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From NPR News in Washington,I am Jack 1 Speer.
In one month to a rebuke 2 of president Obama's limited fix for people losing their old healthcare coverage 3 nearly one out of five democrats 5 all pass republican legislation in the House today.NPR's David reports in a additional law Americans to keep expiring insurance plans don't comply the affordable 6 care act,GOP bill also covers the purches of new none complian plans.
Texas republican Michael told House colleagues that the GOP bill wan 7 not fixed 8 for the affordable care act.
life lied,they were extending to our constituence,they have lost the coverage that they were told that they could keep
But the measure would let anyone buy health insurance that falls short of the new health care law standards.California Democrat 4 Henry dim the bill sebtard.
It will disable health insurance exchanges,raise premiums 9 and continue to allow insurance to discremate on the basis of pre extisting conditions.
Still 39 democrats all,but 3 of the voting republicans to pass the bill. David Wong,NPR News,the Capital.
tex agency today propose dlining back the amount of newable fuel oil company after blended gasolin.NPR's Illisabeth reports.
With the government suooprt,the amount of athnomy from corn has been growing staddly,now it makes up nearly 10% of gasoline supplies.Oil company say if they blend more athnomy it will cause engine damage.The environmental protection agency wants to reduce therenewable feul standard for 2014,but is also wants people to start using higher athnomy feuls,so-called E14 and E85. That's beacause athno and other renewable feuls reduce the need to import oil and they cut green house gas pollution.Buy feul company say the agency is bouling to industry pressure,they argue that more asthno would lower prices at the pump.Ilisabeth Shogen,NPR News,Washington.
US navy helicopters in the aircraft carrier George Washington have been dropping food and water to some the isolated 10 communities in the Phillipines hard hit by last week's devastating 11 typhoon for many aid objected to arrive.Domatol is in charge of relief center set up in a Phillipines school.
We need some in the country,water specially 12 food medicine '
The diaster official say the death toll 13 as result of the strimers raise 3600, but it's expected to go higher.
Finiance services from the JP Morgan chase wated to after the stock market closed today to announce agree to pay 4.5 billion dollars sttle plans by busters, they lost money morgan's bank security with the bursting the housing bubble,it will seperate from attended 13 billion dollars JP Morgan reach with federal government.
On Wall Street,the Don closed up 85 points at a new record high ,the s&p 500 was up 7 points.You are listening to NPR.
Authority in California say human remains 14 found this week,Muhamud desert appeared to those Sandiago couple banish 15 with their 2 young sons more than 3 years ago.Sandi sheif department confirming the bodies of 48 years old Joes and his 43 years old wife on the shellow graves near the town of Victor. Official say the death appeared to be harmside until the full body were founded in tha bared , believed the 2 others were the couple's children, but it had not yet confirming that.
In a case that spark comparence the Trav Martain case in Florida,Detroit man is charged with murder of unarmed African-American woman who is allegedly fatally shot on the man's front porch.With the least MIchigan radio Serswic.
Prosecutors 17 are charging 54 year old theater wifer with 3 criminal counts includeing second degree murder and a shooting death a Rinasha Bride.Wifer was not immediately arrested after the shooting and civil rights group suggest race was a factor.Wifer is white,he allegedly shot the 19 old Bride an unarmed black woman in front of his dearborn higtominy early morning hours.Wifer told the police he thought Bride was breaking in,but when Coney prosecutor 16 came wdy says the evidence warns a murder charge.
examing everything,we have made a commnition that this appropriate charges and he did not act in lawful 18
Wedy says neither race nor public opinon played any role in the decision to charge Weifer.For NPR News,I am Shra in Detroit.
General electrics says a intensed spend on part of north American retail 19 finiance business next year,multinational company annoucing day the new agenda are named will treat is as a seperate publicly treate company. effort on the GE to prevent the company from being punished by investors 20 for sulies on finiancial instrucement manufacture to make money.
I am J S,NPR News in Washington.
1 jack
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。
2 rebuke
v.指责,非难,斥责 [反]praise
- He had to put up with a smart rebuke from the teacher.他不得不忍受老师的严厉指责。
- Even one minute's lateness would earn a stern rebuke.哪怕迟到一分钟也将受到严厉的斥责。
3 coverage
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
- There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
- This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
4 democrat
n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员
- 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。
5 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》
6 affordable
adj.支付得起的,不太昂贵的
- The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
- There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
7 wan
(wide area network)广域网
- The shared connection can be an Ethernet,wireless LAN,or wireless WAN connection.提供共享的网络连接可以是以太网、无线局域网或无线广域网。
8 fixed
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
- Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
- Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
9 premiums
n.费用( premium的名词复数 );保险费;额外费用;(商品定价、贷款利息等以外的)加价
- He paid premiums on his life insurance last year. 他去年付了人寿保险费。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Moves are afoot to increase car insurance premiums. 现正在酝酿提高汽车的保险费。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
- His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
- Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
11 devastating
adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
12 specially
adv.特定地;特殊地;明确地
- They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
- The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。
13 toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
14 remains
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
15 banish
vt.放逐,驱逐;消除,排除
- The doctor advised her to banish fear and anxiety.医生劝她消除恐惧和忧虑。
- He tried to banish gloom from his thought.他试图驱除心中的忧愁。
16 prosecutor
n.起诉人;检察官,公诉人
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
17 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
- 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。
18 lawful
adj.法律许可的,守法的,合法的
- It is not lawful to park in front of a hydrant.在消火栓前停车是不合法的。
- We don't recognised him to be the lawful heir.我们不承认他为合法继承人。