NPR 2008-05-11
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【整理人】April18
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今天的讲座有一点点姗姗来迟哈，抱歉""LULU快出来啦。。不要让大家等太久啦
首先要说明的就是那句，“he was no need for a second election"，相信大家都有点疑惑这个结构啊，其实应该是there was no need。据LULU推测捏，播音员有可能读的时候眼睛已经扫到了后面句的he，此时he was已经出口，然后no的音也出来了一点，然后又想收住，结果一想算了，就这样读吧
话说今天的最后段让LULU很是兴奋，当然不是兴奋pornography啦 因为呀，他看到了R Kelly，顿时发起音乐疯（大家知道，平时LULU爱发单词疯 ）又话说R Kelly当年是R&B一大才子，其最出名的歌曲就是I believe i can fly。其实之前他就已经小试牛刀，为一代天王迈克尔杰克逊写了一首You are not alone ，可惜他也米大红大紫过。早期的R&B艺人呢，LULU他喜欢的有Babyface,Boyz 2 Men,. All for One这样的蓝调布鲁斯组合哈。现在这帮人风光不在，Usher混得不错，然后英国那里也有Craig David，但是LULU他还是怀念九十年代的那种Babyface，Boyz 2 Men式的R&b
大家还有撒不明白的欢迎随时跟帖提问，爱乱逛的LULU学术大侠会很快发觉的哈 要是一时呆滞没发觉，偶会逮住他为大家解答的哦哈
From NPR News in Washington, I’m Nora Raum.
It’s been a week since a cyclone struck Myanmar, killing an estimated 100,000 people and leaving more than a million survivors in need. The UN’s World Food Program says that it will resume aid flights today despite the seizure of food shipments by the military junta there. Meanwhile, the United Nations has launched a 187-million-dollar appeal for international aid to help Myanmar. Linda Fasulo has more from New York.
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes said the funding would help ten UN organizations and nine NGOs address the needs of a minimum of 1.5 million persons for at least three months. Most of the appeal would be spent on providing food, water, sanitation, logistics, health and shelter. Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon calls on Myanmar’s military leaders to allow aid and humanitarian workers into the country without hindrance, stressing that their people’s survival is at stake. The United States has been given the green light by Myanmar to send in relief flights this Monday. But so far, a US aid team has not been granted visas to enter the country. For NPR News, I’m Linda Fasulo in New York.
The military leaders of Myanmar are going ahead today with a referendum on a new constitution that would likely strengthen their hold on power. It would guarantee the military 25% of parliamentary seats and allow the president to turn over power to the military in a state of emergency. The proposed constitution would also bar democracy activist Aung San Sun Kyi from public office.
The Zimbabwe opposition leader said today he will participate in a run-off against President Robert Mugabe if certain conditions are met. Morgan Tsvangirai has said that there was no need for a second election, that he had won outright in the first round in March. The BBC’s Peter Greste reports from South Africa.
According to Morgan Tsvangirai, his supporters would feel betrayed if he didn’t face President Robert Mugabe in the second round of the election which he said must now take place by the 23rd of May. That would be three weeks from the day the electoral commission announced that there would, indeed, need to be a run-off between the opposition leader and the incumbent President Robert Mugabe. But at a news conference in Pretoria, Mr. Tsvangirai said his participation was not unconditional. There would need to be what he described as “unfettered access” for international observers as well as international media. He also called for an end to the violence which human rights groups have blamed on the ruling ZANU-PF Party in an attempt to intimidate opposition supporters ahead of the polls. The BBC’s Peter Greste.
A Sri Lankan navy ship sank in the eastern port in Sri Lanka today early after being bombed by Tamil-Tiger rebels. No onewas aboard the ship at the time. The rebels are suspected in a bombing yesterday in a restaurant in which eleven people were killed.
This is NPR News from Washington.
Wall Street ended the week with a loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 120 points to close at 12,745. Broader stock indicators also declined. The S&P 500 dropped nine points to end the day at 1388. And the NASDAQ closed at 2445, down 5.5 points. Analysts say traders were unsettled by a report that American International Group lost 7.8 billion dollars in the first quarter, a bigger loss than expected. AIG is the largest insurance company in the world.
The cost of gasoline continues to climb. Bob Hensley of member station KXJZ reports California has reached yet another record high.
The American Automobile Association reports the state-wide average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.93. In the San Francisco Bay Area, prices are at or above the four-dollar mark. The Central Valley had the largest jump in prices over the past week. In Fresno, the region’s largest city, the average price is ($)3.97. The tens of thousands of long-distance commuters in the region are getting hit hard by the higher prices. Judy Dugan of Consumer Watch says mass transit is not an option for most commuters. “There are a lot of people who just cannot use public transit, because in general, California’s public transit is pretty pathetic.” A spokesman for AAA says by summer, there are going to be a number of California cities where the average price of gasoline surpasses four dollars. For NPR News, I’m Bob Hensley, in Modesto, California.
Jury selection got under way in Chicago yesterday in the trial of R Kelly. The singer is charged with child pornography that he videotaped himself having sex with a girl who may have been as young as 13.
I’m Nora Raum, NPR News. 这么好的网站！怎么以前没发现呢？ 谢谢~~ very good!!!!:loveliness:
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