美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-07_在线英语听力室

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1. Kofi Annan says he can not continue a special envoy¹ for Syria. Annan says instead of giving the Syrian people the action they desperately² need. The Security Council continues to engage in finger-pointing and name-calling.

2. A university of Colorado Psychiatrist³ reportedly wanted to discuss some concerns with the campus security committee about James Holmes weeks before the deadly movie theater shooting. According to a Denver TV station, a formal meeting never happened because Holmes had decided⁵ to drop out of school.

3. The Federal Aviation Administration says none of the three commuter⁶ jets that flew too close together was ever on course to collide head-on with the others. Officials say the incident which happened in Washington was caused by a miscommunication between air traffic controllers.

4. And Romney say she thrilled to death. And this time, she is not talking about her husband's White House ambitions. The wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt⁴ Romney watched on Thursday as a horse she part owns made its Olympic debut⁷.

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1 envoy
n.使节，使者，代表，公使
参考例句：
Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。 The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

2 desperately
adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地
参考例句：
He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。 He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

3 psychiatrist
n.精神病专家；精神病医师
参考例句：
He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。 The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

4 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。

5 decided
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 commuter
n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者
参考例句：
Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。 She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

7 debut
n.首次演出，初次露面
参考例句：
That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。 The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-07