NPR英语听力2012年06月合辑（文本）：20120623NPRNEWS.doc

1、From NPR news in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh.President Obamas aids are hoping to draw far more Latino votes this selection year than in 2008 and his appearance in central Florida today may have helped. He spoke of economic and educational equality in his address to the National Association of Latin

2、o Elected and Appointed Officials. And in a swipe at republican critics, the President brought up the Dream Act, which if passed, would have created a pass to citizenship for some children of undocumented immigrants.Ive said time and again, send me the Dream Act; Ill sign it right away. And Im still

3、 waiting to work with anyone from either party who is committed to real reform.Last week, the President announced an initiative to give around million younger undocumented immigrants whove grown up here a chance to avoid deportation.A couple hours before President Obama spoke, Florida Senator Marco

4、Rubio took the stage in a passion speech he railed(严厉责备) against what he described as efforts to politicize the immigration issue.I was accused of supporting apartheid(种族隔离). I was accused of supporting a Dream Act without a dream. Of course a few months later the President takes a similar idea and

5、implements it through executive action and now its the greatest idea in the world.Rubio has been widely reported to be a possible running mate for the GOPs presumptive nominee Mitt Romney who seemed to get a cooler reception than Obama from * yesterday.Former UN Chief Kofi Anan is turning to Iran fo

6、r help he says the Islamic republic should be part of the solution of the Syrian crisis where thousands of people have died in a more than a year old uprising.It is time for countries of influence to raise the level of pressure on the parties on the ground and to persuade them that it is in their in

7、terest to stop the killing.But the US has strongly opposed to involvement by Iran which it accused of fomenting(激起) violence and remaining a nuclear threat.A French and German backed proposal to start taxing financial transaction throughout the entire European Union is dead. Teri Schultz reports opp

8、osition was too strong from some countries including the US that feels such a move would be bad for business.Even leadership from EU powerhouse Germany couldnt win over the majority of states to the idea of charging banks and small * sales of products such as stocks and bonds. Britain claimed that w

9、ould drive investors to go elsewhere. The EU estimated such a tax could bring in more than 60 billion dollars a year. Taxation commissioner Algirdas Semeta regretted it didnt get support from all 27 governments.We cannot reach unanimity unfortunately, but at the same time there is a strong positive

10、group of member states so which want to introduce this tax.Some EU governments now plan to ban together and implement such a * amongst themselves to fund possible future bank bailout without tax payer money. Supporters call it the Robin Hood Tax. For NPR news, Im Teri Schultz in Brussels.Dow is up 7

11、7 points. This is NPR.A Roman Catholic Church official convicted of child endangerment in a clergy(神职人员) abuse trial in Philadelphia reportedly has been taken to prison. When Senior William Lynn is the first US church official convicted of a crime for how he handled sex abuse accusations, he was con

12、victed of one count of endangerment. Lynn was acquitted of another endangerment count and a conspiracy charge. However, the jury could not agree on a verdict(裁定) for Lynns co-defendant, the Reverend James Brennan, who is accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy.Rangers(国家公园管理员) within Mount Rainier

13、 National Park are trying to recover one of their own who had fallen yesterday more than 3,000 feet to his death during a rescue operation. More details from Sarah of member station KUOW.Nick Hall was helping rescue four injured climbers. Theyve traveled to Washington from Texas to climb Rainier and

14、 did successfully summit the mountains 14,400 foot peak. But on the way down, two fell on a glacier. During the rescue, Hall fell as well and died. He slipped more than 3,000 feet down the side of the mountain. A storm was on the way at time of the incident. The three of the climbers were able to be

15、 rescued with helicopters borrowed from a nearby military base. A fourth had stayed overnight with help from park grangers. For NPR news, Im Sarah, in Seattle.The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled the states execution lies unconditional it cited with ten death roll in May to argue that only the legislature can set execution policy. Three years ago, legislators voted to give that power the department of correction.Before the close on Wall Street, the Dow was up more than 70 points, more than 0.5% at 12,645.This is NPR.