1、From NPR News in Washington, Im Korva Coleman.At the Summer Olympics in London, its a big day for Michael Phelps. He is swimming in what he says, is the final race of his career this hour. NPRs Howard Berkes says its Phelps last chance to add to his record number of Olympic medals.Its a pretty good
2、chance, because Michael Phelps will be swimming in a race the United States has never lost, the 4 by 100 medley relay. The event closes the swimming competition at the London Olympics, an match that announces the end of Phelps competitive swimming career. He has 17 gold medals going into the race, a
3、nd 21 allover including three golds in London. But as Phelps swims off into the sunset, team USA, as a couple of youngsters already making their remarks. Seventeen-year-old Missy Franklin set a world record in the 200 backstroke Friday. Earning her third gold medal. Fifteen-year-old Katy Ledecky als
4、o won gold Friday in the 800-meter freestyle just a shade of the record. Franklin also races one more time Saturday in the relay. Howard Berkes, NPR News, London.President Obama praised the US Olympic team today in his weekly media address. He says he is proud as he watched Gymnast Gabby Douglas won
5、 her individual gold medal and enjoyed following Michael Phelps.In the Republicans weekly response, House Majority leader Eric Cantor stuck mostly to politics, calling on Democrats to broaden tax relief for all Americans including wealthier taxpayers.Southwest Airlines is apologising to customers to
6、day. A computer glitch caused flyers to be charged ten or more times for a single reservation. Jim Burress from member station WABE in Atlanta has this report.Some customers woke up Saturday to maxed-out credit cards or empty bank accounts. Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins, says the problem started
7、after overwhelming response to a one-day 50% off sales promotionon Friday. Hawkins says the Airlines website experienced performance issues, in various times throughout the day. He says customer service agents worked overnight and continued working to cancel any duplicated itineraries and reverse ex
8、tra charges. Meanwhile, Southwest 800 reservation line is overran with calls,making it difficult for customers to reach the airline. Southwest says its not sure how many travellers are affected. For NPR News, Im Jim Burress, in Atlanta.Dozens of homes have burned in Oklahoma as dozens of fire scorch
9、ed more acreage. High gusty winds that fanned flames have died down, but people were told to evacuate in four counties, several Oklahoma state highways are closed. And officials say a fire burning in the town near Oklahoma city may have been deliberately set.Tropical storm Ernesto was swirling south
10、 of Jamaica and headed for Mexico. The National Hurricane Centre says its top winds are about 50 miles per hour. Also today, tropical storm Florence formed far-out in the Atlantic about 330 miles of the Cape Verde Islands.This is NPR.这里是在华盛顿的NPR新闻,我是科瓦科尔曼。夏季的伦敦奥运会正如火如荼的展开,这对迈克尔菲尔普斯来说是一个伟大的日子。他的游泳就像他
11、说的一样, 是他职业生涯的最后一场比赛。NPR新闻的霍华德贝尔克斯报道这是菲尔普斯增加他的奖牌数量记录的最后机会。这是一个很好的机会,因为迈克尔菲尔普斯将在美国从来没有输的4100米混合泳接力比赛中登台亮相。这一赛事将结束伦敦奥运会的泳坛争夺,并且宣告结束菲尔普斯的游泳竞技职业生涯。他会带着17枚金牌,总共21枚奖牌，包括三枚伦敦金牌跃入池中。但随着菲尔普斯的宣告退役,美国队的几位少年已经长大成为栋梁。17岁的富兰克林星期五在200米仰泳赛事中创造了世界纪录。她赢得第三枚奥运金牌。15岁的凯蒂也赢得了金牌,在周五的800米自由泳比赛中也创造了记录。富兰克林还会继续参加星期六的接力比赛。NPR新
12、闻,霍华德贝尔克斯,伦敦报道。奥巴马总统今天在他的每周媒体发言中盛赞美国奥运代表队。他表示自己当看到体操运动员道格拉斯赢得了她的个人项目金牌,而且随后迈克尔菲尔普斯也开始享受冠军的乐趣而感到自豪。为了回应共和党,众议院多数党领袖埃里克康托尔卡为了政治,呼吁民主党扩大税收减免包括富裕的纳税人在内的所有美国人。西南航空公司今天向客户道歉。电脑故障导致飞机因为单一的预订被十倍或更多倍的扩大。请看吉姆布里斯的详细报道。一些客户于周六醒来时发现信用卡被刷爆或银行账户显示赤字。西南航空发言人布拉德霍金斯称这一问题反应强烈,之后就开始了一天的促销周五50%折扣弥补。霍金斯表示航空公司网站经历了性能问题,在不
13、同时期经过了一整天。他称客户服务代理人们已经彻夜工作,继续致力于取消任何重复的线路和反向额外费用。与此同时,西南800预订线路也被来电占据,这使得它很容易使客户到达航空公司。西南航空表示,仍然不确定有多少旅行者都受到了影响。NPR新闻节目,吉姆布里斯,亚特兰大报道。俄克拉荷马州被大火烧毁的房屋已经达到几十间。高强度阵风,煽动的火焰已经销声匿迹,但人们仍然被要求撤离,几条俄克拉何马州立高速公路已经关闭。有关官员表示火灾燃烧在俄克拉荷马城附近的城镇,可能是有人蓄意纵火。热带风暴埃内斯托称漩涡状前往牙买加和墨西哥。美国国家飓风中心表示它的最高时速是每小时50英里。今天,热带风暴佛罗伦萨在大西洋非常遥远的的佛得角群岛约330英里处形成。这里是NPR新闻。
