[page]中英文本[/page]
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

The White House is awarding the Medal of Honor this hour to an American soldier from Elwood City, Pennsylvania,who's killed in Cambodia in 1970. The army says paperwork for the award was lost for three decades until a Vietnam war veteran uncovered it at the National Archives. NPR's Giles Snyder reports that after more than 40 years, the late Leslie Sabo Junior will finally be recognized for his heroic action.

Specialist Leslie Sabo Junior's receiving the Medal of Honor posthumously for actions he took when his platoon was ambushed by North Vietnamese forces, near a village in eastern Cambodia in 1970. The White House says Sabo saved the lives of several his fellow soldiers at one point using his body to shield a wounded comrade from a grenadeblast. The White House says after suffering wounds in the explosion and from automatic weapons fire.Sabo crawled toward an enemy emplacement and used another grenade to silence his foes. It was that blast that killed him.

Sabo's widow and his brother are expected to attend the White House ceremony with the president and First Lady.Giles Snyder NPR News washington .

JP Morgan Chase's $2 billion gap is a subject of congressional scrutiny today House Republican said the bank's trading losses raised critical questions about who firms control their risks, but they are rejecting Democratic calls for stricter regulation.

The defense in John Edwards' corruption trial rests without calling the former Democratic presidential candidate or his ex-mistress to the stand, Edwards faces six counts of violating campaign finance law by using donors' money to hide his extra-marital affair with Rielle Hunter on his running for president in 2008. Edwards had pleaded not guilty.

Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is on a campaign swing through Florida. This morning, he appeared before several hundred people in Saint Petersburg. Steve Newborn of member station of WUSF says the GOP's presumptive nominee focused today on the national debt.

Mitt Romney went tireless and joked with the crowd of mostly retirees. Standing before a digital clock endless ticking up the amount of national debt, he went on the offensive against President Obama.

This president's comfortable with trillion dollar deficits, I'm not, I will stop that. This is a president who's comfortable in cutting a military, I am not, I will stop that. This is a president who is not taking advantage of our energy resources, instead, he is taking your dollars and investing it in some of the little businesses of his campaign contributors.
This campaign debate will continue for just over 100 days. The nation's largest swing state will then be the home for the GOP National convention. For NPR News, I'm Steve Newborn, in Tampa.
Dow is up 19 points at 12,651; NASDAQ is off 11 points.
This is NPR News.[qh]这里是华盛顿的NPR新闻,我是拉•辛格。
白宫在这个小时内为一名1970年在柬埔寨被杀害的美国宾夕法尼亚州埃尔伍德城士兵授予荣誉勋章。陆军表示该授勋的文书工作已经丢失了整整30年,直到一名越战老兵在国家档案馆时发现它。NPR新闻的贾尔斯•斯奈德报道,时隔40多年之后,已故的莱斯利最终因为他的英雄行为受到表彰。
专家莱斯利•赛博因1970年在柬埔寨东部一个村庄附近他的排遭到北越军队埋伏时他采取的行动而接受荣誉勋章。白宫称赛博在一个地点用他的身体保护受伤的战友免受手榴弹爆炸而挽救了一些战友们的生命。白宫称因爆炸和自动武器开火受伤后,赛博爬向敌人阵地并使用一枚手榴弹来让他的敌人沉默。正是因为爆炸结束了他的生命。赛博的遗孀和他的兄弟将会出席白宫总统和第一夫人举行的仪式。NPR新闻,吉尔斯•斯奈德，华盛顿报道。
摩根大通20亿美元的差距是受制于国会的严格审查，今天众议院共和党表示银行的交易损失上升至是哪家公司控制他们的风险的关键问题,但他们拒绝民主党呼吁的更严格的监管。
约翰•爱德华兹的腐败案审判没有传唤前民主党总统候选人或他的前情妇目前进入停摆，爱德华兹面临违反6项竞选财务法律，在2008年竞选总统期间他通过使用捐赠者的资金来掩盖他的婚外情。爱德华兹拒不认罪。
共和党总统候选人米特•罗姆尼正在佛罗里达州进行竞选。今天早晨,他出现在圣彼得堡几百人面前。NPR新闻的史蒂夫称美国共和党总统提名候选人今天将集中于国家债务上。
米特•罗姆尼不知疲倦,与群众中大多数主要是退休的人员开着玩笑。罗姆尼站在一个滴答作响永不停止的数字时钟前对国家债务侃侃而谈,他继续反对奥巴马总统。
这位总统对于上万亿美元的赤字感到非常坦然,我则不是,我将阻止它。这位总统对于削减军队感到非常坦然,我则不是,我将阻止它。这是一位不会利用我们的能源资源的总统,相反,他用你的钱投资于一些为其竞选的贡献的微小企业。
这场竞选辩论将在接下来的100天内继续进行。美国最大的州将成为共和党的全国代表大会的主战场。NPR新闻,史蒂夫•纽伯恩,坦帕报道。
道琼斯指数上涨19点，截至12651点,纳斯达克指数下降11点。
这里是NPR新闻。
注：听力文本来源于普特
可可原创，未经许可请勿转载

[page]词语解释[/page]

1. veteran n.老手,老兵

A good idea soaked into that veteran worker.
那位老工人的头脑里有了一个好主意。

2．ambush v.埋伏,伏击

He suspected an ambush.
他感到有埋伏。

3. blast n.爆炸,巨响

27 school children were injured in the blast.
27名学龄儿童在爆炸中受了伤。

4. scrutiny n.监视,细看

She was conscious of his scrutiny of her face.
她觉察到了他长时间的注视着她的脸。

5. guilty a.有罪的,内疚的

The man was proved guilty of murder.
这个男子被证实犯了杀人罪。