时间:2018-12-17 作者:英语课 分类:2012年NPR美国国家公共电台10月


英语课

 The presidential candidates are heading into their third and final debate in what's become a tight race just weeks before the election. They will spar at Lynn University in Boca Raton Florida. This time, seated across from moderator Bob Schieffer of CBS, NPR's Ron Elving says tonight's exchange is supposed to focus on foreign policy although don't be surprised if the economy comes up. 


 
The debate is supposed to be about foreign policy and there are six subject areas chosen by Mr. Schieffer that are all about foreign policy mostly about the Middle East. But there is no guarantee that the candidates will not take opportunities that arise to bring in other issues to talk, for example about the economy, or to talk about some of the issues that they think differentiate 1 them. NPR's Ron Elving.
 
NPR's Craig Windham reports one topic expected to surface tonight is last month's deadly attack on the U.S. consulate 2 in Benghazi, Libya.
 
Romney is expected to renew his criticism of the administration's handling of the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans. Dan Senor is an advisor 3 to the Romney campaign.
 
We need to figure out what happened, this can't happen again. We need to assure our diplomats 4 and other officials in the U.S. government when they go overseas that they are going to have the proper security. 
 
But Stephanie Cutter, President Obama's Deputy Campaign Manager says Mr. Obama has been clear and forceful in his response to the attack.
 
He initiated 5 an investigation 6 to get to the bottom of it, of what happened and how we keep our embassy safe all over the country. That investigation is running its course. It's important that we don't politicize it. 
 
Both Cutter and Senor were interviewed on NBC's Today show. Craig Windham, NPR News.
 
The Lebanese military is trying to restore order in the aftermath of the assassination 7 of an intelligence official, who was staunchly opposed to Syria's involvement in Lebanon. The State Department says an FBI team will help in Lebanon's investigation of the bombing. 
 
Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour De France titles. His name will be stricken from the record books. The cyclist from North Texas is banned for life from the sport. From Dallas, NPR's Wade 8 Goodwyn has more. 
 
Lance Armstrong's fall from grace can only be described as his historic in scale. The seven-time Tour De France winner is accused of organizing an extensive team-wide doping conspiracy 9 to cheat the other competitors in the race. Armstrong has denied the accusations 10. But eyewitness 11 testimony 12 by former teammates who admitted they two doped have undermined Armstrong's proclamations of innocence 13. The accounting 14 is not over. The International Olympic Committee is likely to strip him of the bronze medal he won in 2000. And sponsors and their insurance companies may try to reclaim 15 millions in bonus money paid for winning the tour. Wade Goodwyn, NPR News, Dallas.
 
At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was up two points at 13,346; Nasdaq up 11;S&P 500 up slightly.
 
This is NPR.
 
It's not just the baby boomers worried about their retirements 16. The Pew Research Center says  30 somethings are now among those most likely to stress about their financial security, although the survey notes anxiety about the long-term impact of the Greek recession has risen across all adult age groups. 
 
Three years after a deadly earthquake struck central Italy, a court in L'Aquila has convicted seven scientists and experts for failing to give the public enough warning. It's sentenced the group to seven years in prison but that could all change on appeal. Still the convictions drew criticism from seismology experts worldwide who argue it is impossible to accurately 17 predict when an earthquake will strike.
 
The oldest known survivor 18 of the Auschwitz concentration camp has died in his native  Poland at the age of 108. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson has more from Berlin.
 
According to Auschwitz Museum officials, Antoni Dobrowolski was a teacher who gave lessons in defiance 19 of his country's Nazi 20 occupiers. They had banned most schooling 21 to destroy Polish culture, an underground effort to continue teaching children emerged, and those caught like Dobrowolski were sent to concentration camps including Auschwitz. In a video made five years ago, he recalled the camp being "worse than Dante's hell". Dobrowolski who was not Jewish, was also sent to two other concentration camps. After the war, he moved to Debno, where he worked as a Polish language teacher, he was also a principal at a local high school. Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, NPR News, Berlin.

1 differentiate
vi.(between)区分;vt.区别;使不同
  • You can differentiate between the houses by the shape of their chimneys.你可以凭借烟囱形状的不同来区分这两幢房子。
  • He never learned to differentiate between good and evil.他从未学会分辨善恶。
2 consulate
n.领事馆
  • The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
  • The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。
3 advisor
n.顾问,指导老师,劝告者
  • They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
  • The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。
4 diplomats
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 );有手腕的人,善于交际的人
  • These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
  • The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 initiated
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。
6 assassination
n.暗杀;暗杀事件
  • The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
  • Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年,林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。
7 wade
v.跋涉,涉水;n.跋涉
  • We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
  • We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。
8 conspiracy
n.阴谋,密谋,共谋
  • The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
  • He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
9 accusations
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
  • There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
  • He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
10 eyewitness
n.目击者,见证人
  • The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
  • He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。
11 testimony
n.证词;见证,证明
  • The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
  • He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
12 innocence
n.无罪;天真;无害
  • There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
  • The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。
13 accounting
n.会计,会计学,借贷对照表
  • A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
  • There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
14 reclaim
v.要求归还,收回;开垦
  • I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
  • You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时,必须出示这张票子。
15 retirements
退休( retirement的名词复数 ); 退职; 退役; 退休的实例
  • We've had two retirements in our office this year. 今年我们办公室已有二人退休。
  • Those may take the form of sackings redundancies, temporary layoffs or retirements. 这些形式有开除,作为编余人员,暂时解雇或退休。
16 accurately
adv.准确地,精确地
  • It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
  • Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。
17 survivor
n.生存者,残存者,幸存者
  • The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
  • There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。
18 defiance
n.挑战,挑衅,蔑视,违抗
  • He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
  • He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。
19 Nazi
n.纳粹分子,adj.纳粹党的,纳粹的
  • They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻,并出面求和。
  • Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。
20 schooling
n.教育;正规学校教育
  • A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
  • Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。
学英语单词
alce
alternate operation
analog communication system
apivore
arei
badger skin
banharn
beidel
bhutanis
bioirrigated
broncho-egophony
CADD - computer-aided design and drafting
cephalaspidas
Cobh
common mode operation
connecting rod jig
conyngham
court reporters
crop fair and refit
cut sheets
cystopteriss
D'Alembert's test for convergence
deferral period
Dichloro-chloroaniline-triazine
dumbification
earth metals
egyptian capitals
electric double refraction
electrical(electric)
electrohydraulic steering gear
ethnically
feasible basis
fixed destination ticket
gaftney
ghurry
groundwater dynamics
haunched arch
have a slate off
have many irons on the fire
heat pump plant
Hennickendorf
idolizers
incisal embrasure
indentured worker
key property
Leonidas I
lesser sciatic foramen
lobular pneumonic
lossit
mactator
Nanny Goating
nearly best linear estimator
nephometer
net profit theory
neutron powermeter
normal tooth profile
noseband
o-aminoazobenzene
odontus
organization for product design
payments balance
pear cider
pesture
petticoat insulator
phallocratic
Phosphoglucomutase(glucose-cofactor)
polymorphic transformation
post production
preputial diverticulum
principle of charge compensation
pseudotumor of kidney
ranicipitid
rankism
referee for inquiry
repulsion state
rhenium(iv) oxydifluoride
rhinoptia
roller oscillating tooth
rontgen radiation
room of mother and infant
saccharimete
Serg., serg.
shoot bull
side wall stock divider
soil seepage
sort results
sorting key
special-branch
square bands machine
steam coals
steiber
stir-frying with adjuvants
streak plate
Strong, Anna Louise
suicidism
surf skis
swift electron
thawing equipment
vankirk
wax-pod
wisconsin glacial period
yam yams