AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-05-20_在线英语听力室

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1. President Barack Obama has been outlined the nation’s first comprehensive effort to curb¹ vehicle emissions² while also cutting dependence³ on imported oils. He’s calling the plan a historic turning point toward a “clean-energy economy”.

2. Authorities say a Bakersfield, California boy will likely be blind after police say his father bit out one of his eyes and mutilated the other while on PCP. Thirty-four-year-old Angel Vidal Mendoza Sr. has been held on suspicion of mayhem, torture and other charges.

3. Workers accused of staging fights by mentally and developmentally disabled residents at a state school in Corpus Christi, Texas have been arraigned⁴ on felony charges, all pleaded not guilty. The fights at Corpus Christi State School recorded on a cellular⁵ phone.

4. NASA reports the Hubble Space Telescope is better than new and flying on its own again. Officials say the 19-year-old Hubble should be good for another five to ten years.

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1 curb
n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制
参考例句：
I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。 You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

2 emissions
排放物( emission的名词复数 )；散发物（尤指气体）
参考例句：
Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。 Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

3 dependence
n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属
参考例句：
Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。 He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。

4 arraigned
v.告发( arraign的过去式和过去分词 )；控告；传讯；指责
参考例句：
He was arraigned for murder. 他因谋杀罪而被提讯。 She was arraigned for high treason. 她被控叛国罪。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 cellular
adj.移动的；细胞的，由细胞组成的
参考例句：
She has a cellular telephone in her car.她的汽车里有一部无线通讯电话机。 Many people use cellular materials as sensitive elements in hygrometers.很多人用蜂窝状的材料作为测量温度的传感元件。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-05-20