NPR英语听力2013年01月合辑（文本+视频，26份）第一部分

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The White House is hosting major players in gun policy including the National Rifle Association. It's gathering proposals for gun control initiatives weeks after the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school. In Tucson, Arizona, police are destroying more than 200 firearms despite objections from the NRA. NPR's Ted Robbins reports. The city of Tucson held a gun buyback, giving 50 dollars in grocery cards for every weapon turned in. An NRA spokesman said there's no problem with that. But Arizona's state law prohibited the city from destroying the guns. Instead he said the guns should have been sold to firearms dealers to be put back in circulation or given away. The city said the law applies to seized or abandoned firearms, not those turned in voluntarily. So police sent 205 weapons to be shredded Tuesday afternoon. The NRA says it will work with the Arizona's Legislature to clarify the law and prevent future firearm destruction. Ted Robbins, NPR News, Tucson. An investigation is under way into what caused the ferry crash in Lower Manhattan that injured more than 50 people, at least two of them critically. The accident occurred during morning rush hour. Transocean is in court this hour, its first appearance since settling with the US Justice Department for its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports the deal won't be approved until after a hearing next month. Transocean has agreed to pay 1.4 billion dollars in civil and criminal penalties and plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act. The firm owned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig which exploded in a well blowout, killing 11 rig workers and polluting the Gulf with near five million barrels of oil. BP leased the rig from Transocean. Today's court appearance in New Orleans is preliminary. Transocean is expected to enter its guilty plea next month when a federal judge holds a hearing on whether to accept the settleme