NPR 2010-11-17

A 25-year-old service member from Iowa is the first living recipient¹ of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. Moments ago at a White House ceremony, President Obama couldn’t contain his pride in bestowing² the highest military honor on army staff Sergeant³ Salvatore Giunta.
“I'm gonna go off-script here for a second and just say I really like this guy.”
Giunta’s heroic actions, President Obama says, three years ago in Afghanistan, he placed himself in the line of enemy fire to protect his comrades.
“Staff Sergeant Giunta, repeatedly and without hesitation⁴, you charged forward through extreme enemy fire, embodying⁵ the warrior⁶ ethos that says, ‘I will never leave a fallen comrade.’ ”
The attack left two American soldiers dead. Their parents were at today’s ceremony, where they stood and drew long applause.
A House ethics⁷ panel has found Democratic Congressman⁸ Charles Rangel of New York guilty of most of the charges against him. NPR’s Giles Snyder reports it’s now up to the full ethics committee to decide an appropriate punishment.
The committee could reprimand Rangel, fine him and deny privileges with any punishment requiring the approval of the full House. But Rangel will remain in office. The 80-year-old overwhelmingly won a 21st term earlier this month. An eight-member panel of the ethics committee found the former chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee guilty of 11 of the 13 ethics violations⁹ against him. They relate to his finances and campaign fundraising. The panel issued its decision after refusing a plea from Rangel to allow him time to find an attorney. He walked out of the trial phase after saying he could no longer afford to pay his previous lawyers after racking up two million dollars in legal bills. Giles Snyder, NPR News, Washington.
A new study finds that how patients with advanced cancer die often depends on where they live. NPR’s Julie Rovner reports the study is the latest to document geographic¹⁰ variations in how medical care is delivered across the nation.
For two decades, researchers from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy have been documenting how doctors practice medicine very differently, depending on where they are located. After studying the records of more than 200,000 Medicare recipients¹¹, the researchers found huge variations in whether patients died in the hospital or received hospice care. Overall, patients were more likely to receive aggressive hospital-based care in areas like New York and Southern California. They were more likely to receive hospice care in traditionally lower-spending areas like Iowa and Minnesota. Julie Rovner, NPR News.
At last check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 177 points at 11,025. This is NPR.
The UN Security Council met today to talk about ways to pull off a vote in Sudan that could split the country into two. Diplomats¹² fear a renewed conflict between the North and South of Sudan, as NPR’s Michele Kelemen explains.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the UN may boost the number of peacekeepers in Sudan. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US is offering some incentives¹³ to keep a 2005 US-brokered peace accord on track.
“If Sudan chooses the path of peace, the government of Sudan can have a dramatically improved relationship with the United States, including normalization¹⁴ of relations between our two countries.”
She says the US would take Sudan off a terrorism blacklist if the North allows the January 9th referendum to go forward and accept the outcome of the vote. The US would lift other sanctions if Sudan resolves the separate conflict in Darfur, where she says violence is intensifying¹⁵. Michele Kelemen, NPR News, Washington.
Violent anti-UN protests in Haiti are spreading to several more cities with demonstrators blaming a team of Nepalese peacekeepers for the cholera¹⁶ outbreak. The disease, a bacterial¹⁷ infection that affects the intestinal¹⁸ system, is now blamed in the deaths of more than 1,000 people. Today, protesters barricaded¹⁹ some roads and clashed with UN soldiers. Demonstrations²⁰ have led to at least two deaths.
We continue to see a slide in US stocks. At last check, Dow Jones Industrial Average down 180 points at 11,022, NASDAQ down 44 to 2,470 with S&P 500 down 21 at 1,177.

1 recipient   

a.接受的,感受性强的 n.接受者,感受者,容器

参考例句：

• Please check that you have a valid email certificate for each recipient. 请检查是否对每个接收者都有有效的电子邮件证书。
• Colombia is the biggest U . S aid recipient in Latin America. 哥伦比亚是美国在拉丁美洲最大的援助对象。

2 bestowing   

砖窑中砖堆上层已烧透的砖

参考例句：

• Apollo, you see, is bestowing the razor on the Triptolemus of our craft. 你瞧，阿波罗正在把剃刀赠给我们这项手艺的特里泼托勒默斯。
• What thanks do we not owe to Heaven for thus bestowing tranquillity, health and competence! 我们要谢谢上苍，赐我们的安乐、健康和饱暖。

3 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

4 hesitation   

n.犹豫，踌躇

参考例句：

• After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天，他终于直说了。
• There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。

5 embodying   

v.表现( embody的现在分词 )；象征；包括；包含

参考例句：

• Every instrument constitutes an independent contract embodying a payment obligation. 每张票据都构成一份独立的体现支付义务的合同。 来自口语例句
• Fowth, The aesthetical transcendency and the beauty embodying the man's liberty. \" 第四部分：审美的超越和作为人类自由最终体现的“美”。 来自互联网

6 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

7 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

8 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

9 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

10 geographic   

adj.地理学的，地理的

参考例句：

• The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

11 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

12 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 incentives   

激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 )； 刺激； 诱因； 动机

参考例句：

• tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
• Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者，提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

14 normalization   

n.（normalisation）正常化，标准化

参考例句：

• The visit signalled the normalization of relations between the two countries.这次访问显示两国关系已经正常化。
• He was pleased to the normalization of relationship between the police and the people.他很高兴警方和人民之间关系的正常化。

15 intensifying   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的现在分词 )；增辉

参考例句：

• The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
• The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史

16 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

17 bacterial   

a.细菌的

参考例句：

• Bacterial reproduction is accelerated in weightless space. 在失重的空间，细菌繁殖加快了。
• Brain lesions can be caused by bacterial infections. 大脑损伤可能由细菌感染引起。

18 intestinal   

adj.肠的；肠壁；肠道细菌

参考例句：

• A few other conditions are in high intestinal obstruction. 其它少数情况是高位肠梗阻。 来自辞典例句
• This complication has occasionally occurred following the use of intestinal antiseptics. 这种并发症偶而发生在使用肠道抗菌剂上。 来自辞典例句

19 barricaded   

设路障于，以障碍物阻塞( barricade的过去式和过去分词 )； 设路障[防御工事]保卫或固守

参考例句：

• The police barricaded the entrance. 警方在入口处设置了路障。
• The doors had been barricaded. 门都被堵住了。

20 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。