out national security surveillance. Debbie Elliott, NPR News.

 

　　The family of an elderly Minneapolis man is disputing a report he commanded a Nazi-led unit that committed war crimes during World War II. As Matt Sepic of Minnesota Public Radio reports the allegations about the 94-year-old came to light in an Associated Press story published this week.

 

　　The AP says Michael Karkoc was a commander of the Ukrainian Self Defense⁶ Legion, while there are no documents linking him to specific war crimes. The report says the unit was known to have massacred civilians⁷ under direction of the SS. The story says Karkoc moved to the U.S. in 1949 after lying to immigration officials about his past, but in the tatement, his son Andrij Karkoc calls the story defamatory.

 

　　It's allegation,  heresay, implication, association or conjecture⁸ and notably⁹ lacking in proof or evidence.

 

　　The  Simon Wiesenthal Center and other Jewish groups are asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate.  For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepic, in St. Paul.

 

　　A moderate candidate in Iran has won that country's presidential election. According to Iranian media Hassan Rouhani has cleared majority of the vote over more hardline candidates.

 

　　You are listening to NPR News from Washington.

 

　　Religious conservatives are in Washington for the meeting of the faith and freedom coalition¹⁰. Speakers have included the Chairman of the Republic National Committee, Reince Priebus, he is asking religious conservatives to back new efforts by the GOP to expand their membership. He says it would help if GOP members did a better job of explaining their party's background.

 

　　We don't tell our history anymore as a party, we've lost our history. We are the party of equality, freedom, opportunity, it's our party that has a rich history, but you wouldn't know it because we don't say it.

 

　　The Republic National Committee recently issued a report linking the future success of the party to more tolerate attitudes on social issues such as same sex marriage. Priebus didn't discuss this.

 

　　Attorneys are closer to seat a jury in the second degree murder trial of a former Neighborhood Watch volunteer who says he shot and killed Trayvon Martin in self-defense. Yesterday the judge asked jurors to come back Tuesday. As Amy Green of member station WMFE reports.

 

　　The potential jurors will face more questioning on issues like guns and race. Among the potential jurors is a black woman who disagrees Martin was targeted because of his race. And that a potential juror is a white woman who volunteers for a local arts festival and worries about negative publicity¹¹ for Sanford. So amendment¹² faces trial in Sanford. Attorneys will select six jurors and four alternates. They will be sequestered¹³ throughout the trial. For NPR News, I'm Amy Green, in Orlando.

 

　　A large group of Syrian military officers has defected to Turkey. There are seventy-one officers in the group including six generals. It's thought to be the largest mass desertion of senior troops from the Syrian government in several months.

 

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1 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

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 aggregate   

adj.总计的，集合的；n.总数；v.合计；集合

参考例句：

• The football team had a low goal aggregate last season.这支足球队上个赛季的进球总数很少。
• The money collected will aggregate a thousand dollars.进帐总额将达一千美元。

4 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》

5 subpoenas   

n.（传唤出庭的）传票( subpoena的名词复数 )v.（用传票）传唤（某人）( subpoena的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• My company has complied with committee subpoenas by supplying documents confirming all that I have said. 本公司按照委员会的要求，提供了能够证实我刚才发言的文件。 来自辞典例句
• Congressional Investigations: Subpoenas and Contempt Power. Report for Congress April 2, 2003. 金灿荣：《美国国会的监督功能》，载《教学与研究》2003年第2期。 来自互联网

6 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

7 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

8 conjecture   

n./v.推测，猜测

参考例句：

• She felt it no use to conjecture his motives.她觉得猜想他的动机是没有用的。
• This conjecture is not supported by any real evidence.这种推测未被任何确切的证据所证实。

9 notably   

adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地

参考例句：

• Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
• A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。

10 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。

11 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

12 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

13 sequestered   

adj.扣押的；隐退的；幽静的；偏僻的v.使隔绝，使隔离( sequester的过去式和过去分词 )；扣押

参考例句：

• The jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months. 陪审团渴望被隔离至少两个月。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Everything he owned was sequestered. 他的一切都被扣押了。 来自《简明英汉词典》