美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-07-05_在线英语听力室

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1. Thousands attend a funeral service for 3 Israeli teens who were abducted¹ last month. Their bodies found Monday in the West Bank. Israel is blaming their death on the militant² group, Hamas.

2. President Barack Obama is warning gridlock in Washington could lead to actual gridlock. If congress does not act, Obama says states will face cuts to highway aids starting next month. That’s also the country’s peak summer driving time.

3. Rescue crews in Cedar³ Rapids, Iowa, continue searching for a missing teenager. He was swept away in a storm drain following heavy rainfall. The teen was playing Frisbee⁴ with friends when he ended up in the drain. Rescuers are looking everywhere for the teen including the city’s sewer⁵ lines.

4. A 19-year-old from South Dakota touched down in the Philippines on Tuesday, the latest stop on his month-long attempt to become the youngest person to fly alone around the world.

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1 abducted
劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )；使（肢体等）外展
参考例句：
Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。 The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

2 militant
adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士
参考例句：
Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。 He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

3 cedar
n.雪松，香柏(木)
参考例句：
The cedar was about five feet high and very shapely.那棵雪松约有五尺高,风姿优美。 She struck the snow from the branches of an old cedar with gray lichen.她把长有灰色地衣的老雪松树枝上的雪打了下来。

4 frisbee
n.飞盘(塑料玩具)
参考例句：
We always go to the park on weekends and play Frisbee.我们每个周末都会到公园玩飞盘。 The frisbee is a light plastic disc,shaped like a plate.飞盘是一种碟形塑料盘。

5 sewer
n.排水沟，下水道
参考例句：
They are tearing up the street to repair a sewer. 他们正挖开马路修下水道。 The boy kicked a stone into the sewer. 那个男孩把一石子踢进了下水道。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-07-05