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 The head of National Intelligence Agency has told the US lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the spy on leaders of foreign allies has been come in practice for decades. National Intelligence Director James Clapper’s noting the same kind of spy takes place on the other side with foreign agencies spy on American officials. Clapper also said he believes in recent disclosures about US surveillance have affected¹ US security. 

“The unauthorized disclosure of the details of these programs has been extremely damaging. From my vantage, as DNI, these disclosures are threatening our ability to conduct intelligence, and to keep our country safe. ” Marks Camous, the NIC is being under fire for collection the phone records both in the US and overseas. 

 

The head of Medicare and Medicaid was grilled² today by House Committee on fraud implementation³ of the affordable⁴ care act. NPR’s Craig Windham reports Marilyn Tavenner says the problems are being addressed. 

The Chairman of House ways and means committee Dave Camp pressed Tavenner to disclose a number of people who actually signed up for a health insurance plan since market places opened. 

"How many people have enrolled⁵ in these exchanges?"

"Chairman Camp, that number will not be available to mid-November."

Tavenner added though the initial numbers of enrollment⁶ is expected to be small. She insisted the problems with the federal website are being corrected. 

"I want to ensure you that the healthcare.gov can and will be fixed⁷."

Camp said the healthcare law itself is not fixable. 

But Democratic Congressman⁸ John Lewis countered that the affordable care act is working. Craig Windham, NPR News, Washington.

 

The World Health Organization has confirmed 10 cases of polio in Syria. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports dozens more cases are suspected polio were being analyzed⁹ in WHO labs. 

The WHO confirmed the cluster of prodigious¹⁰ cases are among young children at eastern Syrian city Deir al-Zor, isn't outbreak of polio. This's the first case of polio in Syria since 1999 and apparently¹¹ to be linked directly to on-going civil war. Most the children who have been paralyzed are under the age of 2 and were properly vaccinated¹³ against the virus. Immunization rate in Syria has plummeted¹⁴. Their hospitals have been destroyed; doctor fled this country and the country's health care system has collapsed¹⁵ in the conflict. The WHO has launched a mass immunization campaign in both rebel-held and government controlled part of Syria to try to vaccinate¹² 1.6 million kids against measles¹⁶, mumps¹⁷, rubella and polio. Jason Beaubien, NPR News, Washington. 

 

News and influential¹⁸ information company Thomson Reuters is wielding¹⁹ the job-cutting axe²⁰. company says it's a part of a plan to speed up the cost-cutting efforts. It will eliminate 3,000 jobs, as on top of 2,500 previous announced job cut, let’s the snow comes from a hill of 39% drop in third quarter net income. 

 

Stock closed higher today extending the S&P 500 straight record high closes and the Dow was also a record high today. The Dow upped 111 points at 15,680; the S&P 500 rose 9 points. 

 

You're listening to NPR News in Washington. 

 

Polling a ruling yesterday that block tough new abortion²¹ restriction²² in Texas. Federal appeal court judge is considering whether the granted emergency appeal was allowed the state to enforce the law. In quota²³ papers follow the Fifth Circle Court of Appeals, the state’s Attorney General is asking the judges to rule whether the law should be allowed to take effect. District judge ruled the law requires doctors have immediate²⁴ privileges of hospital in 30 miles of a clinic to perform abortion does nothing for protecting women’s health. The law simply @@ would close roughly 1/3 of clinics in the state. 

 

National Football League officials say it’s set to meet tomorrow with Latino America groups that opposing name of the Washington Redskins. But NPR’ Allison Keyes told us the team joint²⁵ reported it would meet with NFL today. 

From the president Obama, to lawmakers, to the United Indian Nation, the Redskins has faced the increasingly striking storm of criticism over its name sounds a feel of racial slur²⁶. Team owner Daniel Snyder has said the team will never change its name and Washington Post reported he told NFL @@ that he still has no plan to do so. 

Redskins’ fans chanted they favor to “keeping at it” at a weekend rally before Sunday’s lost to the Denver Broncos. The United Indian Nation has met in schedule for Wednesday with NFL. The Redskins didn’t respond to a request for common. Allison Keyes, NPR News, Washington. 

 

The US house prices were up by double digital amount in August, compared it with the same month a year ago. Standard and Poor Case-Shiller 20 cities indices show house prices nationwide up almost 13%, (the) strongest gain since 2006. All 20 cities in the indices show gains from the same period of a year ago. Prices in Los Vegas rose the fastest pace, more than 29% no same period in last year, though the prices they remain 47% below the world they were before the housing bubble burst. 

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 grilled   

adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后，警察才放他走。
• He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问，直到他承认为止。

3 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

4 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

5 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 enrollment   

n.注册或登记的人数；登记

参考例句：

• You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注册时你会收到一份阅读书目。
• I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我刚刚接到复旦大学的入学通知书。

7 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。

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 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 prodigious   

adj.惊人的，奇妙的；异常的；巨大的；庞大的

参考例句：

• This business generates cash in prodigious amounts.这种业务收益丰厚。
• He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。

11 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

12 vaccinate   

vt.给…接种疫苗；种牛痘

参考例句：

• Local health officials then can plan the best times to vaccinate people.这样，当地的卫生官员就可以安排最佳时间给人们接种疫苗。
• Doctors vaccinate us so that we do not catch smallpox.医生给我们打预防针使我们不会得天花。

13 vaccinated   

[医]已接种的，种痘的，接种过疫菌的

参考例句：

• I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
• Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？

14 plummeted   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
• A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

16 measles   

n.麻疹，风疹，包虫病，痧子

参考例句：

• The doctor is quite definite about Tom having measles.医生十分肯定汤姆得了麻疹。
• The doctor told her to watch out for symptoms of measles.医生叫她注意麻疹出现的症状。

17 mumps   

n.腮腺炎

参考例句：

• Sarah got mumps from her brother.萨拉的弟弟患腮腺炎，传染给她了。
• I was told not go near Charles. He is sickening for mumps.别人告诉我不要走近查尔斯， 他染上了流行性腮腺炎。

18 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

19 wielding   

手持着使用（武器、工具等）( wield的现在分词 )； 具有； 运用（权力）； 施加（影响）

参考例句：

• The rebels were wielding sticks of dynamite. 叛乱分子舞动着棒状炸药。
• He is wielding a knife. 他在挥舞着一把刀。

20 axe   

n.斧子；v.用斧头砍，削减

参考例句：

• Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利，你要当心。
• The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。

21 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。

22 restriction   

n.限制，约束

参考例句：

• The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
• The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。

23 quota   

n.（生产、进出口等的）配额，（移民的）限额

参考例句：

• A restricted import quota was set for meat products.肉类产品设定了进口配额。
• He overfulfilled his production quota for two months running.他一连两个月超额完成生产指标。

24 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

25 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

26 slur   

v.含糊地说；诋毁；连唱；n.诋毁；含糊的发音

参考例句：

• He took the remarks as a slur on his reputation.他把这些话当作是对他的名誉的中伤。
• The drug made her speak with a slur.药物使她口齿不清。