NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-23

 The Obama administration has launched what it calls a text search to fix problems plaguing the government on-line health insurance markets. NPR's Scott Horsley reports, the president insists that despite these problems, the health coverage¹ offered through these markets is still a good product. 

 

President Obama says there is no excuse for the poor consumer experience, many people have had sharpened for health insurance on the government's new internet market place. The president says no one's more frustrated² than he is by those problems, but he stressed, they are being fixed³. 

 

Experts from some of America's top private sector⁴ tech companies, who've by the way seen things like this happened before. They want to work, they're reaching out, they're offering to send health. 

 

Obama offered no deadline for fixing the website problems, but he did say consumers still have months to sign up for health coverage. The administration's also highlighting alternative ways consumers can charter for insurance, including by telephone and in person. Scott Horsley NPR NEws, Washington. 

 

A middle school student in Nevada used a semiautomatic weapon to kill a teacher and wounded two other students at a school outside Reno. Police say the child then turned the gun on himself, killing⁵ himself. His name hasn't been released and there is no known motive⁶ for the shooting. It happened this morning just before school started. Police say the two wounded children are expected to be ok. 

 

More friends in Mexico are angry over reports the US national security agency eavesdropped⁷ on millions of private citizens' phone calls and intercepted⁸ emails. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports the US secretary of state John Kerry is in Paris and had to face questions. 

 

Le Monde Newspaper reported that the US intercepted and recorded 70 million phone calls and text during a one-month period between December and January of last year. Foreign minister Laurent Fabius called that type of intrusion in the private's affair between partners totally unacceptable. US secretary of state John Kerry on a scheduled visit to Paris Monday to talk about Syria, was put on the hot spot just as this spying fuel rod broke. 

 

Our goal whole is to try to find the right balance between protecting the security and the privacy of our citizens. 

 

The Mexican government condemned⁹ the alleged¹⁰ hacking¹¹ of the email account of former president Felipe Calderon  in 2010. Eleanor Beardsley NPR News, Paris. 

 

21 members of the Arizona national guard have been indicted¹² on charges they falsified records to get extra pay. Arizona attorney general  Tom Horne says eight officers and 13 unlisted men and women are charged. 

 

The colonel in charge used his position of authority, to obtain this temporary duty to pay himself over 100,000 dollars, and also to help the 20 others do that. 

 

Horne says those charged are accused of falsifying their records using fake home addresses and order to get money mend for those travelling outside their regions. 

 

Wall Street mixed by the closing bell, the Dow down seven points; the S&P 500 up just a fraction. This is NPR. 

 

The United States cut its energy related carbon dioxide pollution by nearly 4% last year. The department energy says it's the second biggest drop since 1990. Official say that drop is because of a warm winter weather, more efficient cars because of the new milage requirement and an ongoing¹³ shift from coal power to natural gas to produce electricity. 

 

A trial that could have dramatic repercussions¹⁴ for women seeking access to abortion¹⁵ in Texas began today in Austin. As NPR's Wade¹⁶ Goodwyn reports the trial revolves¹⁷ around new restrictions¹⁸ that could leave no abortion clinics in half the state. 

 

The new laws require that all abortions¹⁹ in Texas take place in an ambulatory surgical²⁰ center by a doctor who has admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. That could leave as few as five abortion clinics open in the state of 26 million with no facilities at all west of inner state 35 which runs down the center of the state. The new law also eliminates drug induced abortions after seven weeks. Texas Solicito general  Jonathan Mitchell, argued to US district judge Lee Yeakel that planned parenthood which brought the suit had no evidence the new restrictions would harm women, or could tail access to abortion. Wade Goodwyn NPR News. 

 

The manager of the Detroit Tigers is stepping down. Jim Leyland announced his decision today, two days after the Tigers will eliminate from the AL champion series by Boston in six games. The 60-year-old led the Tigers to the world series twice in eight years. He's been working under one year contract for the past couple of years. 

 

Country legend  Dolly Parton says she's a little sore but ok, the 67-year-old was treated and released from a hospital today, after suffering miner injuries in a car crash. 

1 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

2 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

4 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

5 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。

6 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

7 eavesdropped   

偷听（别人的谈话）( eavesdrop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He eavesdropped on our conversation. 他偷听了我们的谈话。
• He has just eavesdropped two sweethearts. 他刚刚偷听了两个情人的谈话。

8 intercepted   

拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻

参考例句：

• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。

9 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

10 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

11 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

12 indicted   

控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
• He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

13 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

14 repercussions   

n.后果，反响( repercussion的名词复数 )；余波

参考例句：

• The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 这家公司的垮台将会给整个行业造成间接的负面影响。
• Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world. 人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

16 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

17 revolves   

v.（使）旋转( revolve的第三人称单数 )；细想

参考例句：

• The earth revolves both round the sun and on its own axis. 地球既公转又自转。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Thus a wheel revolves on its axle. 于是，轮子在轴上旋转。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

19 abortions   

n.小产( abortion的名词复数 )；小产胎儿；（计划）等中止或夭折；败育

参考例句：

• The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人：不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
• Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论：染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网

20 surgical   

adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的

参考例句：

• He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
• All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。