美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-17_在线英语听力室

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1. While on a visit to a local food bank, President Obama cited ¡°progress¡± on a deal to end the partial government shutdown and raised the debt ceiling. He postponed¹ the meeting with congressional leaders on Monday to give them more time to hammer out details.

2. Police in London have released computer generated images of a new suspect in the disappearance² of British girl Madeleine McCann. The 3-year-old vanished from a resort in Portugal in 2007.

3. Three American professors have won the Nobel Prize for economics for shedding lights on how stock, bond and house prices move over time. Their work has changed how people around world invest.

4. And a man with muscular dystrophy was the last runner to cross the finish line of the Chicago Marathon. Nearly 17 hours after he started the race. Dozens were there to cheer him on.

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1 postponed
vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）
参考例句：
The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。 The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

2 disappearance
n.消失，消散，失踪
参考例句：
He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。 Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-17