美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-06-16_在线英语听力室

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1. Following a surprise primary election defeat, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says he will step down from his leadership role at the end of next month. The Virginia Congressman¹ lost by a wide margin² Tuesday to David Brat³, a Tea Party-backed economics professor. A new majority leader will be appointed this summer.

2. In Las Vegas, surveillance video shows the couple moment after the shooting rampage that killed two police officers and a bystander Sunday. Police believe the shooting was motivated by anti-government attitudes.

3. Video from an Oregon student shows the high school evacuating⁴ following a fatal shooting. A 14-year-old was killed Tuesday when a student opened fire in the boys' locker⁵ room before turning the gun on himself.

4. And a Texas home teeter's on the edge of a cliff. Officials say the earth beneath the luxury lake house began to crumble⁶ about two weeks ago. The house was quickly condemned⁷ and safely evacuated⁸.

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1 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

2 margin
n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘
参考例句：
We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。 The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

3 brat
n.孩子；顽童
参考例句：
He's a spoilt brat.他是一个被宠坏了的调皮孩子。 The brat sicked his dog on the passer-by.那个顽童纵狗去咬过路人。

4 evacuating
撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )；排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）；（从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空
参考例句：
The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。 Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？

5 locker
n.更衣箱，储物柜，冷藏室，上锁的人
参考例句：
At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。 He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。

6 crumble
vi.碎裂，崩溃；vt.弄碎，摧毁
参考例句：
Opposition more or less crumbled away.反对势力差不多都瓦解了。 Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble,my will will remain firm.纵然海枯石烂，意志永不动摇。

7 condemned
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。 The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

8 evacuated
撤退者的
参考例句：
Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。 The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-06-16