AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-07-16_在线英语听力室

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1.Officials believe five-year-old Nevaeh Buchanan may have been buried alive. Her body was found buried near Michigan River. Autopsy¹ results indicate she suffocated² after inhaling³ soil but did not determine an exact cause of death.

2.A passenger plane crashed in northwest Iran. And officials there say there do not appear to be any survivors⁴. State media report there were 168 people aboard. The Russia-made Caspian Airlines jet was heading from Tehran to Armenian when it cracked.

3.Another grueling day of questioning is ahead for Sonia Sotomayor. President Barack Obama's choice for the Supreme⁵ Court has been deflecting⁶ Republican criticism that she is biased⁷ by citing her 17-year record as a federal judge.

4.NASA is going for its sixth attempt to launch the space shuttle Endeavour. Thunderstorms delayed the mission three times and hydrogen gas leaks caused two postponements. Endeavour is poised⁸ to take off for the International Space Station this evening.

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1 autopsy
n.尸体解剖；尸检
参考例句：
They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。 A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

2 suffocated
（使某人）窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 )；（将某人）闷死；让人感觉闷热；憋气
参考例句：
Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars. 许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。 I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时，我差点给憋死。

3 inhaling
v.吸入( inhale的现在分词 )
参考例句：
He was treated for the effects of inhaling smoke. 他因吸入烟尘而接受治疗。来自辞典例句 The long-term effects of inhaling contaminated air is unknown. 长期吸入被污染空气的影响还无从知晓。来自互联网

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 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。 He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

6 deflecting
（使）偏斜，（使）偏离，（使）转向( deflect的现在分词 )
参考例句：
A variety of mechanical surfaces have been employed for deflecting the exhaust jets of solid-propellant rockets. 人们已经用过各种类型的机械控制面来偏转固体推进剂火箭的排气流。 If she made a leading statement, he was expert deflecting her into more impersonal channels. 只要她一开口，他就会巧妙地把她的话题转到与个人无关的问题上去。

7 biased
a.有偏见的
参考例句：
a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校 The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

8 poised
a.摆好姿势不动的
参考例句：
The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。 Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-07-16