美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-10-05_在线英语听力室

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1. President Obama and Mitt¹ Romney will be campaigning in the same state again Thursday. It's Virginia this time, after both spent time in Ohio, another pivotal state.

2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make his case against Iran before the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, arguing that time is quickly running out to stop the Islamic republic from becoming a nuclear power.

3. It's back on the field for the NFL's regular referees². The replacement³ refs are out after negotiators for the NFL and the refs union reached a tentative agreement Wednesday night.

4. And the Pope's once-trusted butler goes on trial Saturday, for allegedly stealing documents and passing them off to a journalist. Paolo Gabriele could get six years in prison if a three-judge Vatican tribunal finds him guilty of aggravated⁴ theft.

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1 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 referees
n.裁判员( referee的名词复数 )；证明人；公断人；（专业性强的文章的）审阅人
参考例句：
The fiery player has had numerous run-ins with referees. 这位脾气暴躁的队员曾和裁判员发生过无数次争吵。 If you want to appeal, the Court of Referees will decide. 如果你要上诉，可以由仲裁法庭去判决。来自辞典例句

3 replacement
n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品
参考例句：
We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。 They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

4 aggravated
使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 )；使更严重；激怒；使恼火
参考例句：
If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him. 假如他再激怒我，我就要揍他。 Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it. 这药非但不镇咳，反而使我咳嗽得更厉害。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-10-05