AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-01)_在线英语听力室

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1. A massive tsunami¹ has flattened² Samoan villages, sweeping³ cars and people out to sea. Survivors⁴ say they fled 15-foot waves after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit the region. About 100 people have been killed and dozens more are missing.

2. First Lady Michelle Obama is in Denmark to support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics. President Barack Obama will join her on Friday when both of them will participate in the city's final presentation to the International Olympic Committee.

3. Chicago authorities are offering a $6,000 reward for information that leads to more arrests in the fatal beating of a 16-year-old honor student. Four teens have already been charged in the death of Derrion Albert. Officials hope to prevent more violence by increasing patrols in the area.

4. Polar bear Knut spent some more quality time with a female companion at Berlin Zoo on Wednesday. But there is no romance between Knut and Giovanna who is on loan from a Munich zoo. Experts say the two-year-old bears have not reached sexual maturity⁵.

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1 tsunami
n.海啸
参考例句：
Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。 Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

2 flattened
[医]（水）平扁的，弄平的
参考例句：
She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。 I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。

3 sweeping
adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的
参考例句：
The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。 Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

4 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

5 maturity
n.成熟；完成；(支票、债券等)到期
参考例句：
These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。 This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-01)