美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-20_在线英语听力室

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　　1. Attorney General Eric Holder¹ will likely face tough questioning today by the House Judiciary Committee. Topics are expected to include the Justice Department's gathering² of phone records at the Associated Press and the government's handling of intelligence before the Boston Marathon bombings.

　　2. The US ambassador to Russia has been summoned by the foreign ministry³. Moscow claims it caught a US diplomat⁴ trying to recruit a counterintelligence officer. This is the first case of an American diplomat publicly accused of spying in a decade.

　　3. Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $360 million. That is a cash value of $229.2 million, making it the third largest Powerball jackpot ever.

　　4. The giant rubber duck in Hong Kong's harbor was completely deflated⁵ this morning. Organizers say the 54-foot duck was deflated for maintenance, denying speculation⁶ that it was punctured⁷ due to rain and wind.

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1 holder
n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物
参考例句：
The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。 That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

2 gathering
n.集会，聚会，聚集
参考例句：
He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。 He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

3 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 diplomat
n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人
参考例句：
The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。 He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

5 deflated
adj. 灰心丧气的
参考例句：
I was quite deflated by her lack of interest in my suggestions.他对我的建议兴趣不大，令我感到十分气馁。 He was deflated by the news.这消息令他泄气。

6 speculation
n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机
参考例句：
Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。 There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

7 punctured
v.在（某物）上穿孔( puncture的过去式和过去分词 )；刺穿（某物）；削弱（某人的傲气、信心等）；泄某人的气
参考例句：
Some glass on the road punctured my new tyre. 路上的玻璃刺破了我的新轮胎。来自《简明英汉词典》 A nail on the road punctured the tyre. 路上的钉子把车胎戳穿了。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-20