美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-4-18_在线英语听力室

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1. The White House signaled Tuesday that President Obama would sign a proposed compromise on the deal to curb¹ Iran's nuclear program. Cabinet members visited Capitol Hill to sell lawmakers on the details of the final deal.

2. Police say they are investigating the fatal shooting of North Carolina community college worker as a possible hate crime. 20-year-old Kenneth Morgan Stancil was arrested after entering a campus print shop, firing a shotgun and killing² his former supervisor³.

3. 9 former Atlanta public school teachers will be serving jail time after a widespread cheating scandal. Fulton County district attorney says he hopes the sentences will show other jurisdictions⁴ how cheating on test is harmful.

4. And a camera-shy chimp⁵ in Netherlands view got up close and * with the drone. The skillful chimp used a stick to send the drone tumbling to the ground, and managed to get a see close-up on camera.

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1 curb
n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制
参考例句：
I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。 You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

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 supervisor
n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师
参考例句：
Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。 He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

4 jurisdictions
司法权( jurisdiction的名词复数 )；裁判权；管辖区域；管辖范围
参考例句：
Butler entreated him to remember the act abolishing the heritable jurisdictions. 巴特勒提醒他注意废除世袭审判权的国会法令。 James I personally adjudicated between the two jurisdictions. 詹姆士一世亲自裁定双方纠纷。

5 chimp
n.黑猩猩
参考例句：
In fact,the color of gorilla and chimp are light-color.其实大猩猩和黑猩猩的肤色是较为浅的。 The chimp is the champ.猩猩是冠军。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-4-18