AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-22)_在线英语听力室

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1. Two thousand US marines are expected to arrive off the coast of Haiti today to help relief organizations get supplies to earthquake survivors². The troop increase and a request for more UN peacekeepers comes a day after more violence in the Haitian capital. Former President Bill Clinton also was expected to tour quake damage around Port-au-Prince today.

2. Afghan President Hamid Karzai says security has been restored to Kabul after a Taliban attack targeted government buildings prompting a fierce gun battle. Officials say at least five people were killed, another 40 wounded.

3. It's the final full day of campaigning in Massachusetts for Ted¹ Kennedy's old Senate seat. Republican Scott Brown and Democrat³ Martha Coakley are in a fierce battle. President Barack Obama was in Boston yesterday campaigning for Coakley.

4. The Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul in 1981 is now out of prison. Mehmet Ali Agca spent more than 29 years behind bars. He'll now be taken to a military facility and then a hospital for examination. It's expected to confirm a 2006 military hospital report, saying that he’s not fit for obligatory⁴ military service.

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1 ted
vt.翻晒，撒，撒开
参考例句：
The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。 She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

2 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

3 democrat
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

4 obligatory
adj.强制性的，义务的，必须的
参考例句：
It is obligatory for us to obey the laws.我们必须守法。 It is obligatory on every citizen to safeguard our great motherland.保卫我们伟大的祖国是每一个公民应尽的义务。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-22)