AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-09_在线英语听力室

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1.An F/A-18 military jet approaching a marine¹ base has crashed in a densely² populated San Diego neighborhood. Officials say the pilot ejected. The crash sparked at least one house fire.

2.Moments after five Blackwater security guards turned themselves in, prosecutors³ unsealed a 35-count indictment⁴ against them. The guards are facing manslaughter and other charges over a shooting incident in a Baghdad intersection⁵ last year that left 17 Iraqi civilians⁶ dead.

3.Congressional Democrats⁷ have sent the White House a draft of a roughly 15-billion-dollar auto⁸ bailout. That’s expected to come to a vote this week. According to a draft obtained by the AP, the measure would rush bridge loans to Detroit's Big Three automakers. It would also put an overseer appointed by the President in charge of monitoring an industry restructuring.

4.And a zoo in Brazil is celebrating the birth of a rare pigmy hippopotamus⁹ by inviting¹⁰ visitors to vote on its name. So far, the zoo has selected four names to vote for, including Kadina, and Lola.

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1. F/A-18: n.

(Hornet“大黄蜂”) 双发超音速舰载战斗/攻击机, to see more please click HERE

2.indictment: n.

an official written statement charging someone with a criminal

3.rush: v.

to deal with official or government business more quickly than usual

4.overseer: n.

someone who is in charge of a project, group of workers etc, and who makes sure that the job is done properly [= supervisor]

5. pigmy hippopotamus: n.

倭河马：利比里亚和象牙海岸的一种小河马（倭河马），常见于低地森林和沼泽地

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1 marine
adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵
参考例句：
Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。 When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

2 densely
ad.密集地；浓厚地
参考例句：
A grove of trees shadowed the house densely. 树丛把这幢房子遮蔽得很密实。 We passed through miles of densely wooded country. 我们穿过好几英里茂密的林地。

3 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

4 indictment
n.起诉；诉状
参考例句：
He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。 They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

5 intersection
n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集
参考例句：
There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。 Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。

6 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓
参考例句：
the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀 At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

7 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

8 auto
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
参考例句：
Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。 The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

9 hippopotamus
n.河马
参考例句：
The children enjoyed watching the hippopotamus wallowing in the mud.孩子们真喜观看河马在泥中打滚。 A hippopotamus surfs the waves off the coast of Gabon.一头河马在加蓬的海岸附近冲浪。

10 inviting
adj.诱人的，引人注目的
参考例句：
An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。 The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-09