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 Marco Rubio is becoming the third major Republican seeking his party’s nomination¹ in 2016. NPR’s Mara Liasson reports after releasing an emotionally charged video last week, Rubio formally launches his campaign with the speech tonight in his home base of South Florida. 

Rubio will enter the race today with a speech at the Freedom Tower in Miami, known as the Ellis Island of the South. That’s where thousands of Cuban immigrants like Marco Rubio’s parents were processed as they entered the U.S. In his speech, Rubio will talk about his experience as a child of Cuban exiles. 

“For me America is just a country. It’s the place that literally² changed the history of my family.”

Marco Rubio is joining two other young Tea Party-backed freshmen³ senators in the race for the nomination, but his advisors⁴ say he will win the young fresh face bracket because he can beat Rand Paul and Ted⁵ Cruz by appealing to all factions⁶ of a deeply fractured Republican Party. Rubio hopes to win support from the Tea Party, social conservatives, foreign policy hawks⁷ and the mainstream⁸ governing wing of the GOP. Mara Liasson, NPR News, Washington. 

 

A former guard with the security firm Blackwater has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2007 shooting that killed 14 Iraqi civilians⁹ and wounded more than a dozen others. Nicholas Slatten was convicted of first-degree murder. Three other Blackwater guards got 30-year terms for manslaughter and other crimes. All four were convicted for their involvement in the killings¹¹ which took place in a crowded traffic circle in downtown Baghdad. 

 

A week before the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf¹² of Mexico, the Obama administration is proposing new regulations. NPR’s Jeff Brady reports the rules for offshore¹³ drillers are designed to make sure out-of-control wells are sealed in an emergency.

This is the third round of new regulations since BP lost control of its well in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, leading to a massive oil spill. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says the new rules are focused on equipment such as blow-out preventers. And she says there is a reason they took this long to complete.

“This is complicated stuff and there is an awful lot of assessment¹⁴ that was done post Deepwater Horizon to understand exactly what went wrong and what we need to do about it.”

Oil industry groups say they are still reviewing the new rules. The government will consider comments before issuing final regulations. Jeff Brady, NPR News. 

 

The legal battle against the recently approved FCC rule known as net neutrality has begun. The United States Telecom Association, the group that represents companies including AT&T and Verizon has filed suit against the rule at the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington. The secluded¹⁵ new FCC rule says all online content must be permitted to travel at the same speed. But it’s done, designed to prevent broadband service providers from providing so-called fast lanes for some customers’ content or deliberately¹⁶ slowing content to others. 

 

On Wall Street stocks were down modestly today. The Dow dropped 80 points to end the session at 17,977. The Nasdaq lost 7 points. 

 

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A judge at sentence convicted murderer Jodi Arias¹⁷ to life in prison. With sentence today Judge Sherry Stephens bringing to an end to a nearly seven-year-old case that has attracted worldwide attention. The decision by Stephens was largely a formality after a jury last month deadlocked¹⁸ whether to give the 34-year-old Arias life in prison or the death penalty for the killing¹⁰ of her sometime boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008.

 

Closing arguments are underway in the trial of the man accused of killing six-year-old Etan Patz in 1979. As NPR’s Joel Rose reports, the trial of Pedro Hernandez lasted ten weeks. 

The case against Pedro Hernandez rests on a video-taped confession¹⁹ he made to police in 2012. In the video Hernandez says he lured²⁰ Patz to the basement of a corner store in 1979 and then choked him. Prosecutors²¹ called other witnesses who say Hernandez told similar stories over the years. But defense²² lawyers say that confession is false—the fictional²³ ravings of a mentally ill man with a low IQ. They say the crime could have been committed by another man who was long considered the main suspect. Etan Patz vanished while walking from his parents’ loft²⁴ in lower Manhattan to bus stop. His body was never found. He was one of the first missing children to have his picture on milk cartons across the country. Joel Rose, NPR News, New York. 

 

A U.S. cyber security firm is saying it has successfully prevented a Chinese hacker²⁵ group from tugging²⁶ in an American technology firm. Officials with the company CrowdStrike telling Reuters the firm observed a China-based group called Hurricane Panda hauled attacks on a U.S.-based internet technology firm after hackers²⁷ detected the cyber securities firm (security firm’s, rather) presence on its networks. Officials with CrowdStrike say they have a high degree of confidence that the attacker group was tied to the Chinese government. 

1 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 freshmen   

n.（中学或大学的）一年级学生( freshman的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We are freshmen and they are sophomores. 我们是一年级学生，他们是二年级学生。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• University freshmen get lots of razzing, but they like the initiation. 大一新生受各种嘲弄，但是他们对这种入门经验甘之如饴。 来自辞典例句

4 advisors   

n.顾问，劝告者( advisor的名词复数 )；（指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• The governors felt that they were being strung along by their advisors. 地方长官感到他们一直在受顾问们的愚弄。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• We will consult together with advisors about her education. 我们将一起和专家商议她的教育事宜。 来自互联网

5 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

6 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

7 hawks   

鹰( hawk的名词复数 )； 鹰派人物，主战派人物

参考例句：

• Two hawks were hover ing overhead. 两只鹰在头顶盘旋。
• Both hawks and doves have expanded their conditions for ending the war. 鹰派和鸽派都充分阐明了各自的停战条件。

8 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

9 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。

10 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

11 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

12 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

13 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

14 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

15 secluded   

adj.与世隔绝的；隐退的；偏僻的v.使隔开，使隐退( seclude的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• Some people like to strip themselves naked while they have a swim in a secluded place. 一些人当他们在隐蔽的地方游泳时，喜欢把衣服脱光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This charming cottage dates back to the 15th century and is as pretty as a picture, with its thatched roof and secluded garden. 这所美丽的村舍是15世纪时的建筑，有茅草房顶和宁静的花园，漂亮极了，简直和画上一样。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

17 arias   

n.咏叹调( aria的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Can you pick out the operatic arias quoted in this orchestral passage? 你能听出这段管弦乐曲里有歌剧式的咏叹调吗？ 来自辞典例句
• The actions are large and colour, there are arias and recitatives. 动作夸张而华美，有唱段也有宣叙部。 来自辞典例句

18 deadlocked   

陷入僵局的；僵持不下的

参考例句：

• The plan deadlocked over the funds. 这个计划由于经费问题而搁浅了。
• The meeting deadlocked over the wage issue. 会议因工资问题而停顿下来。

19 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。

20 lured   

吸引，引诱（lure的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. 那小孩被诱骗上了车，但又设法逃掉了。
• Lured by the lust of gold,the pioneers pushed onward. 开拓者在黄金的诱惑下，继续奋力向前。

21 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

22 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。

23 fictional   

adj.小说的，虚构的

参考例句：

• The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
• The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。

24 loft   

n.阁楼，顶楼

参考例句：

• We could see up into the loft from bottom of the stairs.我们能从楼梯脚边望到阁楼的内部。
• By converting the loft,they were able to have two extra bedrooms.把阁楼改造一下，他们就可以多出两间卧室。

25 hacker   

n.能盗用或偷改电脑中信息的人，电脑黑客

参考例句：

• The computer hacker wrote that he was from Russia.这个计算机黑客自称他来自俄罗斯。
• This site was attacked by a hacker last week.上周这个网站被黑客攻击了。

26 tugging   

n.牵引感v.用力拉，使劲拉，猛扯( tug的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Tom was tugging at a button-hole and looking sheepish. 汤姆捏住一个钮扣眼使劲地拉，样子显得很害羞。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
• She kicked him, tugging his thick hair. 她一边踢他，一边扯着他那浓密的头发。 来自辞典例句

27 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网