NPR 2009-04-29
时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:2009年NPR美国国家公共电台4月
More public places are being shut down in Mexico as authorities attempt to stem the spread of swine flu. Officials say as many as 152 people have died, 20 cases have been confirmed to be from the virus. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports from Mexico City.
Officials in Mexico City closed all restaurants in the capital to diners. Patient will only be allowed to carry-out-food. The mayor also ordered all gyms, sports clubs, swimming pools and pool house closed. Hundreds of lawmakers donned surgical 1 masks during a closed-door legislative 2 session. Health workers checked everyone before entering the Mexican Congress and all were asked to wash their hands and put on masks. Schools remain closed and many residents of the city of 20 million people are heeding 3 authority's calls and staying indoors. Mexico City's notorious traffic is extremely light, with few people on the streets. Carrie Kahn NPR News, Mexico City.
Treasury 4 Department is reported to have worked out a tentative deal with Chrysler's biggest secured creditors 5 that could keep the company out of bankruptcy 6. People briefed on the arrangement say that 6. 9 billion secured debt owned by big banks and hedge funds would be cancelled in exchange for 2 billion dollars in cash, meanwhile, the United Auto 7 Workers union under a proposed deal. Union members still have to vote on by tomorrow. It would become the majority stakeholder in Chrysler, owning 55% of the company. The auction 9 includes employee concessions 10 in exchange for company payments to union-aligned retiree Health Care Trust. It has been voted on by the automaker's 26, 800 hourly workers.
Republican Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania stunned 11 Washington today, announcing he would run for re-election next year as a Democrat 12. NPR's Brain Naylor reports.
The 79-year-old Specter, a moderate Republican faced a difficult primary challenge next year from the conservative. He said the decision to switch parties was painful, but that his political prospects 13 as a Republican were bleak 14.
"As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I've found myself increasingly at odds 15 with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party."
Specter's switch means Democrats 16 will have a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the Senate if Democrat Al Franken prevails in Minnesota. President Obama was said to be quite pleased with Specter's decision. Brain Naylor, NPR News, Washington.
At a time many companies are cutting their dividends 18, computer giant IBM says it's raising its quarterly payment to shareholders 19 by 10%. Big Blue announced today it will increase its cash dividend 17 by 5 cents to 55 cents. The Armonk, a New York-based company also plans to open 5 new analytic 20 centers this quarter, three in the financial hubs of London, New York and Tokyo. Those three facilities will focus on financial risk.
On Wall Street today, the Dow was down 8 points; the NASDAQ lost 5 points today.
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US Attorney General Eric Holder 8 said he has asked European officials to accept to free Guantanamo Bay detainees. And one minister to meet him in Prague predicted he would get his wish. Holder met with a number of European officials as he seeks to update extradition 21 and legal cooperation treaties as the US prepares to shutter 22 the military detention 23 facility. Currently around 240 inmates 24 are being held in Guantanamo, as many as 60 may not be sent back to their home countries because of concerns they could be mistreated.
A stadium, a hotel and a mountain are among the 11 most endangered historic places announced today by the National Historic Preservation 25 Trust. NPR's Elizabeth Blaire reports.
That's Miami's Marine 26 Stadium, Century Plaza 27 Hotel in Los Angeles and Mount Taylor in New Mexico. The Preservation Trust comes out with the list every year to bring national attention to historically and culturally significant sites it believes it faces serious threats. There is Lana'i, the small secluded 28 Hawaiian island, where in the early 1920s, James Dole 29 developed a vast pineapple plantation 30. According to the Preservation Trust, Lana'i made the endangered list because its private owners planned to demolish 31 historic buildings to make way for large scale development. There are now a total of 211 sites on the endangered list. The Preservation Trust says that only six have been lost, but many others still need protection. Elizabeth Blaire, NPR News.
US Senate today has confirmed Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius as Health Secretary, filling a crucial spot in President Barack Obama's cabinet amid growing fears of a possible swine flu outbreak. Senate gave majority support to Sebelius, brushing back Republican opposition 32.
- He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
- All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前,必须消毒。
- Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
- Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
- This come of heeding people who say one thing and mean another! 有些人嘴里一回事,心里又是一回事,今天这个下场都是听信了这种人的话的结果。 来自辞典例句
- Her dwarfish spouse still smoked his cigar and drank his rum without heeding her. 她那矮老公还在吸他的雪茄,喝他的蔗酒,睬也不睬她。 来自辞典例句
- The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
- This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
- They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产,就必须节省开支。
- His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
- 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。
- The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
- That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。
- They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
- They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
- The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工,公司将不得不作出一些让步。
- The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
- 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。
- There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
- They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
- They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
- The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。
- The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
- Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗?
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The company was forced to pass its dividend.该公司被迫到期不分红。
- The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.第一季度的股息增长了近 4%。
- Nothing pays richer dividends than magnanimity. 没有什么比宽宏大量更能得到厚报。
- Their decision five years ago to computerise the company is now paying dividends. 五年前他们作出的使公司电脑化的决定现在正产生出效益。
- The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
- the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任
- The boy has an analytic mind. 这男孩有分析的头脑。
- Latin is a synthetic language,while English is analytic.拉丁文是一种综合性语言,而英语是一种分析性语言。
- The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱,等待引渡到英国。
- He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。
- The camera has a shutter speed of one-sixtieth of a second.这架照像机的快门速度达六十分之一秒。
- The shutter rattled in the wind.百叶窗在风中发出嘎嘎声。
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
- One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
- The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。
- 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。
- They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
- The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。
- Some people like to strip themselves naked while they have a swim in a secluded place. 一些人当他们在隐蔽的地方游泳时,喜欢把衣服脱光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This charming cottage dates back to the 15th century and is as pretty as a picture, with its thatched roof and secluded garden. 这所美丽的村舍是15世纪时的建筑,有茅草房顶和宁静的花园,漂亮极了,简直和画上一样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It's not easy living on the dole.靠领取失业救济金生活并不容易。
- Many families are living on the dole since the strike.罢工以来,许多家庭靠失业救济金度日。
- His father-in-law is a plantation manager.他岳父是个种植园经营者。
- The plantation owner has possessed himself of a vast piece of land.这个种植园主把大片土地占为己有。
- They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
- He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库,屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。
- 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。