NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-01-06

　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum.

 

　　President Obama says he is looking forward to working with the new Congress on growing the economy and shrinking budget deficits¹. But in his weekly address, the President said he won't compromise on whether the federal debt ceiling should be raised.

 

　　If Congress refuses to give the United States the ability to pay its bills on time, the consequences for the entire global economy could be catastrophic.

 

　　Congressman² Dave Camp of Michigan gave the Republican address. He said the problem is Washington spends too much and wastes too much.

 

　　That position is irresponsible and fails to acknowledge what every family in America already knows when you have no more money in your account and your credit cards are maxed out, then the spending must stop.

 

　　Camp is chairman of House Ways and Means Committee.

 

　　A gunman barricaded³ himself at a house in a rural Colorado early this morning. Police say after hours of negotiation⁴, SWAT team stormed the house and killed the gunman. Three other people were also found dead. Their names have not been released. Aurora⁵ is where a gunman opened fire in a theater last summer killing⁶ 12 people.

 

　　Several gun shows set for the next few weeks near Newtown, Connecticut, have been canceled. NPR's Allison Keyes reports in some cases, officials felt that it was too soon after 26 were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

 

　　Westchester Collectors Inc is going on with this weekend's gun show in Stamford, Connecticut according to a recorded message.

 

　　We are at the East Coast Fine Arms Show this weekend, January 5th and 6th.

 

　　That despite a statement released Friday by Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia asking organizers not to hold the event, calling it untimely and insensitive. The company has canceled a show set for Waterbury, Connecticut next weekend, after the police chief there said he isn't signing any gun show permits until further notice. Big Al's Gun Shows has canceled three shows over the next several weeks. But gun dealers⁷ across the nation have reported a spike⁸ in sales amid calls for a federal ban on assault weapons. Allison Keyes, NPR News.

 

　　There have been a half dozen aftershocks since the initial 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Southeast Alaska overnight. The quake prompted tsunami⁹ warnings and advisories¹⁰. They have since been canceled. Casey Kelly from member station KTOO has more on what shaped up to be a long night for coastal¹¹ Alaskans.

 

　　The quake jolted¹² awake residents of the Alaska panhandle and prompted some communities to implement¹³ voluntary tsunami evacuation plans. In Sitka, residents headed to high ground and the high school. The city of Craig on Prince of Wales Island set up evacuation points of the Pull Jemand Elementary School. By 2 am Alaska time, all tsunami warnings had been canceled. Only minor¹⁴ waves were reported including a six-inch surge in Port Alexander. For NPR News, I'm Casey Kelly, in Juneau.

 

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　　Italian investigators¹⁵ suspected excessive speed may have caused a snowmobile pulling a sled to crash on a ski slope last night. They said six people were killed and two others were injured. They were all Russian tourists or Russians working in the tourism industry in Italy. The crash happened on the same mountain where in 1998, a low flying US marine¹⁶ jet sliced the cable of a ski gondola¹⁷, sending the cable car crashing to the ground, twenty people were killed.

1 deficits   

n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 )；赤字；亏空；亏损

参考例句：

• The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句

2 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。

3 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。

4 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

5 aurora   

n.极光

参考例句：

• The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles.极光是自然界最可畏的奇观之一。
• Over the polar regions we should see aurora.在极地高空,我们会看到极光。

6 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。

7 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

8 spike   

n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效

参考例句：

• The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
• They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

9 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

10 advisories   

n.（有关进展、动向、建议等的）报告( advisory的名词复数 )；公告；通告；通报

参考例句：

• Compliance with Practice Advisories is optional. 是否遵守实务公告由审计师自行选择决定。 来自互联网
• Hardened-PHP: not as such a PHP security information website, but it does have security advisories. 增强PHP:不仅仅是一个PHP安全新的网站，它还提供安全建议。 来自互联网

11 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

12 jolted   

（使）摇动， （使）震惊( jolt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• She was jolted out of her reverie as the door opened. 门一开就把她从幻想中惊醒。

13 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

14 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

15 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》

16 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

17 gondola   

n.威尼斯的平底轻舟；飞船的吊船

参考例句：

• The road is too narrow to allow the passage of gondola.这条街太窄大型货车不能通过。
• I have a gondola here.我开来了一条平底船。