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President Obama intervenes to end Philadelphia transit strike
奥巴马亲自出马 费城铁路罢工1天搞定
Get back to work. That was President Obama's order to striking transportation workers in Philadelphia on Saturday night. The move came just hours after nearly 450 workers, who operate the trains that connect Philadelphia to the suburbs, walked off the job. Republican Governor Tom Corbett had asked Obama to intervene. He wanted the president to set up an emergency board to force the two sides back to the negotiating table. Union rep Arthur Davidson says they'll comply with the president's mandate.
回到工作岗位。这是周六晚上奥巴马总统向费城罢工的交通系统工人下达的命令。该命令下达时，接近450名连接费城和郊区铁路的工作人员罢工刚刚几个小时。共和党州长科比特(Tom Corbett)请求奥巴马干预。他希望总统成立紧急委员会，强制双方重返谈判桌。工会代表Arthur Davidson表示，他们将遵守总统的命令。
SOUNDBITE: ARTHUR DAVIDSON, IBEW LOCAL 98, SAYING: "We will be given the opportunity to present our best case to the presidential emergency board."
ARTHUR DAVIDSON：“我们将有机会向总统紧急委员会表达我们的意见。”
The workers have gone without a contract since 2009. The main sticking points in talks are wages and pension benefits. The brief strike didn't involve Philadelphia's subways and buses. But nearly 50,000 riders use the affected rail lines on a typical Saturday. Still, the strike could have been more disruptive if it continued into Monday, when many more suburban riders trying to get into the city.
自2009年以来工人们就没有合同。谈判主要的胶着点就是薪资和养老金福利。这次短时间的罢工并不包括地铁和公共汽车。但是在周六，共有接近50,000名乘客使用受影响的铁路。然而，如果罢工持续到周一，其破坏性可能更加严重，届时将有更多郊区居民进城。
Russian embassy in Kiev attacked
俄罗斯驻基辅大使馆遇袭
Russia's embassy in Kiev comes under a hail of missiles as protesters vent their anger against Moscow's backing of separatist rebels in east Ukraine. They hurled bricks, stones and eggs at the building. Some witnesses said the Russian flag was ripped up. Several cars which appeared to belong to the embassy were overturned and a metal gate was damaged. There was no attempt by Ukrainian police to intervene. The assault came as Ukraine's president promised tough action against pro-Russian rebels who shot down an army transport plane on Saturday. All 49 servicemen on board were killed. The plane was hit by an anti-aircraft missile at it came in to land at Luhansk airport near the Russian border. It's the biggest toll suffered by Ukraine's government in a single incident since the conflict began. A day of mourning's been announced. The violence comes as talks continue ahead of Monday's deadline for Russia to cut off Ukraine's gas supplies. The European Energy Commissioner said there were signs of progress.
俄罗斯驻基辅大使馆遭遇大量投射物袭击，抗议者借此发泄对莫斯科支持乌克兰东部分裂主义叛军的愤怒。他们向大使馆投掷砖头，石块和鸡蛋。一些目击者表示，俄罗斯国旗被撕碎。似乎属于大使馆的几辆汽车被推翻，金属门被损坏。乌克兰警方没有干预。袭击发生之时，乌克兰总统承诺采取严厉措施打击亲俄叛军。这些亲俄叛军于周六击落了一架军用运输机。机上所有49名服役人员全部遇难。这架飞机在靠近俄罗斯边境的卢甘斯克机场准备降落时遭遇防空导弹袭击。这是自冲突开始以来乌克兰政府在单次事故中遭遇的最严重的人员伤亡。政府宣布进行为期一天的哀悼。暴力发生时，谈判仍在继续进行，而周一将是俄罗斯切断乌克兰天然气供应的最后期限。
(SOUNDBITE)(English) EUROPEAN ENERGY COMMISSIONER GUENTER OETTINGER SAYING: "We have a time limit up to Monday morning and so it's good to have a meeting this evening and maybe tomorrow, and we're willing to use the time here in Kiev."
欧盟能源专员欧廷厄(Guenter Oettinger)：“我们最后的时间限制是周一早上，所以今晚或明天最好举行会晤，我们愿意利用在基辅的时间。”
Russia's demanding payment of a 1.95 billion dollar gas bill in a long-running dispute, part of a broader crisis since Moscow's annexation of Crimea in March.
俄罗斯要求乌克兰政府支付19.5亿美元的账单。这是一场持续已久的争端，是自三月份克里米亚入俄以来的边境危机的一部分。
Prehistoric discovery in New Mexico
新墨西哥发现史前大象头骨
It certainly isn't what you'd expect to stumble across while strolling along the beach... The fossilized skull belonging to what was a stegomastodon - massive prehistoric elephant. The prehistoric bones surfaced after they were washed up in Elephant Butte beach, in New Mexico. The skull was discovered by a group attending a bachelor party, who saw the bones sticking out of the sand. Gary Morgan is a Paleontologist at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. He says he's never seen anything like this.
当你在沙滩漫步的时候肯定想不到会发现这些东西。这副化石头骨属于巨大的史前大象剑乳齿象。这副史前头骨在新墨西哥州大象丘沙滩被海水冲刷后浮出水面，被参加单身派对的一些人发现，他们看到头骨埋在沙滩中。Gary Morgan是新墨西哥自然历史和科学博物馆一名古生物学者。他说自己从未见过这样的化石。
GARY MORGAN / PALEONTOLOGIST, NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE "This is the most complete of any of them I've found including the younger mastodons and mammoths from the ice age, this is older than that... This mastodon was living drinking feeding alongside the ancient Rio Grande three-million years ago... As we've dug around we haven't seen any other bones, so all the limb bones, the skeleton seem to be missing."
新墨西哥自然历史和科学博物馆古生物学者Gary Morgan：“这是我曾经发现的包括年轻的乳齿象和冰川纪猛犸象在内的最完整的骨骼化石，比以前的都更加久远。这只剑乳齿象生活在300万年前的大河流域。我们在这里挖掘的时候没有发现其他骨骼，所以四肢和骨架似乎都失踪了。”
The elephant itself is estimated to have weighed as much as 13,000 pounds. Crews from the New Mexico State Parks and volunteers worked to uncover the skull. What they're able to remove will then be transported to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History. Park officials say the scull may offer more insight into the prehistoric elephant than ever before.
据估计，这头大象重达13,000磅。来自新墨西哥州立公园的职员和志愿者们一起发掘了这副头骨。他们发掘的成果将被运送到新墨西哥自然历史博物馆。公园官员们表示，这副头骨将为史前大象的研究提供比以往任何时候更多的视角。
