美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-20_在线英语听力室

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1. Police in Pakistan say more than 60 people have been killed in a bombing in the southern part of the country. The blast hit a vegetable market and injured another 180.

2. The rush is on to repair windows on walls in Russian where the blast from a meteor damaged more than 4000 buildings. Temperature there are well below freezing, leaving many exposed to the elements.

3. Oscar Pistorius' family says the double-amputee sprinter¹ is "numb² with shock as well as grief" over the shooting death of his girlfriend. His family strongly denies any murder charges against him.

4. And they are marching again in Europe. Thousands have taken to the streets in Madrid and Lisbon to protest harsh austerity measures introduced by their governments in an attempt to control their debts.

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1 sprinter
n.短跑运动员，短距离全速奔跑者
参考例句：
He is more a sprinter than a swimmer. 他是短跑健将，而不是游泳选手。来自辞典例句 The sprinter himself thinks he can run the race at 9.4 seconds. 这位短跑运动员自认为可以用9.4秒跑完比赛。来自互联网

2 numb
adj.麻木的，失去感觉的；v.使麻木
参考例句：
His fingers were numb with cold.他的手冻得发麻。 Numb with cold,we urged the weary horses forward.我们冻得发僵，催着疲惫的马继续往前走。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-20