美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-4-11_在线英语听力室

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1. A jury has reached a verdict in the federal death penalty trial of the Boston Marathon bomber¹ Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev has been found guilty of all counts, and now the jury must decide the 21-year-old to be sentenced to death or receive life in prison.

2. North Charleston officials announced that the officer who fatally shot a black man over the weekend has been fired. The mayor also said he's ordering body cameras be worn by every officer on the force.

3. An Afghan soldier opened fire at a group of US troops in the city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, killing² an American soldier and wounding at least two others. US officials say the Afghan soldier was shot dead immediately afterward³.

4. And London police say heavy cutting equipment was used to break into a vault⁴, containing safety deposit boxes in the Hatton Garden jewelry⁵ district over Easter holiday weekend. The burglary was reported Tuesday morning when jeweler opened for business, finding a number of boxes broken into.

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1 bomber
n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者
参考例句：
He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。 Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

2 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 afterward
adv.后来；以后
参考例句：
Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。 Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

4 vault
n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室
参考例句：
The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。 The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。

5 jewelry
n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝
参考例句：
The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。 Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-4-11