美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-10-19_在线英语听力室

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1. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt¹ Romney are hoping to persuade at least 80 undecided voters. That's how many people are in the audience at the second town hall style debate in New York.

2. Hillary Clinton is answering to Republican criticism of the Obama administration's handling of the attack at the US consulate² in Benghazi, Libya. The secretary of state is saying she, and not the White House, is responsible for security at all of America's diplomatic missions.

3. Friends and former colleagues mourned the loss of former senator Arlen Specter, calling him "an irreplaceable man". Vice³ President Joe Biden and former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell were among hundreds attending the funeral in a Philadelphia suburb.

4. And the thieves who broke into a Dutch art museum have made off with paintings that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The works were by artists including Picasso, Monet and Matisse. An expert says the robbers clearly knew what they were after.

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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 consulate
n.领事馆
参考例句：
The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。 The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

3 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-10-19