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U.S. Navy is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off the coast of Yemen. As NPR’s Jackie Northam explains, the vessels 1 will join other American warships 2 in an increasing show of force in the region.
The U.S. Navy says it’s deploying 3 the USS Theodore Roosevelt and a guided-missile cruiser Normandy to the Gulf 4 of Aden to ensure the vital shipping 5 lanes in the volatile 6 region remain open and safe. The two U.S. warships had been stationed in the Persian Gulf. The decision comes amidst fighting between Yemen’s government and Houthi rebels allied 7 with Iran. A Saudi-led air campaign has been targeting the Houthis. Western governments believe Iran supplies the Houthi militants 8 in Yemen with weapons, which Iran denies. Last week, the UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo 9 on the Houthis. Jackie Northam, NPR News, Washington.
A Detroit-area police officer who was shown on video hauling a man out of his car and repeatedly punching him in the head has been charged with assault. Wayne County prosecutor 10 Kym Worthy 11 says while the job of an officer can be dangerous, abuse of authority cannot be tolerated. Worthy outlining the charges against fired officer William Melendez with the Inkster department:
“Count 1, misconduct in office, which is a five-year felony. Count 2, mistreatment of a prisoner, which is a five-year felony. And the third charge is assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder which is a ten-year felony.”
Dashcam video shows Floyd Dent 12 being pulled from his car by two officer during the January 28th stop and shows him being punched by Melendez. A drug charge against Dent will be dropped.
Baltimore police say there’s no evidence that officers physically 13 assaulted a black man who died after being taken into custody 14 there, but NPR’s Jennifer Ludden reports they still don’t know how the man suffered a life-ending injury to a spinal 15 cord.
Officials say shortly after Freddie Gray was arrested a week ago, he asked for an inhaler, but they say an autopsy 16 Monday shows the cause of death was a spinal injury. Because Gray was alone in back of a police transport van, they say they don’t know how that injury happened. Commissioner 17 Anthony Batts says he shares the public’s frustration 18.
“We too are part of this community, and we hear, I hear the outrage 19. I hear the concern and also hear the fear.”
Batts says the officers involved have been suspended. He’s also requiring new training in first aid and CPR. The police investigation 20 will be completed May 1st and sent to state prosecutors 21. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News.
Multinational 22 conglomerate 23 General Electric is reported to be in early discussions with Wells Fargo about selling its entire $74bn commercial lending business. According to Reuters, individuals familiar with the discussions who asked not to be identified due to the confidential 24 nature of the talks also say GE may be talking with other parties.
Stocks rebounded 25 from their losses at the end of last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 208 points today at 18,034. The Nasdaq gained 62 points. The S&P500 closed up 19 points.
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Defense 26 contractor 27 Raytheon is going to pay $1.9bn to purchase cybersecurity company Websense from a private equity 28 firm. The deal through Vista 29 Equity Partners is aimed at making a defense-grid cyber protection program available to commercial companies, while the Massachusetts-based Raytheon is best-known for its military defense systems.
Winners of the Pulitzer Prize were announced today. In addition to awards for journalism 30 of year, Pulitzer has also bestowed 31 on the best books. NPR’s Lynn Neary reports.
Writer Anthony Doerr's best-selling novel All the Light We Cannot See won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It’s the story of a young French girl and a German boy during World War II. Doerr told NPR he wanted to look at the war from a new angle.
“And for me, I just thought I would try to dwell very specifically on these two children, as they move through the war.”
The Non-fiction award went to Elizabeth Kolbert for The Sixth Extinction 32, which explores how humans have affected 33 the environment. David Kerzer’s The Pope and Mussolini won for biography. Elizabeth Fenn of the History Prize for Encounters at the Heart of the World and poetry award went to Digest by Gregory Pardlo. Lynn Neary, NPR News, Washington.
When it comes to fish pedicures, the nation’s highest court is declining to wade 34 in so to speak. Justices today refusing to hear an appeal from an Arizona salon 35 owner Cindy Vong, who wanted the court to intervene into the dispute over whether she could offer pedicures using fish that nibble 36 dead skin from people’s feet. Local regulators decide to stop her from offering the service saying the fish could not be sanitized between users. The state appeals court rejected Vong’s claim her constitutional due process rights were violated.
1 vessels
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 );船;容器;(具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的)人
- The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 warships
军舰,战舰( warship的名词复数 ); 舰只
- The enemy warships were disengaged from the battle after suffering heavy casualties. 在遭受惨重伤亡后,敌舰退出了海战。
- The government fitted out warships and sailors for them. 政府给他们配备了战舰和水手。
3 deploying
(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的现在分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用
- Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
- Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。
4 gulf
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
5 shipping
n.船运(发货,运输,乘船)
- We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
- There's a shipping charge of £5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
6 volatile
adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质
- With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定,投资冒着很大的风险。
- His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱,喜怒无常。
7 allied
adj.协约国的;同盟国的
- Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
- Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。
8 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。
9 embargo
n.禁运(令);vt.对...实行禁运,禁止(通商)
- This country put an oil embargo on an enemy country.该国对敌国实行石油禁运。
- During the war,they laid an embargo on commerce with enemy countries.在战争期间,他们禁止与敌国通商。
10 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。
11 worthy
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
- I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
- There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
12 dent
n.凹痕,凹坑;初步进展
- I don't know how it came about but I've got a dent in the rear of my car.我不知道是怎么回事,但我的汽车后部有了一个凹痕。
- That dent is not big enough to be worth hammering out.那个凹陷不大,用不着把它锤平。
13 physically
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
- He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
- Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
14 custody
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
15 spinal
adj.针的,尖刺的,尖刺状突起的;adj.脊骨的,脊髓的
- After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天,就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
- Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。
16 autopsy
n.尸体解剖;尸检
- They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
- A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。
17 commissioner
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
18 frustration
n.挫折,失败,失效,落空
- He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
- He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
19 outrage
n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒
- When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
- We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
20 investigation
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。
21 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。
22 multinational
adj.多国的,多种国籍的;n.多国籍公司,跨国公司
- The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
- He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。
23 conglomerate
n.综合商社,多元化集团公司
- The firm has been taken over by an American conglomerate.该公司已被美国一企业集团接管。
- An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company.一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。
24 confidential
adj.秘(机)密的,表示信任的,担任机密工作的
- He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
- We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。
25 rebounded
弹回( rebound的过去式和过去分词 ); 反弹; 产生反作用; 未能奏效
- The ball rebounded from the goalpost and Owen headed it in. 球从门柱弹回,欧文头球将球攻进。
- The ball rebounded from his racket into the net. 球从他的球拍上弹回网中。
26 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。
27 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。
28 equity
n.公正,公平,(无固定利息的)股票
- They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
- To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值,墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。
29 vista
n.远景,深景,展望,回想
- From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops.我从卧室窗口望去,远处尽是连绵的山峦和屋顶。
- These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope.发生这些暴动是因为人们被逼上了绝路,未来看不到一点儿希望。
30 journalism
n.新闻工作,报业
- He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师,可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
- He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。
31 bestowed
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
- It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
- He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。
32 extinction
n.熄灭,消亡,消灭,灭绝,绝种
- The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
- The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。
33 affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
34 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。