NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-04-04

　　From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

 

　　The Pentagon says it's deploying¹ a missile defense² system to Guam as a precautionary move against North Korea's military threats. It says the system known as a terminal high-altitude area  defense battery or THAAD, will protect again short and medium range missiles from North Korea.

 

　　Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says North Korea's recent rhetoric³ presents are real and clear danger to the U.S. and its Asia Pacific allies.

 

　　Regarding our base in Guam, threatened Hawaii, threatened the west coast of the United States.

 

　　Hagel spoke⁴ to an audience at the National Defense University.

 

　　Rutgers University has fired head basketball coach Mike Rice, a day after video emerged of Rice physically⁵ manhandling and verbally abusing his players during practice. Details from NPR's Tom Goldman.

 

　　The university released a statement this morning announcing Rice is firing and acknowledging that earlier punishment, a suspension and fine didn't go far enough. Rutgers Athletics⁶ Director Tim Pernetti said "I thought it was in the best interest of everyone to rehabilitate⁷, but I was wrong". The video released yesterday shows Rice shoving players, throwing basketballs at them from close range and shouting anti-gay slurs⁸ at them. Rutgers officials viewed the video months ago, but fired Rice a day after the video became public and prompted outrage⁹ from among others, NBA star LeBron James and Chris Christie, the Governor of New Jersey¹⁰, where Rutgers is located. Today's announcement said Rice's firing was based on recently revealed information and reveal of previously¹¹ discovered issues. Tom Goldman, NPR News.

 

　　President Obama visits Colorado this afternoon to lobby for tougher gun control measures, including universal background checks. Meanwhile, sixteen Colorado sheriffs are protesting restrictions¹². They scheduled a news conference in Denver, near where Obama planned to meet law enforcement officials.

 

　　A report out today suggested the U.S. economy may have added fewer jobs than expected last month. NPR's Dave Mattingly reports on the latest numbers from Payroll¹³ Processor ADP.

 

　　With fewer people filing new claims for unemployment benefits and stronger housing numbers, analysts¹⁴ have been saying the economy likely added 200,000 plus jobs in March. But a report from ADP shows  hiring slowdown. Private employers added just 158,000. Economist¹⁵ Joe Johnson notes the report shows no construction jobs added last month, none.

 

　　Perhaps the recovery in housing is continuing, but it might have stalled out some during the month of March. So not a particularly good number.

 

　　Economists¹⁶ say look for the Labor¹⁷ Department's report due out Friday to reflect the same slowdown in job gains. Dave Mattingly, NPR News, Washington.

 

　　At last check on Wall Street, Dow was down 91 points, more than 0.5% at 14,570; NASDAQ down now more than 1%  at 3,222; and S&P 500 down nearly 1%.

 

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　　The housing recovery continues to gain momentum¹⁸, heading into the spring buying season. The real estate data provider Core Logic¹⁹ reports a February increase topped 10% compared with a year before, which is the largest increase in seven years.

 

　　An unexploded World War II bomb discovered near the main railway station in Berlin diverted trains and snarled²⁰ traffic in German capital today. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson reports from that area that authorities were able to defuse the bomb.

 

　　More than 800 people were evacuated²¹ from nearby apartment buildings and homes, as policemen worked on defusing the 220-pound aerial bomb. The device was found last night at construction site near the tracks, north of Berlin's main train station. The station is walking distance from the German parliament and Chancellor²² building. Although those buildings were not affected²³. But dozens of trains were rerouted, causing massive delays. Flights were also grounded for 45 minutes at Berlin's Tegel Airport. Thousands of unexploded bombs from the World War II era are believed to be buried in Germany. In 2010, three people were killed when one accidentally exploded.  Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, NPR News, Berlin.

 

　　The Associated Press is reporting that state official in West Virginia says a sheriff has been shot to death and a suspect is in custody²⁴. The AP saying the governor's chief of staff. The state police report that Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum died today. An emergency dispatcher says the shooting took place within a block of the county courthouse.

 

　　U.S. stocks trading lower with the Dow off more than 90 points at last glance.

 

　　I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News.

1 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

2 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。

3 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

6 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

7 rehabilitate   

vt.改造(罪犯)，修复；vi.复兴，(罪犯)经受改造

参考例句：

• There was no money to rehabilitate the tower.没有资金修复那座塔。
• He used exercise programmes to rehabilitate the patients.他采用体育锻炼疗法使患者恢复健康。

8 slurs   

含糊的发音( slur的名词复数 )； 玷污； 连奏线； 连唱线

参考例句：

• One should keep one's reputation free from all slurs. 人应该保持名誉不受责备。
• Racial slurs, racial jokes, all having to do with being Asian. 种族主义辱骂，种族笑话，都是跟亚裔有关的。

9 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。

10 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

11 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

12 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

13 payroll   

n.工资表，在职人员名单，工薪总额

参考例句：

• His yearly payroll is $1.2 million.他的年薪是120万美元。
• I can't wait to get my payroll check.我真等不及拿到我的工资单了。

14 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

15 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

16 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

18 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

19 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。

20 snarled   

v.（指狗）吠，嗥叫， （人）咆哮( snarl的过去式和过去分词 )；咆哮着说，厉声地说

参考例句：

• The dog snarled at us. 狗朝我们低声吼叫。
• As I advanced towards the dog, It'snarled and struck at me. 我朝那条狗走去时，它狂吠着向我扑来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

21 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

22 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

23 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。

24 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。