NPR英语听力2012年04月合辑（文本 翻译）：20120401.doc

1、From NPR News in Washington, Im Louise Schiavone.Three days away from the delegate-rich GOP Wisconsin presidential primary vote, Mitt Romney is working to establish himself as the inevitable Republican standard-bearer and the man to deny President Obama a second term.They just kill economic freedom,

2、 they make it harder and harder for our economy to grow and put people back to work. And the proof in the polling, look at this recovery. The most tepid and weakest recovery weve seen since Hoover.Also campaigning in Wisconsin, Pennsylvanias Rick Santorum continuing to argue that he, not the former

3、Massachusetts governor, is the man to get the job done.We are able to win, not with moderate candidates, but with conservative candidates for the people who knew when they went to Washington DC, you can trust them to do what they say, no Etch A Sketch, not written on a Etch A Sketch, but written on

4、your heart.In addition to Wisconsin, there will be primaries Tuesday in Maryland and in the district of Columbia.President Obama used his weekly address to call for higher taxes on millionaires. NPRs Neda Ulaby has details.The president said the point is to make the country a little more fair.Should

5、 we as middle class Americans to pay even more at a time when their budgets are already stretched to the breaking point, or should we asked some of the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share.The president named Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and himself as examples of people who he says are not pa

6、ying their fair share when it comes to taxes. The Buffett Rule got it name from the billionaire who famously observed his tax rate is lower than his secretaries. The presidents budget proposal would require people who make a million dollars a year or more to pay a tax rate equal or higher to those p

7、aid by middle class families. Neda Ulaby, NPR News.Lottery winners in Kansas, Illinois and Maryland will split a 640-million-dollar jackpot. As NPRs Joe Rose reports lottery officials say that total was the highest ever.Wannabe Millionaires across the country held their breath last night, when the w

8、inning members were picked, the rates of winning 176 million to one.A first number tonight is 46, thats followed by 23, up next we have 38, thats followed by .When the dice settled winners in Kansas, Illinois and Maryland, where each holding a ticket expected to be worth more than 213 million dollar

9、s before taxes. The other winners are the 42 states and the district of Columbia that sponsored the lottery. The greater, the normal interest in the Mega Millions jackpot should translate into tens of millions of dollars in extra revenues for the house. Joe Rose, NPR News.Around the world today, maj

10、or cites are participating in Earth Hour, starting it off, Sydney, Australia where the Harbor Bridge and Opera House went dark for an hour, part of a global environmental campaign to focus on climate change by briefly turning off the lights.This is NPR News in Washington.French police have swept tha

11、t nations for suspected radical Islamists, apprehending 19 people later freeing two. The sweep followed a spate of deadly attacks in Southwest France by a gunman claiming links to al-Qaeda. He was killed by a police after a standoff. A French intelligence officials is telling a newspaper in Marseill

12、e that the suspects had sophisticated weapons conducted training and may have been preparing a kidnapping.Im Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington. 这里是华盛顿的NPR新闻,我是露易丝斯旺。威斯康辛州的共和党初选投票争夺代表的第三天,米特罗姆尼努力巩固自己成为无可厚非的共和党人身分来和奥巴马总统的第二任任期斗争。他们只是扼杀经济自由,他们使我们的经济增长变得越来越困难,会让人们重新回到工作岗位上。投票就是明确的论证,看看这恢复，我们看到了自胡佛总

13、统以来最温和的复苏。也是在威斯康辛的竞选中,宾夕法尼亚州的里克桑托姆继续提出质疑,前麻萨诸塞州州长不是能干这工作的人。我们能赢,不是用温和的候选人,而是保守派候选人,他们知道当他们来到华盛顿,你可以相信他们，可以按他们说的去做,没有草图,不是写出美妙的蓝图,而是写在你的内心中。除了威斯康辛，星期二在马里兰州和哥伦比亚区也有竞选活动。奥巴马总统用他的每周演讲呼吁百万富翁的高税收。NPR新闻的纳达拉比有这方面的详细报道。总统称关键是要使国家更公平一点。当美国中产阶级人们的预算已经到临界点的时候，我们应该为他们支付更多，或者我们应该要求一些最富有的美国人支付他们应有的那一份。总统点名沃伦巴菲特,比尔

14、盖茨和自己为例，表示这些人群谈到税收的时候不做分内之事。巴菲特被点名是因为这位著名的亿万富翁的税率低于他的秘书。总统的预算提案需要一年赚取一百万美元或更多的人比那些缴税的中产阶级家庭支付同样的或者更高的税率。NPR新闻，纳达拉比报道。在堪萨斯、伊利诺斯州和马里兰州的彩票中奖者将分享6.4亿美元的累积奖金。NPR新闻的乔尔罗斯报道称彩票官员表示这是有史以来最高的奖金。昨晚梦想成为百万富翁的全国彩民屏住呼吸,获胜的号码被挑出,赢得的倍率是1.76亿比1。今晚的第一个号码是46，其次是23,接下来是38,紧随其后的是.当骰子决定获在堪萨斯、伊利诺斯州和马里兰州的胜者时,每个人都拿着预期税前价值超过2

15、.13亿美元的彩票。其他42个州和哥伦比亚地区的获奖者赞助彩票。中奖者们会使更多的普通人感兴趣，而这些一掷千金的幸运儿们则要开始享受彩票带来的快乐了。NPR新闻，乔尔罗斯报道。今天,在全世界,很多城市参与“地球一小时”活动, 悉尼首先开始,澳大利亚的海港大桥和悉尼歌剧院闭灯一个小时,全球性环境保护运动关注气候变化通过关灯来打响环境保护战役。这里是华盛顿的NPR新闻。法国警方对国家的涉嫌伊斯兰激进分子进行了搜查,调查19人之后2人被释放。枪手称与基地组织有联系在法国西南部一连串的致命袭击后警方进行了搜查。他在对峙之后被一名警察击毙。一位法国情报官员告诉马赛报纸,嫌疑人拥有先进的武器而且进行过培训,可能一直在准备一次绑架行动。我是露易丝斯旺,这里是华盛顿的NPR新闻。