美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-4-3_在线英语听力室

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This is AP News Minute.

It's crunch¹ time for the negociations over Iran's nuclear program with differences remain ahead of Tuesday's deadline to reach an outline for an agreement.

Prosecutors² are expected to rest their case Monday in the first phase of a trial of surviving Boston Marathon Bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev. 3 people were killed in the 2013 bombing.

A 22-year-old Alabama man is in custody³ in northwest Florida accused of shooting 7 people at a spring break party over the weekend. David Daniels is being held on more than half a million dollars bond.

And the US and South Korea are holding joint⁴ military drills. More than 7,000 personnel from both countries are taking part.

Matt Small, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 crunch
n.关键时刻；艰难局面；v.发出碎裂声
参考例句：
If it comes to the crunch they'll support us.关键时刻他们是会支持我们的。 People who crunch nuts at the movies can be very annoying.看电影时嘎吱作声地嚼干果的人会使人十分讨厌。

2 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 custody
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。 He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

4 joint
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。 We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-4-3