NPR 美国国家电台 2014-10-10
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President Obama met with Pentagon commanders today where he talks about that appointment of US troops to West Africa to help find the Ebola outbreak there. The President saying, the US troops are doing great work and delimitering essential now working to set up infrastructure 1 West Africa which most did not exist to find outbreak.
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As world breaking the Thomas Duncan, a man be treated for disease in the Dallas Hospital has died, the President top health official announced new screening measures had find major US airport, which included taking the temperates of those arriving from Ebola overflow 3? countries in west Africa, which procedures to take effect this weekend.
Secretary of State, John Kerry is making an urgent plan for countries that step up their resources to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. Kerry says more money, equipment and personnel is needed now. NPR's Shell Kartin has more.
Speaking of the State Department, a long side his British counterpart, Secretary Kerry ponder out slight to show what's needed to contain the deadly Ebola virus, the least was long more health workers, medi?? capacity, mobile labs and staff.
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He says there has been progress against the deadly virus but it carry to put it where now what we need to be. The Secretary is also urging airlines to keep flying to West Africa, and ask countries to keep boarders open. Marshel Kernman, NPR news, Washington.
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The independent congressional budget office is out with the estimate of the deficits for fiscal 10 year 2014, that's the budget year that's just indeed and deficits raise in at just 486 billion dollars just probably is the right world. But the 2014 deficit 7 is down nearly 200 million dollars from the year before. And lower than the congressional budget office had projected just a few month ago, the reason revenue from the tax rose more than government spending. Politically they are spending a dramatic shift from fights over the dead ceiling in budget to remarkably 11 little discussion of the deficits in many of the hottest congressional races this fall. Txx Kxx, NPR news, Washington.
DOW total continued on Wall Street today after big drop yesterday the DOW was up today 274 points, this is NPR.
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Pilots and the airline longest strike since 1998, in late September after management agree to drop plan to set up European arms for its local’s carrier Transavia. Air freights still plan to praise a head with expansion of Transavia freights, other large European airlines such as Lufthansa and Iberia have local’s carriers and impress advertisement for achieving flights Iberia is veiling other everywhere, ahead of the October, two weeks ago break. Air freights pilots said they are not against Transavia just against its plan to pay pilots least. They are seeking the right for future pilots to be recruiting on the same conditions as those currently working for the main airline. That's a point air freighters management says they were not conceded, xx xx NPR news, Paris.
National freeze of new cars and trucks of never being so-few efficient the EPA in latest national myladge average, says the averages volume car and trucks solve last year has 24.1 miles for a gallon. xx xx the agency also notes the read of proving is slower, the some biar-ship back tour with the trucks issue been or roughly 5 miles for gallon in 2004. NASDAC has the most official to play, was average of 28.1 miles for a gallon. I'm Jack 13 Sphere, NPR news in Washington.
1 infrastructure
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。
2 leverage
n.力量,影响;杠杆作用,杠杆的力量
- We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
- He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力,他的计划失败了。
3 overflow
v.(使)外溢,(使)溢出;溢出,流出,漫出
- The overflow from the bath ran on to the floor.浴缸里的水溢到了地板上。
- After a long period of rain,the river may overflow its banks.长时间的下雨天后,河水可能溢出岸来。
4 frankly
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
- To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
- Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。
5 helping
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。
6 observatory
n.天文台,气象台,瞭望台,观测台
- Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
- Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。
7 deficit
n.亏空,亏损;赤字,逆差
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
8 deficits
n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 );赤字;亏空;亏损
- The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句
9 partisan
adj.党派性的;游击队的;n.游击队员;党徒
- In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中,他们忘掉一切党派之争。
- The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。
10 fiscal
adj.财政的,会计的,国库的,国库岁入的
- The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
- The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
11 remarkably
ad.不同寻常地,相当地
- I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
- He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。