美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-09-01_在线英语听力室

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1. An American journalist says he is overwhelmed by the brave efforts to secure his release from a Syria extremist group. Peter Theo Curtis made his first public appearance since returning home last night. He has been held for nearly 2 years.

2. Police are searching for the suspects in the death of 2 men whose bodies were recovered from the Schuykill river in Philadelphia. They have been bonded¹ and stabbed for multiple times. They were found after police came upon a third man who says he was also abducted² but managed to escape.

3. Trucks loaded with aids from World Food Program crossed into the Gaza Strip during an open-ended ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants³. The agency says it is the first time since 2007 that one of their conveys have successfully crossed into Gaza from Egypt.

4. And the town in Eastern Spain was awash in red pulp⁴ as thousands people helped each other with tomatoes in the annual "Tomatina" battle. Trucks dumped 125 tons of ripe tomato into the streets for the event. Now a major tourist attraction inspired by a food fight between local children in 1945.

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1 bonded
n.有担保的，保税的，粘合的
参考例句：
The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee.威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。 This adhesive must be applied to both surfaces which are to be bonded together.要粘接的两个面都必须涂上这种黏合剂。

2 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。

3 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

4 pulp
n.果肉，纸浆；v.化成纸浆，除去...果肉，制成纸浆
参考例句：
The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.这西瓜瓤儿太肉了。 The company manufactures pulp and paper products.这个公司制造纸浆和纸产品。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-09-01