NPR英语听力2012年03月合辑（文本）：20120323.doc

1、From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh.The gunman accused of killing seven people in the Toulouse area France this week and last reportedly is still holding up in his department. The place is surrounded and police say they are ready to storm that building, but the suspect is said to be heavil

2、y armed. The gunman is self-declared jihadist who has decried the deaths of Palestinian children. Meanwhile, the Palestinian authority is condemning the gunmans alleged actions. As NPRs Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports form Jerusalem.In a statement, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said the ext

3、remists must stop using the Palestinian cause to justify their acts of violence,Its time for these criminals to stop marketing their terrorist acts in the name of the Palestinian people and to stop pretending to stand up for the rights of Palestinian children who only ask for a decent life. The stat

4、ement continues, these terrorist crime is condemned in the strongest terms by the Palestinian people and their children. The slim father, his two sons and another young girl were laid to rest here in Jerusalem today in front of a crowd of thousands who cried and prayed. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, NPR N

5、ews, Jerusalem.Those victims were killed in a shooting, in the multiple shootings at a Jewish school in Toulouse on Monday. Meanwhile, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in Montalban today to pay his respects to funerals of three paratroopers who were murdered in last weeks attack.I have come to b

6、ow before the coffins of these murdered soldiers, Ive come to say to their families, to their closet ones, to their brothers in arms, to express the support and the tribute of the nation. Sarkozy is heard through an interpreter on France 24.Some analysts say homeowners may be seeing their best year

7、since the recession for selling as NPRs Dave Mattingly tells us the National Association of Realtors says the US housing sector is coming off its best winter in years.Existing home sales fell nearly 1% last month, but combined with December and January, and this is the strongest winter home buying s

8、eason in five years. Water with National Association of Realtors says the improving job market and record lower interest rates are unleashing some of that pent up buyer demand.We are looking for sales of this year to be up about 7%.Still the number of first-time homebuyers dropped last month. And ec

9、onomists caution the industry is still years away from full recovery. Dave Mattingly, NPR News, Washington.At last glance on Wall Street, the Dow is down 23 points at 13,147 in trading of just over 2 billion shares, NASDAQ Composite Index gaining ground up 13 points, its at 3087. And the S&P 500 up

10、slightly at 1406.This is NPR News.The United Nations Security Council has agreed on a statement supporting a peace effort in Syria. NPRs Kelly McEvers reports the vote comes as activists say at least 25 people have been killed by government shelling in the city of Homs.Activists in the Homs neighbor

11、hood of, say shelling by government troops has intensified in the past two days. is the neighborhood where families from other neighborhoods fled in recent weeks. Hundreds of people have died in Homs so far this year. Especially during a nearly month-long siege on the neighborhood of Baba Amr. Rebel

12、 fighters later retreated from the area. The statement passed by the security council says Syria will face steps, if a UN peace plan is rejected. The plan calls for a ceasefire, dialogue between the government and the opposition and access for humanitarian aid. Russia and China vetoed earlier and mo

13、re binding resolutions on Syria at the council. Kelly McEvers, NPR News, Beirut.Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he backs a House Republican budget proposal that would reduce deficits partly through cuts and benefit programs however, he also says the spending cuts included and th

14、at should be accelerated. Santorum said he would be more aggressive in achieving budget savings, doing away with cost of living increases in federal grants to states for Medicaid and food stamps.这里是华盛顿的NPR新闻,我是拉辛格。被指控在法国图卢兹地区杀害七人的枪手本周报道仍然在他的公寓中受到控制。这个地方被警方包围他们正准备彻查这幢建筑,但据称嫌疑人全副武装。这名持枪男子已经自称是伊斯兰圣战士，并

15、且谴责巴勒斯坦的孩子。同时,巴勒斯坦权力机构谴责持枪男子所谓的行为。NPR新闻的路德斯加西亚纳瓦罗从耶路撒冷报道。在一项声明中，巴勒斯坦总理萨拉姆法雅德称极端分子必须停止使用巴勒斯坦人来证明他们的暴力行为,是时候让这些罪犯停止以巴勒斯坦人的名字制造恐怖行为并停止这种假装站起来为巴勒斯坦儿童的权利要求一种体面的生活。声明还在继续,这些恐怖犯罪应遭到巴勒斯坦人民和他们的孩子最严厉的措辞谴责。那位父亲,他的两个儿子和另一个小女孩今天被安葬在耶路撒冷这里，成千上万的观众痛哭流涕并祷告。NPR新闻,路德斯加西亚纳瓦罗,耶路撒冷报道。那些受害者是死于一次枪击,在周一在图卢兹一所犹太学校。与此同时,法国总统

16、尼古拉萨科齐向在上个星期的袭击中的3名伞兵而举行葬礼表示哀悼。我在这些被谋杀的士兵们的棺材前鞠躬,我是来告诉他们的家庭,他们的至亲之人,他们的兄弟,感谢他们对于国家的支持和奉献。萨科齐通过法国第24电视台的一名翻译向世界传达。一些分析家指出房主可能已经迎来了自从经济衰退以来最好的一年,NPR新闻的卖戴夫马汀利告诉我们国家房产经纪人协会称美国房地产市场正在进入一年中最好的时节。现有的房产销售上个月下降了近1%,但结合十二月和一月,这是五年中最好的冬天的购房季。国家房地产协会称提高就业市场和历史新低的利率会引得一些买家的关注。我们正在期待今年的销售率上升7%。上个月第一次买房者的数量有所下降。而经

17、济学家警告这个行业依然离完全康复有段距离。NPR新闻,戴夫马汀利,华盛顿报道。最后我们来看看今日的华尔街，琼斯指数下降23点，截至13147点，就超过20亿股的交易。纳斯达克综合指数上涨13点,截至3087点。和标准普尔500指数有一点点上升走势。这里是NPR新闻。联合国安理会已经达成一项声明支持在叙利亚的和平努力。NPR新闻的凯莉麦克爱沃斯报道活动人士称至少有25人死于政府在这个城市炮轰袭击。激进分子在霍尔姆斯附近的社区,称政府军队在过去的两天加大了炮轰力度。这个社区来自其他社区，在最近几个星期内开始逃亡。今年到目前为止成百上千的人死亡。尤其是在这个为期近一个月的围攻行动中。反叛武装人员之后撤出了区域。安理会通过的声明称叙利亚将面临很多步骤,如果一个联合国和平计划被拒绝。计划要求停火，与政府相关部门和对立派的对话及争取人道主义援助。俄罗斯和中国投票否决了之前对叙利亚在理事会更有约束力的决议。NPR新闻, 凯莉麦克爱沃斯，贝鲁特报道。共和党总统候选人里克桑托姆称他支持众议院共和党的预算提案,该提案将会削减福利项目部分以减少赤字,然而,他还称大幅度加快削减开支。桑托姆称他会更加积极地实现预算节省,减少增加联邦资助的州公共医疗补助和食品券及各种生活费用。这里是NPR新闻，我是拉辛格。