AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-11)_在线英语听力室

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1. Federal officials say it is still too dangerous to send rescue crews into a West Virginia mine. Levels of gas here are still too high. Four miners are missing .The governor of the state says family members are clinging to what he calls "a sliver¹ of hope". Twenty-five miners died in the explosion.

2. A close look at the space shuttle Discovery after docking with the International Space Station. NASA needs to see if the orbiter was damaged during launch. And / antenna² breakdown³ have the shuttle docking by other navigation aids. One of the few times it has not used director.

3. Flooding and mudslides in Rio de Janeiro from the heaviest deluge⁴ ever-recorded in the city. At least 100 people were dead, many more homeless.

4. Wild time for a herd⁵ of giraffes at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. The animals were let into their outdoor yard for the first time this season.

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1 sliver
n.裂片，细片，梳毛；v.纵切，切成长片，剖开
参考例句：
There was only one sliver of light in the darkness.黑暗中只有一点零星的光亮。 Then,one night,Monica saw a thin sliver of the moon reappear.之后的一天晚上，莫尼卡看到了一个月牙。

2 antenna
n.触角，触须；天线
参考例句：
The workman fixed the antenna to the roof of the house.工人把天线固定在房顶上。 In our village, there is an antenna on every roof for receiving TV signals.在我们村里，每家房顶上都有天线接收电视信号。

3 breakdown
n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌
参考例句：
She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。 The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

4 deluge
n./vt.洪水，暴雨，使泛滥
参考例句：
This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.雨大的时候，这条小溪能变作洪流。 I got caught in the deluge on the way home.我在回家的路上遇到倾盆大雨。

5 herd
n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起
参考例句：
She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。 He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-11)