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 Senate majority leader Harry¹ Reid and minority leader Mitch McConnell have taken charge of trying to hammer out the solution to the budget and debt selling crisis, but at least publicly seem to have made no progress. Meanwhile, international monetary² fund head Christine Lagarde is warning a US default could have significant effects on the world economy. NPR's Dam Bobcoffxx, reports. 

 

Lagarde calls uncertainty³ of the US debt selling very concerning, telling NBC's Meet the Press, that the potential for a US default, push the world economic recovery at risk. 

 

If there is that degree of disruption. That lack of certainty, that lack of trust, in the US signature, it would mean massive disruption the world over. 

 

Legarde says there has been significant improvement as they've laid in the economies of the US, Europe and Japan, but the US default could tip the world into a recession like resound⁴ 2008. She also criticized any alternative to raising the debt limit, saying create of accounting⁵ is not the answer. DamBobcoffxxx, NPR News. 

 

Several national parks shutter⁶ since the government shutdowna are reopening as states use their own funds to run them. But Florida is barking the trend. As NPR's Greg Allen reports from Miami Florida's governor says no state money can be used to reopen Everglades national park despites protests. 

 

A flotilla of fishing guides held protest in the waters just outside Florida bay. Some 800 square miles of the bay are part of  Everglades national park, enclosed because of the shutdown. The guides said the closure is a finanical burden, halting light tackle fishing for redfish, snook and tarpon. The federal government says it will allow states filling to pension the shutdown to reopen national park, using state money. Florida governor Rick Scott has rejected that option. His office released a memo⁷ instructing all state anencies, that no accounting measures or other budget actions can be taken to offset⁸ the loss of federal funds. In addition to the national park, the shutdown has cut funding in Florida for nutritional⁹ programs and assistance to needy¹⁰ families, veterans and schools. Greg Allen NPR News, Miami. 

 

The Syrian national council, the largest group in the Syrian opposition¹¹ coalition¹², says it won't participate and propose peace talks this weekend in Geneva to end the country's civil war, and as the BBC's James Munro reports the head of the group George Sabra says the SNC will pull out of the coalition if it takes part. 

 

The statement came as the US secretary of state John Kerry was preparing to meet the special United Nations and Arab League peace envoy¹³, Lakhdar Brahimi, in London tomorrow. The UN, Russia and America all hope to organize the talks in Gevena by mid¹⁴ November. While the Syrian regime, ally to the Russians, has said it's ready to go.  George Sabra's declaration underlined the task facing the Americans trying to get a unified¹⁵ and creditable opposition delegation¹⁶ to take part. 

 

The BBC's James Munro. This is NPR News. 

 

Anti-immigrant demonstrations¹⁷ or migrant demonstrations in Moscow turned violent today as protesters vandalized stores, that employed migrant workers from the Caucasus region. The protesters are demanding justice over the killing¹⁸ of a young ethnic¹⁹ Russian, a murder widely blamed on a man from the Caucasus. 

 

In eastern India, cyclone²⁰ Pailin has left trail of flooded towns, tangled²¹ powerlines and tens of thousands of destroyed houses. So far at least 15 deaths have been reported. Authorities say the death toll²² would have been far higher, had it not been for a massive evacuation before Pailin rolled ashore²³. 

 

Israel is reimposing a ban on private shipments of cement to Gaza, NPR's Emily Harry reports today's move comes after a concrete reinforce tunnel was discovered. That runs from the Gaza Strip into Israel. 

 

The tunnel is tall enough to stand in, concrete arches reinforce the ceiling and it's wired for electricity and has a phone line. An Israeli military spokesman says shovels²⁴ and other building tools were found inside along with food wrappers, indicating work had been gone on for months. Israeli officials believe this passage would have been used for some kind of attack in the future. In response, Israel has stopped allowing private merchants to bring cement into Gaza. Private sells of cement from Israel to Gaza had just begun three weeks ago, after being prohibited for six years. Emily Harry NPR News, Jerusalem. 

 

Pulitzer Prize winning, novelist Oscar Hijuelos has died. the Cuban American writer often wrote about the losses and triumphs of the Cuban immigrant experience. He won the Pulitzer in 1990 for his novel, "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" . He is the first Hispanic writer to receive the honor. Hijuelos was 62. 

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

3 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

4 resound   

v.回响

参考例句：

• A roar of approval resounded through the Ukrainian parliament.一片赞成声在乌克兰议会中回响。
• The soldiers' boots resounded in the street.士兵的军靴踏在地面上的声音在大街上回响。

5 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

6 shutter   

n.百叶窗；(照相机)快门；关闭装置

参考例句：

• The camera has a shutter speed of one-sixtieth of a second.这架照像机的快门速度达六十分之一秒。
• The shutter rattled in the wind.百叶窗在风中发出嘎嘎声。

7 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

8 offset   

n.分支，补偿；v.抵消，补偿

参考例句：

• Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
• He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。

9 nutritional   

adj.营养的，滋养的

参考例句：

• A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
• The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。

10 needy   

adj.贫穷的，贫困的，生活艰苦的

参考例句：

• Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
• They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。

11 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

12 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

13 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

14 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

15 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。

16 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

17 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。

18 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。

19 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

20 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

21 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

22 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

23 ashore   

adv.在(向)岸上，上岸

参考例句：

• The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
• He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

24 shovels   

n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份

参考例句：

• workmen with picks and shovels 手拿镐铲的工人
• In the spring, we plunge shovels into the garden plot, turn under the dark compost. 春天，我们用铁锨翻开园子里黑油油的沃土。 来自辞典例句