NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2013-10-11
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From NPR News in Washington,I am Jack 1 Speer.
The US is announcing the suspension of hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Egypt follows the ouster Egyptian president Mosi in the subsequent crackdown there by the country's military back to government. Tomorrow witnesses with center for middle east policy to bokensis institution says the suspension will not add much affect.
This please nobody,but it allows them i to draw a line under the controversy 2 that's being raging over US foreign assistance to Egypt since the military take over in July.
US provides 1.5 billion dollars aid to the country each year,much to the military, state department says the US will continue to withhold 3 the aid until credible 4 progress is made to holding free and fair elections.
President Obama has picked Janes Yelin to be the next chair of the federal reserve,calling her one of the nation's foremost economists 5 and policy makers 6. NPR's Craig Wemdor reports Obama has formally nominated Yelin to succeed Ben Bernnake who retires in January.
Yelin credits Bernnekan with helping 7 lead the US out of the worest economic downturn since the great depression.
The economy stronger and financial system sounder.
But Yelin says more needs to be done to boost the economy and help those hardest tip by the recession.
Too many Americans still can't find a job and worry how to pay their bills and provide to their family
If confirmed by the senate,Yelin will be the first woman to head the fed or any central bank for that matter,she is expected to face resistence though from republicans who oppose the fed's bound-buying strategy which aims at holding down longterm interest rates.Craig Wendorm,NPR News,Washington.
sign democrats 9 and republicans closer to agreement to end the government shutdown.President Obama met with democrats at the White House today.Meeting with democrats the first of numbers of schedules meetings in coming days,president plans to meet republicans tomorrow.
The pentagon is reviewing the backgrounds of the detainees at Guantanamo prison to determine whether they still present a threat to national security.Senior government officials will meet to consider classified and intelligence on the detainees with to making some of findings public.NPR's Kerry Johnson reports the Obama administration still try to close the facility.
the defense 10 department appointed a new envoy 11 Paul Luise to work on shuting the Guantano prison.Now comes a word the inter 8 agency group will relaunch period reviews to a visit whether any of the detainees there can be transfered to other countries or whether they need to be held in definitely under the laws of the war.President Obama insist the reviews in 2011 as a part of his plan to close the facility.165 men remain in Guantanamo and 84 of them have been cleared for release,but had nowhere to go.Karry Johnson,NPR News, Washington.
Make close on Wall Street today,the Don Jones industry average close up 26 points,the nasdaq was down 17 points,s&p500 fraction.You are listening to NPR News in Washington.
US deaprtment of agriculture says it is threatening to shut down 3 California portray 12 processing facilities to outbreak could left 278 people sick across the country.US da says faster farmers under the facilities hasn't ultil tomorrow to tell the deaprtment how to fix the problem. by the agency in Sep shows raw chicken process by the facilities shows trancy of some link to the outbreak.There in no recall but there you the whole production by with draw its meat inspectors 13.
3 scientists will share the Nobel prize in chemistry this year for takeing chemistry from the lab bench under the computer.NPR's Richard reports this work was decades ago.
Scientist Michael and Area got together in 1960s to take on an audious idea. They set to work at the adcivcement institute in Israel trying to figure out how can they produce the computers in that area to minmu large molo are put together,they wrote a basic computer program to do that.Woa to do post out research with Martain at Havard who substaionally improved the computer cimulations.Today Washo is in a university of southern California is at the Stanford university medical school.This year the hornor with carpilis and the 3 will spilit the prize money which is worth of 1.2 million dollars.Richard Harris NPR News.
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I am Jack Speer,NPR News in Washington.
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
n.争论,辩论,争吵
- That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
- We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
v.拒绝,不给;使停止,阻挡
- It was unscrupulous of their lawyer to withhold evidence.他们的律师隐瞒证据是不道德的。
- I couldn't withhold giving some loose to my indignation.我忍不住要发泄一点我的愤怒。
adj.可信任的,可靠的
- The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
- Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法?
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》
n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式)
- The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
- The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
v.埋葬
- They interred their dear comrade in the arms.他们埋葬了他们亲爱的战友。
- The man who died in that accident has been interred.在那次事故中死的那个人已经被埋葬了。
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》
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
n.使节,使者,代表,公使
- Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
- The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
v.描写,描述;画(人物、景象等)
- It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
- Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗?
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 );(英国公共汽车或火车上的)查票员;(警察)巡官;检阅官
- They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过,通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》