时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:2008年NPR美国国家公共电台二月


英语课

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Turkish troops are pressing their offensive into Northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels. At least several hundred Turkish troops crossed the border Thursday night, following artillery 1 and air bombardment of the PKK rebel targets. Turkish officials say the offensive is limited to routing the separatist Kurds. The BBC's Jim Muir reports from Baghdad.


The Turkish offensive is taking place in a remote and almost inaccessible 2 mountain area with no independent reports to verify information from either side. The top Turkish diplomat 3 in Baghdad has been called in to receive a protest note from the Iraqi government which has asked Ankara to respect its sovereignty. With the United States, the European Union and the UN all expressing concern, the Turkish Prime Minister Mr. Erdogan has given assurances that the operation is focused purely 4 on PKK targets and will be limited in both scope and time. The BBC's Jim Muir reporting from Baghdad.


Several rockets or mortars 5 were fired on the Green Zone in Baghdad today where US and Iraqi government offices are located. There were no reports of casualties. US officials blamed the attacks on what they called "special groups", rogue 6 elements of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army . Yesterday, Sadr announced he's renewing a six-month ceasefire that he first called in August to reorganize his militia 7.


Marine 8 prosecutors 9 at Camp Pendleton have lost an attempt to obtain outtakes from a ''60 Minutes'' interview. The network has spoken with a leader of a squad 10 that killed 24 civilians 11 in the town of Haditha in 2005. NPR's John McChesney reports.


The prosecutors sought unaired portions of an interview with Sgt. Frank Wuterich. Wuterich faces a court martial 12 on charges of voluntary manslaughter for his alleged 13 part in the killings 14. Military judge Lt. Col. Jeffrey Meeks said the subpoena 15 seemed like a fishing expedition since prosecutors had other ways to obtain evidence concerning Wuterich. Prosecutors argued that the outtakes contained Wuterich's admissions of crimes in the attack. CBS argued that the subpoena should be quashed because granting it would discourage potential witnesses from talking to the media. The killings occurred after one of Wuterich's squad was killed by a roadside bomb. The squad then cleared houses using grenades and rifles and unarmed civilians including women and children were killed. Wuterich is scheduled for trial on March 3rd. John McChesney NPR News.


A B-2 Stealth bomber 16 crashed at an airbase on the U.S. territory of Guam today. Authorities say both pilots ejected safely. They are said to be in good condition. Officials say this was the first time a B2 was crashed since it was first flown in 1989. The cause of the crash is under investigation 17. Each bomber costs about 1.2 billion dollars.


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Congressional investigators 18 have issued subpoenas 19 to two of the owners of the Utah coal mine where nine miners and rescuers died last August. From Salt Lake City, NPR's Howard Berkes reports.


One of the subpoenas was sent to Robert Murray, the combative 20 CEO of Murray Energy who helped courted news conferences outside the Crandall Canyon 21 Mine while rescuers searched for six missing coal miners. Murray blamed an earthquake for the mine collapse 22. Seismologists say the collapse itself caused the tremor 23 that Murray considered a quake. Reporters and critics raised questions about mining practices at Crandall Canyon. Murray declined invitations to testify at Senate hearings. That reluctance 24 produced a subpoena that'll appear before a Senate subcommittee this spring. Now there is a subpoena for the House Labor 25 Committee for a hearing next month. The bodies of the six miners have yet to be recovered. Three rescuers died in the effort to reach them. Howard Berkes, NPR News, Salt Lake City.


A winter storm is moving out to sea after dropping snow and ice on much of the northeastern US. Airlines cancelled more than 1,100 flights in the New York City area alone. Two people were killed in weather-related accidents in upstate New York. A motorist also died in Connecticut.


Chinese officials said today at least 129 people have died in winter storms in China so far this year. It's been an unusually harsh winter for parts of central and southern China. Snow has hampered 26 travel and interrupted electrical service. Officials estimate all losses at 210 million dollars.


Two earthquakes struck a desert area along the border between the US and Mexico yesterday. There were no reports of injuries or damage but dozens of Mexican schools were evacuated 27.


I'm Nora Raum, NPR News in Washington.


 



1 artillery
n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队)
  • This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
  • The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。
2 inaccessible
adj.达不到的,难接近的
  • This novel seems to me among the most inaccessible.这本书对我来说是最难懂的小说之一。
  • The top of Mount Everest is the most inaccessible place in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最难到达的地方。
3 diplomat
n.外交官,外交家;能交际的人,圆滑的人
  • The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
  • He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
4 purely
adv.纯粹地,完全地
  • I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
  • This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。
5 mortars
n.迫击炮( mortar的名词复数 );砂浆;房产;研钵
  • They could not move their heavy mortars over the swampy ground. 他们无法把重型迫击炮移过那片沼泽地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Where the hell are his mortars? 他有迫击炮吗? 来自教父部分
6 rogue
n.流氓;v.游手好闲
  • The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
  • They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。
7 militia
n.民兵,民兵组织
  • First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面,其次是民兵。
  • There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
8 marine
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
9 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
10 squad
n.班,小队,小团体;vt.把…编成班或小组
  • The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
  • A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
11 civilians
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • 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。
12 martial
adj.战争的,军事的,尚武的,威武的
  • The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
  • The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。
13 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
14 killings
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
15 subpoena
n.(法律)传票;v.传讯
  • He was brought up to court with a subpoena.他接到传讯,来到法庭上。
  • Select committees have the power to subpoena witnesses.特别委员会有权传唤证人。
16 bomber
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
17 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • 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。
18 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
19 subpoenas
n.(传唤出庭的)传票( subpoena的名词复数 )v.(用传票)传唤(某人)( subpoena的第三人称单数 )
  • My company has complied with committee subpoenas by supplying documents confirming all that I have said. 本公司按照委员会的要求,提供了能够证实我刚才发言的文件。 来自辞典例句
  • Congressional Investigations: Subpoenas and Contempt Power. Report for Congress April 2, 2003. 金灿荣:《美国国会的监督功能》,载《教学与研究》2003年第2期。 来自互联网
20 combative
adj.好战的;好斗的
  • Mr. Obama has recently adopted a more combative tone.奥巴马总统近来采取了一种更有战斗性的语调。
  • She believes that women are at least as combative as are.她相信女性至少和男性一样好斗。
21 canyon
n.峡谷,溪谷
  • The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
  • The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。
22 collapse
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
23 tremor
n.震动,颤动,战栗,兴奋,地震
  • There was a slight tremor in his voice.他的声音有点颤抖。
  • A slight earth tremor was felt in California.加利福尼亚发生了轻微的地震。
24 reluctance
n.厌恶,讨厌,勉强,不情愿
  • The police released Andrew with reluctance.警方勉强把安德鲁放走了。
  • He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply.他表示很不愿意答复。
25 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
  • 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。
26 hampered
妨碍,束缚,限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
  • So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。
27 evacuated
撤退者的
  • 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。
学英语单词
accelerating voltage
accordance circuit
adenocarcinoma of larynx
all the world over
allowable unit stress for buckling
amylosynthetase
ancestral rivers
androkinin
anomalops katoptron
applepie
arrest transverse
ash shariqah
benzenethiosulfonic acid
blown flap
Braddock
bring sth on the stage
calf pen
carriage insurance and freight
cause the fur fly
Chichibabinpyridine synthesis
clavicular notch
continuous stochastic process
cotton duty act
cowwheats
cristicole
cyclanolinoline
Cypraea tigris
de die ad diem
denarcotizes
deontologists
destroyer screen
drug-trafficker
dupe (duplicate)
equivalent background input
expected value evaluative model
first incisura
fluoro-rhodium-complex
forward definition chain
Fuck Maine
gas-turbine starter
grand bounce
harbeck
heading area
high-abrasion furnace black
inlet manifolds
interfacial work function
investment in human resources
iris stop
irpex kusanoi henn et shirai
isodose chart
Jaldhāka
laurophyllous
length of watertight hull
line condition
linewidth
lising
loire (la loire fleuve )
looking alive
malacolites
mask flag
matured note
medium indented cut plating
mortar pump
MPEC
multiple time rate plan
musculi transverso-spinalis
neutron current vector
nodular graphite cast iron
nonangiosperms
nonbars
nounoun equivalent
ocean-goings
Olón, R.
orphans' deduction
over wintering crops
parameter declaration
Phenolase(mono)
pinanylidene
polytrope
Quintana Roo, Estado de
Rostrataville
rotational viscometer
rotor-core assemble
sequential scan system
Serratula cardunculus
shell-out
taper cut suture needle
technical reform of existing enterprises
teichoic
teletype link
telex traffic
the dillies
thermopalpation
TUBOLF
Tyretskite-1Tc
Umbagog L.
uncaulked
undersing
unmanned launch vehicle
virtual meeting
weighingappliance
worm excretion