AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-28)_在线英语听力室

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This is AP News Minute.

President Barack Obama is in Florida speaking in Jackson Building,the members of the military.The president remembered 14 Americans killed Monday in helicopter crashes in Afghanistan,saying they gave their lives to protect arms.

Famliy and friends of slain¹ University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard gathered in Miami for his funeral.Howard was fatally stabbed outside a dance in the school's campus just over a week ago.

FBI officials say they've rescued 52 children in the series of raids aimed at underage prostitution.60 pimps were arrested in various raids of the three-day's enforcement effort.The youngest child rescued was just ten.

Retired² slugger Mark McGwire whose homerun record was tainted³ by steroid allegations is returing to baseball as a hitting coach under St. Louis Cardinals⁴' manager Tony LabRussa.McGwire has been largely out of the public eyes since refusing to answer questions about steroid use during a 2005 congressional hearing.

I'm Matt Friedman,the Associated Press,with AP News Minute.

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1 slain
杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)
参考例句：
The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。 His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

2 retired
adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的
参考例句：
The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。 Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

3 tainted
adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏
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The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。 He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 cardinals
红衣主教( cardinal的名词复数 )；红衣凤头鸟（见于北美，雄鸟为鲜红色）；基数
参考例句：
cardinals in scarlet robes 身披红袍的枢机主教 A conclave of cardinals was held to elect the new Pope. 红衣主教团举行了秘密会议来选举新教皇。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-28)