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 President Obama says he has heard Americans loud and clear who have seen their old health insurance policy go away to change the new healthcare law.As a result the president announced today for one year insurance company will be able to keep offering consumers  plans and other wise it would be cancled as a result of the law.

The bottom line is insures can expand,current plans that would other wise be cancled in 2014 and Americans whose plans have been cancled can choose to reroll in the same kind of plans.

Speaking at a White House news conference Obama also noted¹ while the first month in ruban numbers under the plan are lagging,he nonthlese is vowing² to build a beeter healthcare system for every American.

Janet Yellin president Obama's nomittee the succeed Ben Bernanke at the federal reserve defended the central bank's stimulus³ policy at the Capitol Hill today.NPR's Jonnes reports Yellin's strong performance for the senate banking⁴ committee put her close to become the first woman ever to lead the fed.

Yellin was poised⁵ in ferm response to questions,she cut concerns about the effectiveness of the fed's 85 billion dollar month stimulus program saying it has clearly help the economy by lowering interests.

This has been a positive factor in generating the recovery of the Houseing sector⁶.We have seen a very meaningful recovery in one of the bill sales    by low interests

Yellin says the timeing of moved a dyback stimulus depends on the health of the economy.The bank committee could vote to centor nomination⁷ to the full senate as early as next week.Jone Nesty,NPR News,Washington.

With a death toll⁸ continuing to rise in the Phillipines following last week's typhoon getting it old  .The BBC's Rupter in Tarklaban reports on efforts state recover from the typhoon.

At one distreet near the airport the police told us they had picked up more than 100 bodies this morning.It's a grim task but vital if the world is ever to learn the true death toll from typhoon haida.The aid effort is still only just beginning,there is still no large scale food distribution taking place and won't be for several more days.But for the first time in the week the people of Takilabn has staring to feel as if they haven't been forgotten by the rest of the world.BBC's Rupter Hasi.

Defence contractor⁹ Lucky Martain is vealing the jobs cutting acts the company's announce today will be illuminating¹⁰ 400 jobs 3.5% of its work force ways to lower cost    reduce government spending.The company says it plans to close plants in Arizona,Pensivia,Texas as well as   buildings at its California camps.

On Wall Street today the Don Jones industry average closed up 54 points end the day at 15,876,the s&p 500 rose 8 points,closing at 1790.You are listening to NPR.

More than 40 people are dead after a suicide attack in twin bombings in Iraq today,the explosion is apparently¹¹ targetting Sheik there who are marking a religious ritue.Retui say more than 100 others were wounded in the attack, ritul's observe issue over 10 day period but it has been mard by violent  attacks by extremists.

Intelligence official say they think the US nolonger faces a significant threat of another 911 stytle attack from Alqad,NPR's Kerry Jones reports the big concerns now are cyber attacks,homeground radicals¹² people returnning from the fighting Syria.

At his first congressional appearance as the new FBI director Jame Tory told the senate homeland security committee that cyber attacks represent a challenge.

At cyber sorts of I think it is an evil lyer   trying to steal information, their terrorists,their organized criminal groups,their hacktivist,their identidy thieves 

Comy says risks of cyber strike could well displace terrorism as the biggest priority for the FBI in the course of his 10 years term.Comy alos says he has no objection law makers¹³ interviewing vitnesses about last year deadly strike against US interest in Begaze Lybia.Kerry Jones,NPR News,Washington.

   dead levels rise last quater for the first time in 5 years with as much apparently outof sutdents loan debt taken on its people sorch retrain themselves for new positions in the workforce¹⁴.Federal reserve boy says total consumer in debtness  was 1.1%    11 points to 8 trillion dollars during the third quater the biggest jumption in 2008 since the collapsed¹⁵ housing market Americans have been wadding down their debts, Americans did boost their credit card borrowing they also borrowed more to buy homes and cars and took on more student loan debts.

I am Jack¹⁶ Speer,NPR News in Washington.

1 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

2 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

3 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

4 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

5 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

6 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。

7 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

8 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。

9 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

10 illuminating   

a.富于启发性的，有助阐明的

参考例句：

• We didn't find the examples he used particularly illuminating. 我们觉得他采用的那些例证启发性不是特别大。
• I found his talk most illuminating. 我觉得他的话很有启发性。

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 radicals   

n.激进分子( radical的名词复数 )；根基；基本原理；[数学]根数

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals. 一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent. 现在人们担忧激进分子会变得更加不妥协。 来自辞典例句

13 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

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 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。