美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-20_在线英语听力室

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1. The bodies of two young boys killed in last week school shootings have been taken to their resting places. They are among 20 children who were killed in their school Friday along with six adults. The gunman also killed his mother and himself.

2. The White House says curbing¹ gun violence is a complex problem that will require a "comprehensive solution". That includes addressing gun control measures, but Spokesman Jay Carney says no single piece of legislation or single action will fully² address the problem.

3. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has picked Congressman³ Tim Scott to be the state's next US senator. Scott takes over for Jim DeMint who is leaving to head a conservative think tank in Washington.

4. And some residents in Ecuador are being advised to evacuate⁴ after an increase in volcanic⁵ activity. So far, there have been three explosions and they last more than three miles tall.

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1 curbing
n.边石，边石的材料v.限制，克制，抑制( curb的现在分词 )
参考例句：
Progress has been made in curbing inflation. 在控制通货膨胀方面已取得了进展。 A range of policies have been introduced aimed at curbing inflation. 为了抑制通货膨胀实施了一系列的政策。

2 fully
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。 They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

4 evacuate
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
参考例句：
We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！ They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

5 volcanic
adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的
参考例句：
There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。 Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-20