NPR英语听力2012年08月合辑（文本＋翻译）：20120809.doc

1、From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh.President Obama is spending the next two days in the battleground state of Colorado, where he is expected to address a crowd in Denver shortly. Kirk Siegler of member station KUNC reports polls in Colorado show the president and his GOP rival former Gove

2、rnor Mitt Romney in a dead heat.Mr. Obama will speak at a college campus in downtown Denver with the campaign says the president will lay out a plan to restore economic security for middle class Coloradans. Independent Denver political consultant Eric Sondermann says a four-stop swing through Colora

3、do was unprecedented for a sitting president.For the Obama campaign, its a little bit eminent firewall or insurance policy if they can hold onto a Colorado and add the VAT on top of it. They can then afford to lose in Ohio or Virginia.Mr. Obama also has campaign events scheduled in a rural western C

4、olorado as well as the Republican stronghold of Colorado Springs and the union town of Pueblo. For NPR News, Im Kirk Siegler, in Denver.Earlier, Romney attacked the presidents record on the economy again as he campaigned today in Des Moines, Iowa. He promised to make one issue, the top priority if e

5、lected to office.My priority is jobs, my priority is more jobs and more take-home pay for middle and for Americans. He also accused President Obama of striping work requirements from welfare.The Syrian Prime Minister is taking refuge in Jordan. Local officials say, Riad Hijab arrived today completin

6、g his defection thats proven to be an embarrassing blow to President Bashar al-Assads government. The Syrian rebellion says Hijab had been hiding in Syria for the last two days. And Jordanian officials say the prime minister and 35 family members crossed into Jordan at dawn.The United Nations missio

7、n in Afghanistan reports its civilian casualties caused both by insurgents and the NATO-led coalition have fallen for the first time in five years. But NPRs Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson reports from Kabul that UN officials warn that Afghan civilian deaths and injuries nevertheless remain unacceptably high

8、.The UN mission reports a 53% increase in targeted killings of community leaders, government officials and other civilians. But overall, the mission says civilian deaths and injuries, the first half of this year, declined by 15% compared to the same period at last year. UN officials add the roadside

9、 bomb attacks have also dropped. Although they remain the leading cause of civilian casualties. The report found that nearly 30% of the conflict related deaths and injuries were women and children. Meanwhile, a suicide bomber in eastern Kunar province attacked a NATO patrol on its way to attend a me

10、eting at the governors compound. Officials say three coalition troops were killed as well as an Afghan civilian. Several others wounded. Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, NPR News, Kabul.This is NPR.The new Egyptian Administration is facing its biggest test yet in its handling of a security crisis in the Sina

11、i Peninsula. The Islamist President Mohamed Morsi has fired his intelligence chief and the governor of northern Sinai after suspected militants killed 16 soldiers. He has also dismissed the head of the presidential guards and reshuffled the security hierarchy in Cairo. The decisions were announced h

12、ours after Egypt launched its bloodiest air strike in years against militants in Sinai, parts of which plunged into lawlessness after the Mubarak regime was toppled.The first female film critic at a major American newspaper has died. Judith Crist died yesterday, the age of 90. As NPRs Neda Ulaby rep

13、orts Crists known during her heyday as the most hated critic in Hollywood.One director called her Judas Crist. Billy Wilder, the director of Some Like It Hot said Crist reviewing a film was like getting a neck message from the Boston Strangler. She could be unsparing even brutal. She called The Soun

14、d of Music lcky-sticky . But Judith Crist also championed the likes of Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg when they first started out. She became the New York Herald Tribunes film Critic in 1963, a first for a women. Being a film critic had been a dream for her since seeing Charlie Chaplin in The

15、Gold Rush as a child. Judith Crist was also the founding film critic for New York Magazine and the first regular movie reviewer for the Today show on NBC. Neda Ulaby, NPR News.Well, Toyota says it may shift some Lexus production from Japan to North America to bring in more jobs. CEO says in the last

16、 8 months, Toyota has announced 3,500 new positions and investment worth more than 0.5 billion.This is NPR.这是来自华盛顿的NPR新闻，我是拉克希米辛格。奥宝马总统在未来两天里会在两党交锋激烈的科罗拉多州度过，并有望立刻在丹佛向群众发表讲话。KUNC台的柯克西格勒报道的在科罗拉多的选票显示出总统和他的共和党对手前州长米特罗姆尼不分胜负。奥巴马将在丹佛的市中心大学校园里演讲，内容是总统将提出恢复科罗拉多中产阶级经济保障计划。丹佛独立政治顾问埃里克桑德曼说四次打断在科罗拉多的现任总统是前所未有

17、的。对于奥巴马的竞选，如果他们能够把握好科罗拉多的这一战，并且能够把增值税作为首要问题，会是一堵坚实的防火墙或者说保险单。他们也能承受在俄亥俄和弗吉尼亚的失利。奥巴马在科罗拉多西部的乡村也安排了竞选活动，还有共和党的大本营的科罗拉多斯普林斯。这里是NPR新闻，我是在丹佛的柯克西格勒。早前，当罗姆尼今天在得梅因，爱荷华州竞选时，他再一次抨击了总统有关经济的记录。他承诺如果当选，会把这个问题作为首要问题来处理。我优先考虑的是工作，我优先考虑的是更多的工作和对于中产阶级和美国人更高的收入。他还谴责了奥巴马总统在福利上的分段工作要求。叙利亚总理在约旦避难。当地政府官员说，今天到达的利雅得头完全脱党证实

18、了对于总统巴沙尔阿萨德的政府是一个令人尴尬的打击。叙利亚叛徒说希贾布（穆斯林妇女戴的面纱或头巾）在过去的两天里一直潜伏在叙利亚。约旦官员说总理和35个在傍晚时分越界进入约旦。联合国在阿富汗的代表团报道，由叛乱者和北约领导的联军引起的民众伤亡数在五年里第一次下降。但是来自喀布尔的NPR索拉娅纳尔逊报道，联合国官员发出警报，阿富汗民众伤亡人数还是令人难以接受的高。联合国报道有针对性的杀害增长了53%，其中包括社区领导人，政府官员和其他民众。但是总的来说，代表团说在前半年民众的伤亡比起去年的同一时期，下降了15%。联合国官员补充到，作为民众伤亡的路边炸弹袭击是主要原因，但是也减少了。报道发现将近30%的和伤亡有关的冲突是女人和孩子。同事，一个在东部库纳尔省炸弹自杀袭击了在去参加州长官邸会议的北约巡逻。官员说三个联合部队和阿富汗民众被杀了。还有一些人受伤。索拉亚纳尔逊，NPR新闻，喀布尔。这里是NPR。新的埃及政府正面对一个最大的考验就是在西奈半岛处理该安全危机。在激进分子嫌疑人杀害了16名战士以后，伊斯兰总统穆罕默德莫尔西解雇了他的首席情报长官和北部西奈的地方长官。他也解散了总统卫队的负责人，并且在开罗改组了安全等级。埃及对西奈的好斗者发动血腥的空袭，之后的几个小时，这个决定被宣布。当时西奈的部分地区穆巴拉克政权被推翻之后陷入无法无天的状态。