美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-11_在线英语听力室

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1. The family of a Sikh temple president fatally shot along with five others is arranging a joint¹ funeral service. Relatives say the memorial service on Friday morning is open to the community. The victims were gunned down Sunday at a suburban² Milwaukee temple.

2. Former Congresswoman Gabriele Giffords says she satisfied with Jared Lee Loughner's plea deal. Loughner pleaded guilty today to killing³ six people and wounding Giffords and 12 others. The deadly rampage happened last year at one of Giffords' political events.

3. A blaze at one the country's biggest oil refineries⁴ could push gas prices above four dollars a gallon on the west coast. That's according to experts. The fire sent plumes⁵ of black smoke over the San Francisco Bay area.

4. Aly Raisman is going home with two gold metals. The US captain won the title on floor exercise today. She also got a bronze on the balance beam. It's the first Olympic gold on floor exercise for a US woman.

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1 joint
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。 We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 suburban
adj.城郊的，在郊区的
参考例句：
Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。 There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

3 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 refineries
精炼厂( refinery的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The efforts on closedown and suspension of small sugar refineries, small saccharin refineries and small paper mills are also being carried out in steps. 关停小糖厂、小糖精厂、小造纸厂的工作也已逐步展开。 Hence the sitting of refineries is at a distance from population centres. 所以，炼油厂的厂址总在远离人口集中的地方。

5 plumes
羽毛( plume的名词复数 )；羽毛饰；羽毛状物；升上空中的羽状物
参考例句：
The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。 The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头，那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-11