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 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved a resolution giving President Obama authority to use limited military force against Syria in response to the regime's reported use of chemical weapons against civilians¹.NPR's * reports. The resolution will allow up to 90 days of military action against Syria's government and prohibit the plunder² of US combat troops. 

The vote was 10 to 7 with one Senator just voting present. Committee chairman Bob M*lander so announced the outcome. 

The resolution has agreed to as already fairly reported by the committee, 

report it to the full Senate which will take up the measure next week. There are Senators in both parties including Democratic Tom * who opposed the resolution even with its built-in limitations.

US military involvement no matter the limits at this point will likely only pull us towards greater involvement and with no clear endgame.

Before the final vote, the committee approved by partisan³ amendment⁴ to the resolution calling for a strategy to strengthen the moderate rebel groups fighting the Syria regime. Kr* NPR news, Washington.

Former president Bill Clinton is headlonging into Obama administration efforts. Now the public better understand the federal health law. NPR's * explains the public relations push come just a month before enrollment⁵ begins for new House insurance exchanges. 

In an yearly hour long address webcast from his presidential library in little rock, the former president laid out on link the case for the law and how it will help Americans go with health insurance and then without. 

For the underlined theme at his speech was a plead of Republicans to drop their opposition⁶ and worked to help fix the * which propped⁷ up so far and those that are willing in the future.

We will be better off, working together to make it work as well as possible, to identify the problems and fix them, instead of to keep replying the same old battles. 

That part clearly fell on deaf years where Republicans were quick to resume their call for defunding the measure before the end of the month. Julie Barbara, NPR news. 

Asians' Trade shortfall General measures as the difference between what US companies send abroad in an overseas firm ship to American shores wind in July. Governmental department reports the trade short fall grows by 13.3 % to $ 39.1 billion. senior  Financial.

Consumers in the US continue to spend so that's what's raising imports. We do have a little bit of a drag from slow global growth but I think export will pick up through the rest of this year. 

Analysts⁸ say in this case the gap may be due to Europe's recession signs of easy increased spending on the part of the US consumers. 

On the h* of a much larger outage last month, the Nasdaq stock market says a briefer outage took place today. Nasdaq says its security information processor which receives all the traffic on quotes in order suffered a 6-minute glitch⁹ but the problem was quickly resolved. 

On Wall Street today, stocks move higher beats and stronger auto¹⁰ sales numbers. Johns&Industrial Average was up 196 points. You are listening to NPR. 

Major US car makers¹¹ again on track to show strong sales gains in August had what is generally the strongest sales * for the industry. Based on an initial report, major car companies appear to be on paste to top 16 million vehicle sales and an angle lies basis. General Motors say its August sales up 15%; M* Kr* say their August sales both rise by 12% while Toyota says sales up 23%. 

The French and German presidents held hands in an emotional visit to a French village burned to the ground by the Nazis¹³ 69 years ago. NPR's * Bill reports. The days of answer testament¹⁴ the strong friendship now shared by the two countries bypassed words and passed patrons. 

News programs show President Francois Hollande hand and hand with German President Joachim Gauck as they toured the burned down ruins of the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in June 1944 as SS unit designated the village killing¹⁵ nearly all its inhabitants. The women and children were locked inside the church and were set on fire. Oradour-sur-Glane has been left as is its raised houses burned up cars and a tram truck that leads to nowhere now in open air warm memoir¹⁶. 

Hollande hailed dignity and being able to look Nazi¹² barbarism in the face and he called Franco-German friendship an example for the whole world. Alexandra NPR news, Paris. 

Car driven by none human operators has taken a Pennsylvanian Congressman¹⁷ from Cranberry¹⁸ Township to the Pittsburgh airport, a 33 mile journey without incidents. Computer operated catalog SXR model * transporting Republican Bill Shuster. The car designed by Carnegie Mellon was driven 65 miles an hour in times. I'm Jack¹⁹ NPR Speer news. 

1 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

2 plunder   

vt.劫掠财物，掠夺；n.劫掠物，赃物；劫掠

参考例句：

• The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
• Trade should not serve as a means of economic plunder.贸易不应当成为经济掠夺的手段。

3 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

4 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

5 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。

6 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。

7 propped   

支撑，支持，维持( prop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He sat propped up in the bed by pillows. 他靠着枕头坐在床上。
• This fence should be propped up. 这栅栏该用东西支一支。

8 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。

9 glitch   

n.干扰；误操作，小故障

参考例句：

• There is a glitch in the computer program somewhere.这个计算机程序中的某个部分有点小问题。
• It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine.可能只是一个小故障，重新启动主机就能解决了。

10 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

11 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》

12 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

13 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 testament   

n.遗嘱；证明

参考例句：

• This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
• It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明，编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。

15 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。

16 memoir   

n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录

参考例句：

• He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
• In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。

17 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。

18 cranberry   

n.梅果

参考例句：

• Turkey reminds me of cranberry sauce.火鸡让我想起梅果酱。
• Actually I prefer canned cranberry sauce.事实上我更喜欢罐装的梅果酱。

19 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。