NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2014-08-27

  Funeral services today in St. Louis for 18- year- old Michael Brown, Brown the unarmed black man who was shot and killed by a white police officer earlier this month. From the mourner said she wanted to pray for the family and pray for peace. Brown's father had requested a break in the protests that have rocked the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson since the shooting. Corres. ** David expresses the frustrations¹ of many. Because I'm mad and I'm hurt, and that's a deadly combination. But I feel honoured to stand here and speak for my family. Cuz we've come so far. Prominent African- Americans including the Reverend Al Sharpten said the shooting illustrates² the problems with risk continue in America. The grand jury is looking at whether the officer will face criminal charges. 

 

    The White House says president Obama has not made a decision about whether to expand US air strikes into Syria. Those inner administation officials have been quoted as saying the president has authorized⁴ to balance flights. NPR's Craig Windham reports Syria's foreign minister is warning a such unilateral action by the US will soon be considered as an active aggression⁵. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the president is being kept informed about all of his options. The department of defense⁶ has personnel who are responsible for ensuring the commander- in- chief has access to the kinds of plans and contingencies⁷ that he may need if necessary. Earnest would not say whether Obama would seek the approval of Congress before any expansion of air strikes. The president has remained committed to consulting regularly with members of Congress and congressional leaders. Obama has used the time limit in War Powers Resolution to authorize³ US military actions in Iraq against militants⁸, but experts say it has loopholes which could allow him to extend the time frame. Craig Windham, NPR News, Washington.

 

    Shares of Burger King rose sharply today after that company settles considering a merger¹⁰ with the Canadian chain Tim Hortons. NPR's James ** reports the deal could lower the taxes Burger King pays. Under the deal, Burger King would merge⁹ with Tim Hortons and the newly- created company would be headquartered in Cananda. Such a deal is called an inversion¹¹ and is becoming increasingly popular with US corporations looking for ways to pare their taxes. Inversions¹² allow US companies to bring their overseas earnings¹³ back home without paying the relatively¹⁴ high US corporate¹⁵ tax rate. The new company can also lend money to its US subsidiary, and because the interest it pays on the loan is deductible, it cuts taxes on its domestic earnings. Burger King said in a statement that the deal is in talks at this point and could still fall through. James **, NPR News, New York.

 

    Structural¹⁶ engineers continue to assess the damage in Napa California after this past weekend's magnitude 6.0 earthquake. The quake that hit Sunday is the biggest hit in that area in 25 years. Dozens of homes were damaged and more than 200 people were hurt. 

 

    On Wall Street the Dow was up 75 percents. This is NPR.

 

    In Detroit, the federal government is ending its direct oversight¹⁷ of that city's police department. WDET's ** reports Detroit's police has been operating under 2 federal consent decrees for more than a decade. Between 1995 and 2000, Detroit police killed almost 50 people, a half dozen of them unarmed and shot in the back. The Associated Press counted almost 20 people who died while simply being held in police custody¹⁸. By 2003, the Justice Department had appointed a federal monitor over Detroit police and required massive changes in the use of deadly force and the conditions of holding cells. Now, after numerous changes in policies and training, a federal judge has ruled that Detroit police no longer require active monitoring. The government, instead, will advise the department. City officials say Detroit does not have a perfect police department, but does have one now that follows the US constitution. For NPR News, I'm ** in Detroit.

 

    The movement of Israelis from areas near the border with Gaza continues. A bit mounting frustrations over the continuing rock and attacks by Hamas. Tens of thousands of Israelis have already left their homes with officials estimating up was 70% of some residents of farming communities on the border have left. So far the fighting groups of Israel and Hamas have claimed the lives of more than 21 hundred Palestinians. The death toll¹⁹ on the Israeli side has been far lower.

 

    Cristobal is now a hurricane in the waters of the Atlantic heading away from the Bahamas, but not before causing some severe flooding on some Carribean islands. That the former 750 mile per hour winds had been heading north- northeast before the forecasters are saying they expected it will curve away from US east coast. Cristobal has been blamed for 2 deaths so far. I'm Jack²⁰ Speer, NPR News in Washington.

1 frustrations   

挫折( frustration的名词复数 )； 失败； 挫败； 失意

参考例句：

• The temptation would grow to take out our frustrations on Saigon. 由于我们遭到挫折而要同西贡算帐的引诱力会增加。
• Aspirations will be raised, but so will frustrations. 人们会产生种种憧憬，但是种种挫折也会随之而来。

2 illustrates   

给…加插图( illustrate的第三人称单数 )； 说明； 表明； （用示例、图画等）说明

参考例句：

• This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm. 这部历史小说是走向崩溃的封建社会的缩影。
• Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had an experience which illustrates this. 阿尔弗莱德 - 阿德勒是一位著名的医生，他有过可以说明这点的经历。 来自中级百科部分

3 authorize   

v.授权，委任；批准，认可

参考例句：

• He said that he needed to get his supervisor to authorize my refund.他说必须让主管人员批准我的退款。
• Only the President could authorize the use of the atomic bomb.只有总统才能授权使用原子弹。

4 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

5 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

6 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。

7 contingencies   

n.偶然发生的事故，意外事故( contingency的名词复数 )；以备万一

参考例句：

• We must consider all possible contingencies. 我们必须考虑一切可能发生的事。
• We must be prepared for all contingencies. 我们要作好各种准备，以防意外。 来自辞典例句

8 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

9 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

10 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

11 inversion   

n.反向，倒转，倒置

参考例句：

• But sometimes there is an unusual weather condition called a temperature inversion.但有时会有一种被称作“温度逆增”的不平常的天气状态。
• And finally,we made a discussion on the problems in the cooperative inversion.最后，对联合反演中存在的问题进行了讨论。

12 inversions   

倒置( inversion的名词复数 )； （尤指词序）倒装； 转化； （染色体的）倒位

参考例句：

• Chromosome breaks may also lead to inversions and translocations. 染色体破裂也可能引起倒位与易位。
• The males suspected to have induced inversions were later used to build up stocks. 疑有诱发倒位的雄性然后用于建立原种。

13 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

14 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

15 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

16 structural   

adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的

参考例句：

• The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

17 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

18 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。

19 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。

20 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。