NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2014-01-25

 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered 2 reviews of the state of the US nuclear forces. The NPR' s Tom Bowman explains Hagel' s order comes on a hill of air force drug and cheating scandals involving nuclear missile bomb officers.

 

Hagel has confirmed that the nuclear mission is safe, secure and effective, but Vatican' s spokesman ? Edmund John ? says Hagel wants to review of those who handle the mission. The secretary' s concerns ? are really more ?. People wish inside the nuclear force.

 

Hagel will meet and talk nuclear officers in the coming weeks to talk about leadership in personnel issues in the appointed independent panel to come up with possible recommendations. Last week the Air Force announced 34 missile-launch officers in the base of Montona were suspended for cheating on routine proficiency¹ exams. 11 other officers were implicated² in the drug investigation³ in Air Force bases from California to England. 

 

Tom Bowman NPR News, Washington.

 

South Sudan' s government has signed a ceasefire with rebels in what US is calling a first good step toward ending with a month of fighting in the wars with its nation. Here is ?. 

 

Shortly after the cessation of possibility with signed and ? by reginal African group, state department' s spokesperson Maria half ? the ? side to begin an inclusive political dialogue.

 

Disagreement is a critical first step for building a lasting⁴ peace in South Sudan, but it is only the beginning of a much longer process to resolve the underlying⁵ costs of the conflict to fasten reconciliation⁶ and to hold countable⁷ those who committed horrific abuses against the South Sudanese people.

 

The fighting erupted over a political dispute between the country' s president and his former vice⁸ president. ? says both sides need to allow 8 workers to reach hundreds of thousands of people in need. 

 

Michele Kelemen NPR News, Washington.

1 proficiency   

n.精通，熟练，精练

参考例句：

• He plied his trade and gained proficiency in it.他勤习手艺，技术渐渐达到了十分娴熟的地步。
• How do you think of your proficiency in written and spoken English?你认为你的书面英语和口语熟练程度如何？

2 implicated   

adj.密切关联的；牵涉其中的

参考例句：

• These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

5 underlying   

adj.在下面的，含蓄的，潜在的

参考例句：

• The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.小说隐含的主题是十分严肃的。
• This word has its underlying meaning.这个单词有它潜在的含义。

6 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

7 countable   

adj.可数的，可以计算的

参考例句：

• The word "person" is a countable noun.person这个词是个可数名词。
• Countable nouns have singular and plural forms.可数名词有单数和复数之分。

8 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。