美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-25_在线英语听力室

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1. Who are the 47% of Americans, Mitt¹ Romney says, pay no income tax. A study by an nonpartisan group says 46% of Americans pay no federal income tax next year including senior citizens, low incomers and college students.

2. Mitt Romney continues to campaign in Florida Thursday. He took part in a Miami forum² Wednesday. President Obama will speak at the same forum in coral gables later today. It's hosted by the Spanish language TV network Univision.

3. Defense³ Secretary Leon Panetta says there's been little progress in stopping Chinese Cyber attacks against American entities⁴. He says he's raised the issue during meetings with Chinese officials in Beijing, but only has agreements for future discussions.

4. And Senate Republicans have blocked legislation to establish a jobs program to veterans back to work. Republicans say the billion-dollar program will violate spending limits that Congress agreed to last year.

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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 forum
n.论坛，讨论会
参考例句：
They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。 The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

3 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 entities
实体对像；实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。 The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-25