AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-06-09_在线英语听力室

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1.The White House says the charges against two American journalists to North Korea are unfounded. The communist country convicted Laura Ling and Euna Lee and sentenced them to 12 years of hard labor¹.

2.This woman in Oregon is accused of killing² her pregnant friend and trying to pass the baby off as her own. The victim's mother says they apparently³ met on Craigslist. Hazzer Snively was eight-month pregnant and found dead with baby no longer in her womb.

3.Brazilian divers⁴ have found a large tail section from the Air France jet that crashed into the ocean more than a week ago. It is one of the biggest pieces found so far from the wreckage⁵, but the plane’s black boxes are still missing

4.The White House says Sonia Sotomayor has broken her ankle after an airport stumble in New York City. But that's not stopping the Supreme⁶ Court nominee⁷. She was back in Washington and even stopped at the White House before heading to hospital for an X-ray.

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1 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。 He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

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 apparently
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。 He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

4 divers
adj.不同的；种种的
参考例句：
He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。 Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

5 wreckage
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
参考例句：
They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。 New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

6 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。 He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

7 nominee
n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者
参考例句：
His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。 Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-06-09