NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-06-02

　　From NPR News in Washington, I’m Korva Coleman.

 

　　Officials in Oklahoma announced nine people are dead from powerful tornadoes² that swept through the greater Oklahoma City area yesterday. 104 people are hurt. Gibson, member station, KWGS has told us says many of the victims were trapped on the roads.

 

　　There’s a high expected death toll³ for last night tornadoes. And there’re people who were caught up in the storm as they were on the inner state highway nearby El Reno, the Union City. And it was a rush hour, they were heading home. And a mother and her baby were caught up in the storm, their vehicle overturned, and they were shut out the vehicle and died.

 

　　The storm also triggered heavy flooding. They come less than two weeks after deadly EF5 tornado¹ plough through more Oklahoma that killed 12 people and injured dozens more.

 

　　Today marks the start of the six-month Atlantic hurricane season. NPR’s Debbie Elliott reports no one is predicting another busy year of hurricane stage along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf⁴ of Mexico.

 

　　Federal forecasters say water and weather conditions in the Atlantic basin are expected to produce more and stronger hurricanes, making for an active season. Last year was the third busiest storms record with 19 named storms, 10 were hurricanes includes Sandy which caused $15 billion in damage along the eastern Seaboard. State officials say costal residents should be preparing evacuation plans and taking other precautions before the peek⁶ up hurricane season in late summer along with the alert to be ready. Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is telling residents to be wearing scams including a recent x company offering window film as hurricane production. Debbie Elliott, NPR News.

 

　　Canadian oil producer hit a road block on Friday. The provincial⁷ Government of British Colombia rejected a pipeline⁸ proposal that would build through its territory. NPR’s Elizabeth Shogren reports it’s the latest try as Canada’s oil producers try to find ways to explore their heavy x and crude.

 

　　The northern gate way pipeline proposal would bring x oil across the Rookie Mountain of Nevada to the Pacific. But the government of British Colombia says the company that wants to build that pipeline Ambridge has to meet the province environment requirements. For example, British Colombia says x provided little evidence how it would respond to oil spills. A spill tasen Opened x which pipeline into x river and Michigan is still being cleaned up three years later. US environmentalists say President Obama should follow British Colombia’s example and reject the key x pipeline which would bring more Canadian oil to the United States. Elizabeth Shogren, NPR News Washington.

 

　　British officials has charge a second suspect in slaying⁹ a British soldier. He was hacked¹⁰ to death on a street in London on May 22nd.

 

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　　Turkish medias say police are polling out of the main square of Istanbul which has been filled of thousands of demonstrators. The protest began an opposition¹¹ to the development of square. Now this brought into an anti-government protest, and the Turkish government initially¹² responded this week with tear gas and water cannon¹³. There’re reports hundreds of people were hurt.

 

　　Three days after announcing she won’t seek reelection next year, Minnesota Republican congresswoman Michelle Bachmann is being hit with civil penalties failing to disclose finances of her 2010 campaign. As NPR’s David Welna reports, Bachmann faces several investigations¹⁴ into her 2010 campaign expenditure¹⁵.

 

　　Representative Bachmann’s campaign committee has been slapped with $8,000 in fines, and now disclosing more than $200,000 in contributions, and a same amount in spending during her 2010 campaign. The fines were agreed to more than a month ago but were only posted this week by the federal election commission. In a x radio, she is announcing she would not seek a fifth term in the House, and insisted the decisions have nothing to do with x investigations. Another pro⁵ is still on the way in her campaign’s payments to x state Senator x last year’s election. The challengers in that raise, Minnesota Democrat¹⁶ Jim Graves has announced she is suspending a rematch been because of main goal have been to unsee Bachmann. David Welna, NPR News, Washington.

 

　　It’s been a cold wet spring in southern France, today, one of the ski station open for business in a period for about four hours. The slop usually closes on April 1st, but it's still snow on the ground. The ski station is expected to open again tomorrow.

 

　　I’m Korva Coleman, NPR News.

1 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

2 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网

3 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。

4 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

5 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

6 peek   

vi.偷看，窥视；n.偷偷的一看，一瞥

参考例句：

• Larry takes a peek out of the window.赖瑞往窗外偷看了一下。
• Cover your eyes and don't peek.捂上眼睛，别偷看。

7 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

8 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

9 slaying   

杀戮。

参考例句：

• The man mimed the slaying of an enemy. 此人比手划脚地表演砍死一个敌人的情况。
• He is suspected of having been an accomplice in the slaying,butthey can't pin it on him. 他有嫌疑曾参与该杀人案，但他们找不到证据来指控他。

10 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

11 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

12 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

13 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

14 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

15 expenditure   

n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗

参考例句：

• The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
• The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。

16 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。