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


英语课

In Rome, package bombs have exploded today at the embassies of Switzerland and Chile. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports two people were wounded.


The first mail bomb exploded at the Swiss embassy when an employee opened a package. He was seriously wounded in his hands and has been hospitalized. Later, a package exploded at the Chilean embassy, where news agencies report an employee was wounded. There were also reports that a suspect package had been found at the Ukrainian embassy, but an official there said no dangerous items had been found. Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno said investigators 1 were following what he called international leads but gave no further details. There has been no immediate 2 claim of responsibility for the incidents which are similar to events in Greece last month. Anarchists 3 were suspected of sending booby-trapped parcels to the offices of German Chancellor 4 Angela Merkel and to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as well as several embassies. Italian police are checking all embassies in Rome. Sylvia Poggioli, NPR News, Rome.


The United Nations Human Rights Commission says nearly 200 people have been killed in Ivory Coast in political violence over the past week. UN observers say the country's president, Laurent Gbagbo, was defeated, but he's refusing to step down. Betty King is US ambassador to the UN in Geneva.


"Reports of mass human rights violations 5 and abuses, including enforced disappearances 6, targeted killings 7, arbitrary detentions 8 and intimidation 9 of those that oppose former President Gbagbo as well as the discovery of possible mass graves must be investigated."


King says the commission is meeting today to discuss the situation in Ivory Coast. Yesterday, the World Bank froze funding to the country.


New reports today from the Labor 10 and Commerce Department show employers are cutting fewer jobs and increasing orders for computers and having machinery 11. NPR's Scott Newman says that could mean companies are looking toward the future when they will be making and selling goods and hiring more workers.


While economists 12 caution it's too soon to mark any sort of trend, unemployment claims dropped last week for the second time in three weeks, falling to a seasonally 13 adjusted 420,000, according to the Lador Department. That's pretty much in line with...



1 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》
2 immediate
adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的
  • His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
  • We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
3 anarchists
无政府主义者( anarchist的名词复数 )
  • Anarchists demand the destruction of structures of oppression including the country itself. "无政府主义者要求摧毁包括国家本身在内的压迫人民的组织。
  • Unsurprisingly, Ms Baburova had a soft spot for anarchists. 没什么奇怪的,巴布罗娃女士倾向于无政府主义。
4 chancellor
n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长
  • They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
  • He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
5 violations
违反( violation的名词复数 ); 冒犯; 违反(行为、事例); 强奸
  • This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
  • These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
6 disappearances
n.消失( disappearance的名词复数 );丢失;失踪;失踪案
  • Most disappearances are the result of the terrorist activity. 大多数的失踪案都是恐怖分子造成的。 来自辞典例句
  • The espionage, the betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions, the disappearances will never cease. 间谍活动、叛党卖国、逮捕拷打、处决灭迹,这种事情永远不会完。 来自英汉文学
7 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。
8 detentions
拘留( detention的名词复数 ); 扣押; 监禁; 放学后留校
  • Teachers may assign detention tasks as they wish and some detentions have been actually dangerous. 老师可能随心所欲指派关禁闭的形式,有些禁闭事实上很危险。
  • Intimidation, beatings and administrative detentions are often enough to prevent them from trying again. 恐吓,拷打和行政拘留足以阻止请愿者二次进京的脚步。
9 intimidation
n.恐吓,威胁
  • The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
  • The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。
10 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。
11 machinery
n.(总称)机械,机器;机构
  • Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗?
  • Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。
12 economists
n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
  • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
  • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
13 seasonally
  • The price of vegetables fluctuates seasonally. 蔬菜的价格随季节变动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They moved seasonally among various vegetation types to feed on plants that were flourishing. 它们还随着季节的变化而在各种类型植物之间迁移,以便吃那些茂盛的植物。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
air dielectric
aircraft-engine compatibility
annular striation
be master of
bottom-up system
Bukowo
Bupleurum chinense
cacophagy
carotid artery ligation
Chelicerata
complex transfer function
computational psychology
concrete quantity
controlling power station
cream separation
croog
culture cell
dermedine
detach by
downer cow syndrome
dragon beams
Edward Cullen
environmental assessment technique
exonerate from
fakable
flat-gauge
formal mode
forward derivative
frisky
fur ball,furball
genus strepsiceross
godsey
guillims
halictidaes
horderns
implosion protection band
inbond brick
initial(l)er
inverted echo sounder
ioannides
ippon
Iranophobe
Kanten
killigrew
laffin
Laniers
leiston
magic eyes
microinfaunal
molded capacitor
moving radar
multilayer hierarchical system
multimethod forecasting
needlewoods
Ngong Hills
NTCP
offcuts
opening the bite
opportunity for international operation
optical quartz glass
oriental person
Ow.
oxidetic
pantonine
patrol inspector
personnel department
plumb datum
precipitation hardening stainless steel (ph stainless steel)
preventive medicine
put one's head on the block
quarantine
r.u
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
reel antenna
resurrected erosion surface
salmivalli
sardanapalus
segmental pancreas transplantation
shore cover
side-slips
single-point urban interchange
springblade knife
stemonitis uvifera
sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol
telocoels
the latest news
theory of Lie algebra
throwdown
to suck in
top steam
triangle shooting
tuberculopneumoconiosis
ultrasheer
upper tunguskas
uredo morifolia
urn funguss
water-sensitive
well-roofed
west country whipping
wire mesh
with right