AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-13_在线英语听力室

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1. President Barack Obama's visit to Peoria, Illinois is the last event before the expected votes on the 789-billion-dollar economic stimulus¹ plan. Final House and Senate votes are on track as early as tomorrow. Illinois is the fourth state Obama has visited in as many days.

2. Doctors are praising today's court ruling against families who claimed a link between vaccines³ and autism. The special vaccine² court ruled the evidence overwhelmingly contradicts claims that certain vaccine combinations, including the measles-mumps-rubella shot, can cause autism in children.

3. The search for additional victims has come to an end in an Oklahoma community where nine people were killed by a tornado⁴ Tuesday night. The city manager in Lone⁵ Grove⁶ says 10 to 15 people are still unaccounted for. But they are believed to have left the area.

4. President Barack Obama is paying a very personal tribute to Abraham Lincoln on the former president's 200th birthday. Obama says he feels a special gratitude⁷ to the historical giant who in many ways made his own story possible.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. autism: n. 【医】孤独症

a mental disorder⁸ (=problem) that makes people unable to communicate properly, or to form relationships

2. measles-mumps-rubella shot:

【医】麻疹-流行性腮腺炎-风疹[疫苗]接种

3. unaccounted for: adj.

If people or things are unaccounted for, you do not know where they are or what has happened to them.

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1 stimulus
n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物
参考例句：
Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。 Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

2 vaccine
n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的
参考例句：
The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。 She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

3 vaccines
疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。 The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。

4 tornado
n.飓风，龙卷风
参考例句：
A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。 The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

5 lone
adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的
参考例句：
A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。 She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。

6 grove
n.林子，小树林，园林
参考例句：
On top of the hill was a grove of tall trees.山顶上一片高大的树林。 The scent of lemons filled the grove.柠檬香味充满了小树林。

7 gratitude
adj.感激，感谢
参考例句：
I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。 She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

8 disorder
n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调
参考例句：
When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。 It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-13