美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-10-13_在线英语听力室

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1. Jerry Sandusky will spend at least 30 years behind bars. The former Penn State assistant football coach was sentenced to 30-60 years in prison Tuesday. The 68-year-old was convicted in June on 45 counts of child sexual abuse.

2. Campaign in Iowa Tuesday Mitt¹ Romney said he is scratching his head of President Barack Obama's focus on big bird. The President is featuring the "Sesame Street" star in a new campaign and mocking Romney's vow² to end federal funding for public broadcasting.

3. Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner cancelled his planned death-defying 23-mile free fall Tuesday because of high winds. This is second time this week he was forced to postpone³ his quest to be the first supersonic skydiver.

4. Charlie Brown and his "Peanuts" pals⁴ are coming to the big-screen. The Charles Schulz' characters will star in their own animated⁵ film scheduled to hit theatres in November 2015. That year marks the 60-th anniversary of the Peanuts comic-strip.

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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 vow
n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓
参考例句：
My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。 I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

3 postpone
v.延期，推迟
参考例句：
I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。 She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

4 pals
n.朋友( pal的名词复数 )；老兄；小子；（对男子的不友好的称呼）家伙
参考例句：
We've been pals for years. 我们是多年的哥们儿了。 CD 8 positive cells remarkably increased in PALS and RP(P CD8+细胞在再生脾PALS和RP内均明显增加(P 来自互联网

5 animated
adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的
参考例句：
His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。 We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-10-13