NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-07-06

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

 

　　Reminiscent of Egypt 2011 revolution night tents political protest underway in Cairo’s Tahrir Square where fire workers are waving flags made a festival scene. But nearby, there are more clashes between opponents and supports of former president Mohamed Morsi, who is ousted¹ in Wednesday’s military coup². NPR’s Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson reports Morsi’s backers are trying to make their way to Tahrir Square.

 

　　Supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi have been marching in different parts of Cairo. They seem to be stopped or congregated³ around the place called 6th October Bridge which is a major bridge to the area around Tahrir Square. It’s seen the first they’re perhaps trying to come the Tahrir Squre, that is not happened. Where they are, the moment, is close to the television, state television building. But are there is rock throwing going seem to be a clash in that vicinity of the Morsi’s supports are. NPR’s Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson.

 

　　The Obama administration seizes further signs of economy on the mend at today’s Labor⁴ Department reports. NPR’s Scott Horsley reports employers added 195,000 jobs in June while unemployment rate held steady in 7.6%.

 

　　Restaurants, bars and retail⁵ stores accounts for a lot of new hire in June, suggesting American consumers are a little more willing to open their wallets for a shopping trip or a dinner-out. The White House economic analyst⁶ Iren Cruger says that a positive sign as people’s attitude toward economy.

 

　　“I think this indication of all the healings have been taking place in economy, the improved house sector⁷, for example. So that positive what’s important is that Congress not gets in the way of recovery.”

 

　　State and federal government continue to shed jobs last month. While government furloughs also boosted a number of people working part-time who prefer to be working full-time⁸. Scott Horsley, NPR’s news in White House.

 

　　The World Health Organization is convening⁹ in an emergency committee to monitor a mysterious respiratory virus that is emerged in the Middle East. Details from NPR’s Rob Stein.

 

　　The virus known as MERS for Middle East respiratory syndrome¹⁰. So far, 79 cases have been reported and 42 of the victims have died. Most cases occurred in Saudi Arabia and nearby countries. Officials are concerned because the virus is similar to the one they cause SARS outbreak a decade ago. In about 70% of people who are known to be affective have died. But WHO says the moment the virus is not seen to spread easily from person to person and no a large breakout has occurred. The WHO decided¹¹ to form a committee to monitor the situation just to be prepared if the situation becomes an international emergency. The committee will meet for the first time next week. Rob Stein, NPR News.

 

　　Dow is up 147 points. It is NPR.

 

　　In Iraq, a suicide bomb walked into a Shia mosque¹² in north Baghdad today and deno designated explosive on the body. 15 worshiper were killed in that attack. More than 30 people were wounded. Local authorities say it happened during evening prayer. The bombing is extended the day violence in and around Iraq capital were fourth civilians¹³ lost their lives earlier in a car bombing.

 

　　Investigators¹⁴ in central Afghanistan are trying to determine how the suicide bomber¹⁵ managed to bypass two checkpoints since sneaked¹⁶ to a crowded police dining hall during lunch hour today. The bomber blew himself up and also killed 12 other people. An official says authorities have not said the attacker was a police officer or the disguised one.

 

　　The online TV service Hulu has been announced blocked for a month. Interesting buyers should act fast busy do today. And NPR’s Neda Ulaby explains Hulu’s owners are expected to set to sell for around a billion dollars.

 

　　Its owners are some biggest entities¹⁷ in the world media, including Disney, Comcast and 21st century fox. But even the Hulu is in the list of a heated battle for sweeping¹⁸ dominants¹⁹ for Netflix and Amazon instant video, Fox just give Netflix an exclusive deal with one of the popular shows. Full seasons of “New Girl” are going to Netflix, Hulu just gets only a few episodes at a time. The idea that Hulu might lose more desirable broadcasts offerings could affect the sell. Yahoo has reportedly lost the interest, but according to industry @@, Direc TV remains²⁰ the leading contender. Neda Ulaby, NPR News.

 

　　US stock is ending the day higher with the DOW up 147, at 15,136.

 

　　It is NPR.

1 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

2 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

3 congregated   

（使）集合，聚集( congregate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The crowds congregated in the town square to hear the mayor speak. 人群聚集到市镇广场上来听市长讲话。
• People quickly congregated round the speaker. 人们迅速围拢在演说者的周围。

4 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

5 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

6 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

7 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

8 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

9 convening   

召开( convene的现在分词 )； 召集； （为正式会议而）聚集； 集合

参考例句：

• When convening the assembly, however, you shall blow without sounding an alarm. 民10:7但招聚会众的时候、们要吹号、不要吹出大声。
• We warmly welcome the convening of Asia-Europe meeting in London. 热烈欢迎亚欧会议在伦敦召开。

10 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

11 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

12 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

13 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。

14 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

16 sneaked   

v.潜行( sneak的过去式和过去分词 )；偷偷溜走；（儿童向成人）打小报告；告状

参考例句：

• I sneaked up the stairs. 我蹑手蹑脚地上了楼。
• She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch. 她偷偷看了一眼手表。

17 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

18 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

19 dominants   

n.占优势的( dominant的名词复数 )；统治的；（基因）显性的；高耸的

参考例句：

• The species compeition, distribution and dominants species of soil ciliates in Tianmu Mountains was reported. 报道了天目山土壤纤毛虫的种类组成、分布及优势种类。 来自互联网
• By applying reverse privileges to themselves, they hope to escape punishment from the real dominants. 通过赋予自己“反向特权”，他们希望借此逃避真正统治者的惩罚。 来自互联网

20 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。