美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2011-01-13_在线英语听力室

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1. A surgeon says Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is able to communicate after being shot in the head yesterday. The doctor says Giffords responded to doctors' commands. The gunshot went through the left side of her head. Surgeons worked to reduce pressure from swelling¹ in the brain by removing bone fragments.

2. A millennium² mourn about some of the other victims. Nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green was one of six people killed. She was born September 11, 2001, featured in a book that chronicled one baby from each state born on that day.

3. An IranAir passenger jet carrying around 100 people crashed as it was making an emergency landing and broke into several pieces. Iran's official news agency says 70 people died while 32 survived.

4. Pope Benedict marked the end of the Christmas season by baptizing 21 newborns. The intimate ceremony took place in the Sistine Chapel³.

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1 swelling
n.肿胀
参考例句：
Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。 There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

2 millennium
n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世
参考例句：
The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。 We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

3 chapel
n.小教堂，殡仪馆
参考例句：
The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。 She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2011-01-13