NPR 2010-12-28
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：2010年NPR美国国家公共电台12月
Thousands of air, rail and road travelers along the East Coast are stranded 1 or looking for other ways of getting home after a snowstorm blanketed much of the region over Christmas weekend. In New York City, which bore the brunt of that storm, subway passengers were marooned 2 for hours on trains that broke down overnight. Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road commuter 3 rails connecting the city to the suburbs were suspended.
"The trains on tracks 17 and 19 will not depart the station and is only being used to provide customers with additional seating NE."
Amtrak meanwhile says it has resumed service between Boston and New York, but major airlines are facing huge backlog 4 of passengers from canceled flights. Utility crews are working to restore power to more than 22,000 customers in Connecticut in the wake of the major storm. Diane Orson of member station WNPR reports that driving in that state is still hazardous 5.
The powerful Nor'easter dumped up to 15 inches of snow in parts of Connecticut. Wind gusts 6 reached 68 miles an hour along the shoreline. Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell says blowing snow continues to affect travel on state roads.
"If you don't have to be out, by all means, don't go out. Let the DOT, let the state police do their job. I know that many of us would love to be out doing that after-holiday shopping, but those sales will still be there tomorrow."
An emergency operation center will remain open throughout the day to assist utilities as they restore power to customers. New outages are cropping up along the coast, where warmer temperatures allow the snow to stick to power lines. For NPR News, I'm Diane Orson in New Haven 7.
Former Russian tycoon 8 Mikhail Khodorkovsky could face more jail time. As Jessica Gallaher reports from Moscow, a Russian judge has handed down a ruling in the second big trial against the imprisoned 9 businessman. Khodorkovsky and a business partner were found guilty of embezzlement 10 and money laundering 11.
Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev were found guilty of embezzlement and money laundering. Many analysts 12 saw the trial as a litmus test of the Kremlin's promises to reform the country's court system, which they say is marred 13 by corruption 14 and political influence. Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, was nearing the end of an eight-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion 15 charges, when prosecutors 16 added new charges that he stole $27 billion in oil from his now defunct 17 company Yukos through pricing schemes. Khodorkovsky's lawyers dismissed the charges, calling them absurd, and say it's the Kremlin's politically motivated attempt to keep him behind bars. About 100 demonstrators chanted "freedom" outside the courthouse. No word yet when the sentencing is expected to take place. For NPR News, I'm Jessica Gallaher in Moscow.
Stocks are mixed. Dow's down 17 at 11,557.
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Italian authorities are investigating the attempted parcel bombing at the Greek embassy in Rome today. Greek ambassador Michalis Kambanis says authorities defused the package; no one was hurt.
"We immediately informed the carabinieri, who arrived here within three minutes with the appropriate services and the bomb was neutralized 18."
On Thursday, similar packages exploded at two other embassies. Two people were injured.
Two people are dead after an early morning shooting at an adult entertainment club in Phoenix 19. Arizona Public Radio's Gillian Ferris Kohl reports that patrons helped subdue 20 the gunman before police arrived.
Witnesses say the gunman opened fire just before midnight at the Great Alaskan Bush Company in northwest Phoenix. Police say the 28-year-old man shot four people before running out of ammunition 21. That's when patrons of the club wrestled 22 the man to the ground and held him until authorities arrived. One person died shortly after arriving at a Phoenix hospital. Another victim died several hours later. Authorities say two other people were wounded, including a 20-year-old woman. There's no word yet on a possible motive 23 for the shooting. For NPR News, I'm Gillian Ferris Kohl in Flagstaff.
Stocks remain mixed after China moved to hike interest rates to offset 24 rising inflation, the second time in three months that occurred. Investors 25 are concerned that a slowdown in China will affect markets worldwide. Here's the latest from Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 16 points at 11,557 in trading of just over a billion shares, the NASDAQ Composite Index up three at 2,669 with S&P 500 up slightly at 1,258
- He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
- I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
- During the storm we were marooned in a cabin miles from town. 在风暴中我们被围困在离城数英里的小屋内。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks. 埃文河决堤的时候，有5对夫妇被困在了他们的房车里。 来自辞典例句
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
- She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
- It will take a month to clear the backlog of work.要花一个月的时间才能清理完积压的工作。
- Investment is needed to reduce the backlog of repairs.需要投资来減轻积压的维修工作。
- These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
- Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。
- Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
- Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。
- It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
- The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。
- The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.那名大亨濒临破产的边缘。
- The tycoon has many servants to minister to his needs.那位大亨有很多人服侍他。
- He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
- They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
- He was accused of graft and embezzlement and was chained and thrown into prison.他因被指控贪污盗窃而锒铛入狱。
- The judge sent him to prison for embezzlement of funds.法官因他盗用公款将其送入监牢。
- Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。
- Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
- The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。
- 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。
- The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.建造新机场的计划看来整个完蛋了。
- This schema object is defunct.No modifications are allowed until it is made active again.此架构对象不起作用。在重新激活之前，不能进行任何改动。
- Acidity in soil can be neutralized by spreading lime on it. 土壤的酸性可以通过在它上面撒石灰来中和。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This strategy effectively neutralized what the Conservatives had hoped would be a vote-winner. 这一策略有效地冲淡了保守党希望在选举中获胜的心态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
- The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。
- She tried to subdue her anger.她尽力压制自己的怒火。
- He forced himself to subdue and overcome his fears.他强迫自己克制并战胜恐惧心理。
- A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
- They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。
- As a boy he had boxed and wrestled. 他小的时候又是打拳又是摔跤。
- Armed guards wrestled with the intruder. 武装警卫和闯入者扭打起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
- He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。