美联社一分钟新闻2009-08-25_在线英语听力室

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1. Ben Bernanke sees the beginning of the end of the financial crisis. The Federal Reserve chairman says economic activity in the US and around the world appears to be leveling out and the prospects¹ for a return to growth in the near term appear good. Though he warns difficult challenges still lie ahead.

2. President Obama is describing the elaborate homecoming of the freed Lockerbie bomber² in Libya as "highly objectionable". He was freed from a Scotland prison because he's dying of prostate cancer.

3. A possible glimpse of the defense³ for Casey Anthony. Attorney used for the Florida mom charged with killing⁴ her two-year-old daughter Caylee claimed Friday that she could not have killed the child because the toddler's remains⁵ were left in the woods while she was in jail.

4. This python put the squeeze on people looking for cash at this ATM machine in Serbia. Customers found the six-and-a-half-foot python sprawled⁶ over the machine in the center of town. Firefighters eventually captured the reptile⁷.

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1 prospects
n.希望，前途(恒为复数)
参考例句：
There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects. 公司中有一种对工作前景悲观的情绪。 They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他们对公司的远景不那么乐观。

2 bomber
n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者
参考例句：
He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。 Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

3 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

5 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 sprawled
v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的过去式和过去分词)；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着）
参考例句：
He was sprawled full-length across the bed. 他手脚摊开横躺在床上。 He was lying sprawled in an armchair, watching TV. 他四肢伸开正懒散地靠在扶手椅上看电视。

7 reptile
n.爬行动物；两栖动物
参考例句：
The frog is not a true reptile.青蛙并非真正的爬行动物。 So you should not be surprised to see someone keep a reptile as a pet.所以，你不必惊奇有人养了一只爬行动物作为宠物。

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美联社一分钟新闻2009-08-25