NPR 美国国家电台 2014-10-09
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The several throusand US troops who head into west Africa will have a core mission to stop the spread of Ebola Virus. NPR's Tom Bowman reports those troops will take numerous precautions to make sure they don't become infected themselves.
More than 3000 Aemeican troops will arrive in Liberia by the end of the month. They will buid clinics for health care workeers. Others will train those workers.
Stopping the spread of this disease is the core mission. That's General David Rodriguez who has Africa command.
We are all focused and all of our efforts accomplishes both by supporting the international effort and by keeping our own people as safe as we can.
Those highly trained soldioers in full protective gear will stuff estimated seven moble testing labs. Three or four soldiers in each lab. Soldiers now in contact with population Rodriguez said will wear gloves and masks.
Tom Bowman, NPR news, Washington.
The FBI is asking for help identifying an English speaking man in a new video from the so-called Islamic State. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston explained that the FBI doesn't know if he is from the US or from Canada.
The man about whom the FBI is so curious, who is in a 65 minutes video from the terrorist group. He speaks Abric and English and look to be ocstrating a mass execution of Syrian soldiers. The Jahotic face is covered by forizas, and he claims to be near the Syrian city of Raca. Supervising what he says are millitary man Digling Grace. US officials say there are about 140 Americans who have left the US for Syria, and about a dozen of them are thought to have joined the group known as the Islamic State. The FBI wants help from anyone who might recognize the man in the video. Director James Comey has said the FBI is tracking Americans who have joint 3 the group. Dinna Temple-Raston. NPR news.
The United Nations envoyed Syria's con 2 for urging international response to vise the group calling itself the Islamic State near Kutish town boarder with Turkey when official global community cannot sit by while other cities fall to the extremist group. Davide Taker is the director of the air politics program while the Washington institute for nearest policy he says this is unfotrunate that Turkey with a strong millitary so far sat idly by.
Turkey pays on a bigger war ISIS Unfortrunately there is not going to be the program on the ground.
US millitary says the American lead coallitoin has carried out air strikes anainst Islamic state millitance in Syria for Kurtish fighter bombing are out of gun.
An air tanker 4 being used to drop water on a wild fire burning the new samdy National Park reportedly crashed with no one knowing fate of the pilot. The 200 deploit the plane earlier today Spokeman says the plane went dwon within a mile the park west entrance by single piolot without a clue fighting now growing to 138 acres.
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President Obama met today with a retired 5 secret service agent who's agreed to lead the department on an intern 1 basis. According to Whith House spokesman Josh Earnest President Barack Obama's acting 6 director Joe Cansi sat down at the over office. Cansi was most recently the head of the agency's Presidential protection division and had been head of Obama's security detail. Cansi agreed to return to service after director Julie Appereson's resignation last week. Parison's stepped down after series of mis.. of the agency including an incident where a knife weilding man was able to get inside the white house.
A record 69% of students are graduating from college with debt. That's ccording to a new anlysis, NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports the biggest increase in borrowing has been among more affluence 7 student.
The Pure research center compared rates with two decades ago when just half of college graduates took up loans. Students from low income families are still the most likely to borrow. More than three quarters of them have debt. But now Pure finds so do half or more students from upper or middle and higher income families. Those rates have roughly doubled in 20 years. Pure finds the typical amount college graduates borrow has also doubled to nearly 27,000 dollars. And that's only what the students' dose. The Pure report does not include other loans taken up by parents. Jennifer Ludden NPR news in Washington.
European Unions says one of the key groups that look at competetion is opening a formal probe into online retailer 8 Amazon.It issues the company's corperation's income tax practices. EU's executive commitioner is looking at whether tax deals between Amazon and the government of Luxembourg consitude ilegal state aid. According to the commission the tax deal Amazon allowed the company record most of the European profits in the country, but not be taxed there. I'm Jack 9 Speer NPR news in Washington.
1 intern
v.拘禁,软禁;n.实习生
- I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
- The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。
2 con
n.反对的观点,反对者,反对票,肺病;vt.精读,学习,默记;adv.反对地,从反面;adj.欺诈的
- We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
- The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票,协议被通过。
3 joint
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
4 tanker
n.油轮
- The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
- Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
5 retired
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
- The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
- Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
6 acting
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
7 affluence
n.充裕,富足
- Their affluence is more apparent than real.他们的富有是虚有其表。
- There is a lot of affluence in this part of the state because it has many businesses.这个州的这一部分相当富有,因为它有很多商行。