NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-11-15

 With hundreds of injured people including pregnant women, children and the elderly in need of help, the few doctors in the Philippines say they are only dealing¹ with more serious cases at the moment. A run-down single story building in ruined airport in Tacloban has become the main medical facility for victims of Typhoon Haiyan which struck the Philippines as devastating² blow last week. All massive international aid efforts have been wrapping up. NPR’s Jason Beaubien in Manila reports logistics of getting aid to those who needed are staggering. 

 

The international aid community has geared up a massive machine to get aid into the people that have been affected³. You are getting contributions coming up from all over the country, a lot of these come here to Manila, the problem however is then getting it out to people into the field. We are still hearing there are huge road blocks from debris⁴.

 

The official death toll⁵ from the storm now tops 2,300 but it is expected to rise.

 

The White House believes a bipartisan bill that let people keep their health coverage⁶ would be a bad idea. NPR’s Ari Shapiro reports the administration is promising⁷ to offer its own proposal soon.

 

President Obama is under increasing pressure from its allies to find a way that let people on the individual healthcare market keep their insurance as he has promised. Democrats⁸ in the Senate are offering a bill to let people keep their plans but White House Spokesman Jay Carney says the proposal would have harmful consequence, allowing insurance to continue offering subpart coverage. Still Carney says the status quo is not ok either.

 

The president has instructed his team to come up with options for him to review and you can expect decision for him and announcement from him sooner rather than later.

 

Carney would not elaborate on what the White House is alternative proposal might be or when it will be announced. Ari Shapiro, NPR News, the White House.

 

In the latest sign, the immigration reform may be dead for now. House Speaker John Boehner announced today he will not be holding former compromise talks on the measure. There is already clear the Senate. Boehner is insisting the House is focused on piecemeal⁹ approach and he declined to say whether lawmakers will consider any legislation this year or whether the issue will slip to 2014. 

 

The idea that we are going take up a 13,000-page bill that no one had ever read, which is what the Senate did, is not going to happen in that.

 

Senate bill passed in June which shrank the US border protections which is providing a pathway to citizenship¹⁰ with estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally.

 

Last month partial government shutdown couple with some steep government’s spending cuts hurt a lot of people but one benefit appears to be a big drop in the federal deficit¹¹. According to the Treasury¹² Department, the government’s shortfall total around 91.6 billion dollars in October, down 24% from same period a year ago. Spending also fell because of the shutdown and due to across-the-board spending cuts earlier this year.

 

While record heights on Wall Street today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader S&P both closing at record high today. The Dow was up 70 points at 15,821, the S&P 500 rose 14 points at 1,782. 

 

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A sentencing hearing for Boston mobster Whitey Bulger came to end today without the court hearing from the defendant¹³. The 84-year-old Bulger dressed in orange prison jump suits at passively as well as some of the individuals accused of killing¹⁴ described them as sociopath and ask the judges in the case to sentence them to life in prison. Bulger was convicted in the August in a broad indictment¹⁵ that also accused him of racketeering charges, extortion and money laundering¹⁶ during the 1970s and 1980s. 

 

A Cleveland Jury has reached a verdict in a case of former fugitive¹⁷ Bobby Thompson who allegedly ran a fake charity to help Navy veterans. The jury’s decision will be announced in the morning, Thompson charged with bilking donors¹⁸ in Ohio and 40 other states as much as about 100 million dollars. Kevin Niedermier of member station WKSU has more.

 

The five-week trial included testimony¹⁹ from people whose identities Thompson allegedly stole and ream of documents. Prosecutors²¹ say support record tempering money laundering and thief charges. Thompson did not testify and his defense²² result in without calling any witness. In closing arguments, Prosecutor²⁰ Brad Tammaro reminded that the Jury about what was found in Thompson’s position when he was captured in Oregon last year after two years’ on the run.

 

He had multiple ID cards, fake ID cards along with him with the names of multiple people all real people with their personal information on it and his picture.

 

The 67-year-old Thompson faces up to 80 years in prison. For NPR News, I am Kevin Niedermier in Cleveland.

 

LivingSocial, the online daily deal website not so social for the second day in the row, will extend outrage²³ that left customers unable to log onto the site. Users who try to log onto are greeted by message reading LivingSocial is temporarily down for maintenance. Company says it does not believe any financial information was compromised.

1 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

2 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

3 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。

4 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

5 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。

6 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。

7 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

8 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 piecemeal   

adj.零碎的；n.片，块；adv.逐渐地；v.弄成碎块

参考例句：

• A lack of narrative drive leaves the reader with piecemeal vignettes.叙述缺乏吸引力，读者读到的只是一些支离破碎的片段。
• Let's settle the matter at one stroke,not piecemeal.把这事一气儿解决了吧，别零敲碎打了。

10 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

11 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

12 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

13 defendant   

n.被告；adj.处于被告地位的

参考例句：

• The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
• The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。

14 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。

15 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

16 laundering   

n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）

参考例句：

• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

18 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

20 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

21 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

22 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。

23 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。