NPR 2012-07-07

 The June job's report shows unemployment holding steady at 8.2%. Republican presidential candidate Mitt¹ Romney seizing on that state, saying that rate remains² unacceptably high. As . public radio Josh . Reports Romney was quick to blame president Obama. 

 

Speaking Wolfeboro in New Hampshire,  Mr. Romney says the report is a kick in the gut³ that has to end. Romney also said repeatedly that President. Obama needs to take responsibility for failed policies. 

 

"The American people have now had a chance to see whether this policies will help  America, and help them and help people who are looking for jobs, or whether instead those policies are counter-productive when it comes to jobs. And I think the evidence is in again. and again and again."

 

Romney says he boosts jobs as president by doubling the number of drilling permanence for oil and natural gas, by cutting the corporate⁴ tax from 35% to 25%, and flatting the individual tax rate to 25% across the broad.  

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President Obama is trying to convince the country despite of the disappointing jobs report, the country has come a long way from too costly⁵ wars, annually⁶ year financial claps, he urges voters in C university to go beyond the..

 

"Because this election is not just about two candidates, or two parties, it's about two fundamentally different visions of where we take America."

President Obama on latest leg of his two days bus tour through the background state of Ohio and recently Pensuvania. 

 

Zimmerman was relieved from .. jail today after posting a 1 million dollar bond. NPR's ..

reports under the terms of his bail⁷, Zimmerman has to stay in the county and is forbidden from opening a bank account. 

 

Judge Kenneth R. Lester said he was convinced that he would be released on bail the first time in April, Zimmerman and his wife Shellie were making plans to flee the country upon $130,000 of contributions from his legal defense⁸ fund.  .. the judge included was electronic monitoring, Setting the Zimmerman for the second time the  judge Lester said that he wanted to make it high enough to insure the in-defendant would not flee. Zimmerman's lawyer posted enough in cash to cover the $1 million bail, as technically⁹ about 10% of the total. Zimmerman has all over 200,000 in his legal defense fund. After his lawyer made an appeal for contributions this week, within a matter of hours, Zimmerman's supporters send an additional $20,000 into the fund.

 

Greg Allen, NPR News, Miami.

 

 

More states are being allowed to updated the "No Child left behind" law requiring all students to achieve certain level of math and reading proficiency¹⁰ by 2014. Washington and Wisconsin are among 26 states now granted exemption¹¹ waivers provided they still improve student's performance.

 

 

Before the close on wall streets DOW was down 124 points at 120,772.

 

 

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Syria's Assad regime is facing its highest level defection yet. General .. member of .. republican guard and the son of the former defense minister, deliver the lastest blow to a government that has been working for more than a year to end uprising. Despite the defection the Syrian military shows no sign of letting out.

 

 

Sound reported to be the explosion in the seven cities of devouring¹² troops have been battling ravels.   

 

 

Tennis star Andy Murray of Scotland has made it to the finals of Wembledon for the first time. Murray beat French man Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  in four sets and becames the first Britishman to since 1938 to make the single finals in All England Club. We have details from NPR Tom Bowman.

Murray ends the 74-year drought with 6:3;6:4,3:6,7:5 win in Friday's semi final. He won the match with a .. cross court forehand serve return that initially¹³ was called "out", he challenged in the court over the return, making the big moment a little clunky, but the result still thrills British fans left Murray in his words feeling "both excited and relieved". Murry is still chasing the big prize, no British man has won a Winbleton single title since Frett Perry in 1936. For Murray to end that drought, he has to beat Roger Federa, the man some considered the greatest player ever. F advanced to his eight Winbleton final with a 4-sets semi final win over Nom.1 seated of each. Tom Bowman, NPR News.

 

US market get dragged down by the lastest disappointing jobs report, DOW was down 124 points at 12,772.

 

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1 mitt   

n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手

参考例句：

• I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
• Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 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。

3 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

4 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

5 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。

6 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

7 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

8 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。

9 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

10 proficiency   

n.精通，熟练，精练

参考例句：

• He plied his trade and gained proficiency in it.他勤习手艺，技术渐渐达到了十分娴熟的地步。
• How do you think of your proficiency in written and spoken English?你认为你的书面英语和口语熟练程度如何？

11 exemption   

n.豁免，免税额，免除

参考例句：

• You may be able to apply for exemption from local taxes.你可能符合资格申请免除地方税。
• These goods are subject to exemption from tax.这些货物可以免税。

12 devouring   

吞没( devour的现在分词 )； 耗尽； 津津有味地看； 狼吞虎咽地吃光

参考例句：

• The hungry boy was devouring his dinner. 那饥饿的孩子狼吞虎咽地吃饭。
• He is devouring novel after novel. 他一味贪看小说。

13 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。