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From NPR news in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
这里是华盛顿NPR新闻，我是温莎·约翰斯顿。
Extreme weather is continuing to re-havoc across the US. Higher than normal temperatures have been recorded in several cities as a tornado touched down in Arkansas, and 4 people were killed in a flood in Kentucky. NPR's Martin Kaste reports snow and ice storm have left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without electricity.
美国继续遭遇极端天气的侵袭。几个城市的温度高于正常气温，龙卷风登陆阿肯色州，肯塔基州有四人因洪水死亡。据NPR新闻的马丁·凯斯特报道，冰雪和冰暴使数万个家庭和商店断电。
The National Weather Service calls this storm system multifaceted. That put in mildly and the ice storm is bearing down on northern New York State from Vermont to New Hampshire, while Michigan is coping with power outages due to a frozen rain. At the same time, New York City, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. are experiencing a heat wave with a height in the 70c. Pre-Christmas travelers may need to change their plans as hundreds of flights have been canceled at airport hubs in Chicago, Dallas and Huston. Martin Kaste, NPR News.
美国国家气象局称这个风暴系统涉及众多方面。这个系统有些复杂，冰暴正在向纽约州北部地区逼近，从佛蒙特州向新罕布什尔州转移，而密歇根州因冻雨而遭遇停电。同时，纽约市，费城以及华盛顿特区都在经历热浪，最高温度达到70华氏度。计划在圣诞节前旅行的民众可能需要改变旅行计划，因为芝加哥、达拉斯和休斯敦机场取消了数百架航班。NPR新闻，马丁·凯斯特报道。
The International Monetary Fund is predicting the US economy will expand at a fast pace in next year. IMF managing director Christine Lagarde told the NBC Meet the Press today that positive economic data and some signs of compromising Congress are the driving factors.
国际货币基金组织预测明年美国经济将快速扩张。今天，国际货币基金组织总裁克里斯蒂娜·拉加德接受NBC电视台的《Meet the Press》采访时表示，预测的依据是积极的经济数据和国会释放出的妥协信号。
"Seeing a budget deal, seeing tapering by the Fed, which is a sign of confidence in the real economy, should lead them to invest, to hire and to be more confident."
“我们看到预算协议通过，美联储缩减了债券计划，这是对实体经济有信心的信号，这会促进投资、雇佣，并带来更多的自信心。”
Lagarde also praised the US Federal Reserve's communication about its decision last week to start scale back its massive monetary stimulus.
同时，拉加德称赞了美国联邦储备局上周宣布将开始进行缩减大规模货币刺激计划。
The average US price of gasoline has dipped 2 cents a gallon in the past 2 weeks after a monthly increase, the latest Lambert Survey says the average price for a gallon at regular is now $3.26.
过去两周，美国汽油平均价格每加仑下降两美分，此前价格曾连续一个月持续上涨，最新公布的调查显示，目前每加仑汽油的平均价格为3.26美元。
Israeli politicians say they're not surprised by documents released by Edward Snowden, showing that US spied on Israel. As NPR's Emily Harris reports, much reaction in Israel is focusing on a spy in a US prison.
以色列政治人士表示，他们对爱德华·斯诺登披露的文件并不惊讶，这份文件表明，美国在监视以色列。据NPR新闻的艾米莉·哈里斯报道，以色列大部分人都在关注美国监狱里的间谍。
New documents released by Snowden showed the UK and US spy agencies targeted at certain E-mails used by top Israeli leaders between 2008 and 2011. Several Israeli ministers are demanding that spy stop, but others said they have long assumed that their communications are intercepted. Many here say this new leaks strengthen Israel government that a spy in US prison should be freed. Jonathan Pollard was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for passing Americans secrecy to Israel. He has become an Israeli cause as successive Israeli government has lobbied for his freedom. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet Sunday he constantly raises Pollard's case with the White House. Emily Harris, NPR News, Jerusalem.
斯诺登披露的最新文件表明，英国和美国情报组织在2008年至2011年间监视以色列高级领导人的特定邮件信息。一些以色列部长要求停止监视活动，但是其他人表示长期以来他们都认为自己的信息被拦截了。许多以色列人表示，新揭露的文件使以色列政府更坚定，要求释放关押在美国监狱的间谍。1987年，乔纳森·波拉德因将美国机密传递给以色列被判断终身监禁。他成为以色列的任务，以色列政府一直在为他的自由游说。周日，以色列总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡对内阁同僚表示，他经常同白宫谈起波拉德的案子。NPR新闻，艾米莉·哈里斯耶路撒冷报道。
President Obama says he may take a further military action to protect Americans in violence-plagued South Sudan. US troops have safely evacuated Americans from the area.
奥巴马总统表示，他可能会采取军事行动保护陷于南苏丹暴力冲突中的美国公民。美国军队正在从该地区执行安全撤离美国公民的任务。
This is NPR.
这里是NPR新闻。
Authorities in Bangladesh have charged the owner of a garment factory that caught fire in last year with homicide. 112 workers were killed, 11 other employees also face charges. Police say when the fire alarm sounded, the managers and security guards told workers that was a routine fire drill and they went back to work. The factory also has no emergency access. Those charges could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted.
孟加拉国有关部门以杀人罪起诉去年起火的服装厂主。那起火灾造成112名工人死亡，同时被起诉的还有11名职员。警方表示，火灾警报器响了以后，经理和安保人员告诉工人这只是常规的消防演习，让他们回去工作。这家工厂没有安全通道。一旦罪名成立，被告可能被判终身监禁。
Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky says he would stand off politics as he's free. He was released last week after serving 10 years in prison. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson reports from Berlin where he met today with reporters.
曾经的俄罗斯石油大亨米哈伊尔·霍多尔科夫斯基表示，他被释放后会远离政治。上周他在入狱10年后获释。据NPR新闻的索拉亚·莎哈迪·纳尔逊从柏林带来的报道，今天他在柏林会见媒体记者。
Unemotional Khodorkovsky thanked German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others for his release Friday. He didn't include Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who pardoned him. Khodorkovsky told reporters that he will continue to work to bring attention to other Russian political prisoners. But he said through an interpreter that he will not return to Russia for now because he fears he'll be arrested again.
平静的霍多尔科夫斯基感谢了德国总理安格拉·默克尔和其他帮助他于周五获释的人。他感谢的人中并没有特赦他的俄罗斯领导人弗拉基米尔·普京。霍多尔科夫斯基对记者表示，他会继续致力于使人们关注俄罗斯政治犯的工作。但是他通过翻译表示，他目前不会回到俄罗斯，因为他担心会再次被捕。
"I thought that doubtable president Putin said after his press conferences, the third case against me would disappear but sadly not everybody in Russia in view of Russian security. I probably believe that."
“我想令人质疑的普京总统在新闻发布会后说过，针对我的第三轮起诉可能不会发生，但是遗憾的是，俄罗斯不是所有人都考虑到了俄罗斯的安全问题。我可能会相信。”
He was convicted twice before a financial crime which many observers see were political motivated cases. Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, NPR News, Berlin.
他曾两次被判经济犯罪，许多观察员认为这种判罚带有政治动机。NPR新闻，索拉亚·莎哈迪·纳尔逊柏林报道。
Several people were injured after a freight train derailment in the Nairobi slum of Kibera, Kenya officials say many people were not in their homes at the time of the crash. The train was on its way to Uganda.
一货运列车在内罗毕贫民窟基拉贝区脱轨，造成数人受伤，肯尼亚官员表示，事故发生时许多民众并不在家中。事发时这列火车正在去往乌干达的路上。
I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.
我是温莎·约翰斯顿，这里是华盛顿NPR新闻。
