时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:2015年NPR美国国家公共电台4月


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 After a month and a hlaf lagjam the senate has unanimously approved a bill that will create a fund to help vitims of human trafficking. NPR' Ailsa Chang reports a federal and Abortion 1 Funding provision got resolve with the technical change to the language. 6 weeks ago, Democrats 2 discovered a provision topped into the bill that prevented any of the victims' fund to be used for abortions 3. Democrats demanded that language been taken out. Republicans refused. The results of a hard one comprimise is that the victims' fund still can be used to pay for abortions. But Democrats say this wasn't a lose, because technically 4 there were restrictions 5 on abortion funding now specifically reversed to taxpayer 6 money going into the victims' fund. Congress has for years prohibited the use of taxpayer money for abortions, so this bill is no different. But Democrats would wanted a victims' fund free of any abortion retrictions ended up without one. Ailsa Chang, NPR news, the capital.


 
Saudi Arab plans to continue to use force to stop Houthi rebles in Yemen, the country's ambassador to the US says that will happen even as they scaled back military operations shifting the focus over diplomacy 7. Adel al-Jubeir claims weeks of airstrikes have weakened the capability 8 of Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. We've destroyed their air force, we've detroyed their ballistic missiles as far as we know, we've destroyed their commanded control, we've destroyed much if not most of their heavy equipment and we made it very difficult for them to move for strategic perspective. However he says he looks forward to the shift from military operations to negotiations 9
 
 
European leaders are preparing to hold an emergency summit Thursday about migration 10. This past week's drownings in the Medditeranean sea have drawn 11 an attention to the almost daily arrival of boats filled with Arabian and Afrian migrants landing on Europe's southern shores. Lauren Frayer reports from Spain. Some 18,00 people have drowned in the Mediterranean 12 sea in the past week after their boats capsized collided a round ground. But tens of thousands of people have survived the journey to Europe, including Palestinian Bahaba Drown. It's so dangerous. Some men with us on that boat and he takes everything from us like money, like cloth. Like many migrants, Badrown paid a smuggler 13 to take him accross in an overloaded 14 boat. He'd first crossed 5 other coutnries overland from the Middle East to north Africa before climbing a board of boat in Morocco, he landed in Spain where he seeking assylum. From NPR news, I'm Lauren Frayer in Malaga, Spain. 
 
 
Austria higher by the closing Dow, the Dow up 88 points stay closed at 1,838. The NASDAQ gaining 21 points to end the day at 5,035. The S&P 500 also higher gaining 10 points to end the day at 2,107. This is NPR.
 
 
In Georgia, 5 people are dead 3 others injuried after 7 vihicles including 2 tractor trailors collided today on Intrastate 16 west of Savannah. The causes are still under an investigation 15, that crash had the road closed for hours. Troopers in the area say the weather was clear. 
 
 
New York city is planning to cut its waste by 90% by year 2030. NPR's * reports New York's mayor announce the plan will marking earthday in the nation's larggest city. The average New Yorker throws out almost 24 pounds of trash every week. It adds up with more than 6 million tons from the city each year. Mayor Bill de Blasio says it's tough and cut those numbers down. The whole system was built on a bankrupt idea, that you produce a huge amount of waste and you go send it to a landfill at another state. That is ?. Blasio admits reducing the amount of trash sent to landfills will take years if not decades. Still the city plans to create a programe to reward New Yorkers for recycling and make it easier by collecting paper, metal and plastic together. There are also plans say expand composting and reducing the number of plastic bags. * NPR news, New York. 
 
 
The 2011 conviction of former San Francisco Giants baseball slugger Barry Bonds on charges of obstruction 16 has been reversed. This's in connection with the government investigation of steroids use. The 9th US circuit court of appeals ruling Bonds rumbling 17 answer on whether his trainer had ever given him a syringe to inject himself was not material to the government's investigation into steroids istribution. 

1 abortion
n.流产,堕胎
  • She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
  • A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
2 democrats
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • 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》
3 abortions
n.小产( abortion的名词复数 );小产胎儿;(计划)等中止或夭折;败育
  • The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人:不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
  • Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论:染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网
4 technically
adv.专门地,技术上地
  • Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说,这是最先进的设备。
  • The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说,西红柿是一种水果,尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。
5 restrictions
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
6 taxpayer
n.纳税人
  • The new scheme will run off with a lot of the taxpayer's money.这项新计划将用去纳税人许多钱。
  • The taxpayer are unfavourably disposed towards the recent tax increase.纳税者对最近的增加税收十分反感。
7 diplomacy
n.外交;外交手腕,交际手腕
  • The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
  • This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
8 capability
n.能力;才能;(pl)可发展的能力或特性等
  • She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
  • Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。
9 negotiations
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
10 migration
n.迁移,移居,(鸟类等的)迁徙
  • Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
  • He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。
11 drawn
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
12 Mediterranean
adj.地中海的;地中海沿岸的
  • The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
  • Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
13 smuggler
n.走私者
  • 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。
  • The smuggler was finally obliged to inform against his boss. 那个走私犯最后不得不告发他的首领。
14 overloaded
a.超载的,超负荷的
  • He's overloaded with responsibilities. 他担负的责任过多。
  • She has overloaded her schedule with work, study, and family responsibilities. 她的日程表上排满了工作、学习、家务等,使自己负担过重。
15 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。
16 obstruction
n.阻塞,堵塞;障碍物
  • She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
  • The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。
学英语单词
accept customers' materials for processing
acetamido
aerograph
alkaline lubricating oil
apogon coccineus
Atlantic liner
barricadoes
base bias
bell-ringing transformer
benzyl hydrazine
bijlmermeer
bochner
bpl., b.p.l., b.pl.
Chicagoese
coinstantaneity
come under the hammer
conditional mean filtering
conium
containment gas control system
coordinate data receiver
crepitin
Cubizit
dem-me
diskset
dotted-dashed
driving-test
Dymid
economic development zone
Eider River
equivalent normal form method
exclusive bargaining rights
fade-out measures
false-killer whale
fault indicated brake system
fear of failure
ferash
file storage unit
flat-layer powder camera
ganglion placode
gas logging
Grimm discharge spectroscopic analysis
have no foundation
heating ventilation air conditioning
Immenhausen
intestinal parasitosis
isotropic random function
ivy-covereds
keyences
kumps
Le Leuy
lienz
linearly dependence
loss of expectation of life
machilus grijsii hance
macroprint
magnesium ammonium chloride solution
mail-ordering
malted milk powder
manipulative-mechanical ability
metaplastic anemias
meteorological ship
mithridatize
monomorphism
near-end crosstalk loss
nechaev
neuropin
non-encapsulated-winding dry-type transformer
non-normal equation
non-spin hoisting cable
outflow total
overlap days
parallel compensation
parameter drift
Pentilen
pressure sense
Précy-sur-Oise
rainfall -temperature relation
rechanging
replicability
return the seals
rice milling unit
rock retaining wall
salft
Schottky barrier double rectifier
semibullvalenes
series of scales
side horse
St John I.
synchronous contactor
tabular calculation
tension-moisture curve
tincal (borax)
to span
trecenas
Trzemeszno
tube support plate
universal axial vector fermi interaction
ventral tubercle
Veterans Affairs
wall tile
withdrawal of claim