时间:2018-12-17 作者:英语课 分类:2015年NPR美国国家公共电台5月


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 The bulk collection of Americans’ phone records that the National Security Agency has been carrying out for nearly a decade was ruled illegal today by a federal appeals court. As NPR’s David Welna explains, the program first revealed by former NSA contractor 1 Edward Snowden is set to expire June 1st. 


The decision by a second circuit appeals court panel was hailed by the lawyer who led the lawsuit—the American Civil Liberties Union’s Jameel Jaffer.
“The meticulous 2 ruling is 97 pages long and that told at the end that the call records program is unlawful.”
Still as Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton noted 4, the NSA’s bulk collection of phone records continues. 
“And if President Obama wanted to end the program tomorrow, he could, but he hasn’t. That’s because this program is lawful 3. It is faithful to the constitution.”
Cotton is pushing to extend bulk collection another five years. Others in Congress want the practice forbidden. If Congress does nothing, the program sunsets at the end of the month. David Welna, NPR News, Washington. 
 
Defense 5 Secretary Ash Carter announced today that U.S. military troops have now begun training a small company-sized group of Syrian fighters to battle self-proclaimed Islamic State militants 6 who overrun parts of Syria and Iraq. Speaking at a news conference today, Carter said a second group will begin training soon; moreover, he said Congress needs to take action to pass a budget that will adequately fund U.S. defense operations. 
“Given that the current budget approach is, as I said yesterday, a road to nowhere, we need members of Congress to come together as they’ve done in the past including in 2013 and agree to a multi-year budget agreement that provides the stability DOD needs and the resources our troops deserve.”
Carter called the Syrian training program a critical and complex part of a plan to defeat Isis. 
 
The FBI warned local officials to look out for one of the men who opened fire with assault rifles outside a Texas cartoon contest just hours before the incident. NPR’s Carrie Johnson reports federal agents said they had no direct evidence the man was plotting an attack though. 
FBI Director James Comey said the bureau sent out bulletin about Elton Simpson, including his photo and license 7 plate a few hours before the assault in Garland, Texas. A local police officer shot and killed Simpson in an alleged 8 compliance 9. Federal agents had been investigating Simpson since March after picking up signs he wanted to engage in Jihad. FBI officials say he was motivated in part by postings from the self-described Islamic State. The FBI director says he worries that constant push of alerts from social media act like a devil on the shoulder of recruits, urging them to kill people. He said those plots can be difficult for the feds to track because they urge disturbed people to act against a wide range of targets. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington. 
 
Stocks regained 10 some of their lost ground today. The Dow was up 82 points to 17,924. 
 
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According to prosecutors 11 at the trial of Boston Marathon bomber 12 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the defendant 13 wrote defiant 14 notes while he lay injured in a hospital bed after his capture. The revelation by Assistant U.S. Attorney William Weinreb came during a sidebar discussion. Tsarnaev’s lawyer at the time has been trying to show in his interactions with U.S. marshals, her client was never defiant, hostile or uncooperative. A Boston jury seeking to decide whether Tsarnaev, who’s already admitted his role in the attack, should be sentenced to life in prison or be given the death penalty. 
 
New research has found that even very premature 15 babies can survive if doctors treat them aggressively. As NPR’s Rob Stein explains, the study found even babies born only 22 weeks into a pregnancy 16 can make it. 
Researchers studies nearly 5,000 premature babies born at 24 hospitals 22 to 27 weeks into a pregnancy. In this week’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers report that there is a lot of variability in how aggressively hospitals attempt to save these very premature babies, but that even those born as early as 22 weeks can survive if doctors treat them aggressively. The researchers caution though that most still don’t make it, and most of those who do are left with complications, such as deafness, blindness and cerebral 17 palsy. But the researchers hope the new study will give both doctors and parents a more realistic view of what the prospects 18 are for very premature babies. Rob Stein, NPR News. 
 
McDonald’s wants to show it’s serious about looking into reinventing itself as a more nutritious 19 alternative in the fast-food world. The world’s biggest hamburger chain announcing it’s testing two new breakfast bowls in southern California, one which includes kale among the list of ingredients. 

1 contractor
n.订约人,承包人,收缩肌
  • The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
  • The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样,有几分要看地势而定。
2 meticulous
adj.极其仔细的,一丝不苟的
  • We'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.这事一点不能含糊。
  • She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.她介绍事实十分详细。
3 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。
4 noted
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
5 defense
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。
6 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
7 license
n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许
  • The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
  • The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
8 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
9 compliance
n.顺从;服从;附和;屈从
  • I was surprised by his compliance with these terms.我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
  • She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire.她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。
10 regained
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地
  • The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。
  • She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻,但很快恢复了镇静。
11 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。
12 bomber
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
13 defendant
n.被告;adj.处于被告地位的
  • The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family.法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
  • The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence.有力的证据使被告认输了。
14 defiant
adj.无礼的,挑战的
  • With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时,仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
  • He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。
15 premature
adj.比预期时间早的;不成熟的,仓促的
  • It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
  • The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。
16 pregnancy
n.怀孕,怀孕期
  • Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
  • Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。
17 cerebral
adj.脑的,大脑的;有智力的,理智型的
  • Your left cerebral hemisphere controls the right-hand side of your body.你的左半脑控制身体的右半身。
  • He is a precise,methodical,cerebral man who carefully chooses his words.他是一个一丝不苟、有条理和理智的人,措辞谨慎。
18 prospects
n.希望,前途(恒为复数)
  • There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。
  • They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。
19 nutritious
adj.有营养的,营养价值高的
  • Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
  • Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。
学英语单词
African lynx
air-vent needle
ample room
ansi standards
arctic mire
Ashcroft sodium process
autolithify
automatic exposure control device
autosynch
ballistic mortar
Binucleata
bridge cut off relay
bza
Caltagirone, Fiume
car vibration damper
cascalote
casting votes
ceress
character transliteration
close button
coast dredging
cogil
cold open
collaboration software
combination of automata
cooling theory
cosh pocket
cross purchase agreement
Damvillers
dendrobium affine steud.
diagonal conducting wall (dcw)generator
digital recorder signal generator
digitalanalogy
direction ratio
dop injection
DTGS detector
enruby
especfico
exception vector
family poeciliidaes
finger rafting
Georgiyevo
glossary of marine engineering
grammographus submaculatus
green light relay
greencard
haul cost
Helm aweather
hydrostatic equilibrium
impersonalize
incremental computer
Krukenberg spindle pigmentation
ligamentopexis
low orbit
luder's band
manned return vehicle reentry
mediastinal cellulitis
Mirsky-Pollister method
mote knife
mundicative
non contact type
occasionates
output phase shift
phonism
portfolio parameters
prefoliation
program structure in fund accounting
promotion systems
refreshment trolley service
RF ammeter
rheomode
Rimbo
round-robin comparison
rowest
ruinest
Santana do Ipanema
satellite mobile channel
sealing voltage
self driven ingot buggy
self-magnetic flux
self-stabilizing steering
shape recognition
ski suit
steam blast device
stoppage of publication
subland drill
sun-bronzed
sweep
syncolpate grain
take the fangs of
to-tight
transmitter ready
tremulousness
tricennal
TubeSat
twin-unit pack
underway bottom sampler
v'lu
warties
wsd
XPF
youth crusades