AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-04-04_在线英语听力室

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1. Multiple people have been killed in an attack on an immigration services center in Binghamton, New York. The gunman reportedly barricaded¹ the rear door of the building with his car before entering the front door and opening fire.

2. Courting Europe with an American-style campaign, President Barack Obama on Friday talked up his plans to eliminate nuclear weapons, close the Guantanamo Bay prison and tackle global warming at a town hall meeting in Strasbourg, France.

3. The nation's unemployment rate jumped to 8.5% in March, the highest since 1983 as employers cut some 600,000 jobs last month. It's fresh evidence of the total recession has inflicted² on America's workers and economists³ say there is no relief in sight.

4. Seattle Mariners⁴ star outfielder Ichiro Suzuki is being treated for a bleeding ulcer⁵ and was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday for the first time in his career, sending Seattle into opening day minus one of baseball's best players.

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1 barricaded
设路障于，以障碍物阻塞( barricade的过去式和过去分词 )；设路障[防御工事]保卫或固守
参考例句：
The police barricaded the entrance. 警方在入口处设置了路障。 The doors had been barricaded. 门都被堵住了。

2 inflicted
把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。 Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。

3 economists
n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。 Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 mariners
海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）
参考例句：
Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。 The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。

5 ulcer
n.溃疡，腐坏物
参考例句：
She had an ulcer in her mouth.她口腔出现溃疡。 A bacterium is identified as the cause for his duodenal ulcer.一种细菌被断定为造成他十二指肠溃疡的根源。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-04-04