美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-12-16_在线英语听力室

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1. A ceasefire to evacuate¹ rebels and civilians² from Aleppo unrivaled on Wednesday. Syrian activists³ said that fighter jets have resumed bombing in the eastern part of the city. Syrian president Bashar al-Assad scoffed⁴ the idea of ceasefire, saying it was designed to stop his government's advance in the city.

2. The federal reserve raised the key interest rate in response to a straining U.S ecnomony, with three more rate hikes expected in 2017. Fed Chairman Janet Yellen made the accouncement in Washington. The move will mean modestly higher rates on some loans.

3. President-elect Donald Trump⁵ met with a group of tech experts at Trump Tower in New York, telling him he is "here to help you focus do well". Many in Silicon⁶ Valley have expressed concerns that Trump's policy could stifle⁷ innovation and compromise digital privacy.

4. Soccer fans in Istanbul gathered at a stadium where a suicide bombing killed 44 people on Saturday for the first match since the attack. A Turkey-based Kurdish militant⁸ group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Norreen Nasir, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 evacuate
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
参考例句：
We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！ They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

2 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓
参考例句：
the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀 At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

3 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 scoffed
嘲笑，嘲弄( scoff的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He scoffed at our amateurish attempts. 他对我们不在行的尝试嗤之以鼻。 A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea. 一百年前人们曾嘲笑过这种想法。

5 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。 The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

6 silicon
n.硅(旧名矽)
参考例句：
This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。 A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

7 stifle
vt.使窒息；闷死；扼杀；抑止，阻止
参考例句：
She tried hard to stifle her laughter.她强忍住笑。 It was an uninteresting conversation and I had to stifle a yawn.那是一次枯燥无味的交谈，我不得不强忍住自己的呵欠。

8 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。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-12-16