美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-10-24_在线英语听力室

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1. President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton are among those mourning George McGovern, the former Democrat¹ senator lost a landslide² presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1972.

2. Lance Armstrong greeted about 4,300 cyclists at his Livestrong charity's fundraising bike ride in Austin, Texas Sunday. In brief remarks he said he's faced a difficult few weeks. He didn't otherwise mention a recent report showing evidence of performance-enhancing drug use by himself and his teams.

3. Hundreds of protesters clashed with soldiers in Beirut as they tried to storm the government headquarters. The troops fired guns and tear gas to stop the crowd following the funeral for an assassinated³ intelligence official.

4. Two Americans were among the seven new saints named by Pope Benedict Sunday. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first native American saint from the US. Mother Marianne Cope was a 19th century Franciscan nun⁴ who cared for leprosy patients.

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1 democrat
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

2 landslide
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利
参考例句：
Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。 An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

3 assassinated
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏
参考例句：
The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。 Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。来自辞典例句

4 nun
n.修女，尼姑
参考例句：
I can't believe that the famous singer has become a nun.我无法相信那个著名的歌星已做了修女。 She shaved her head and became a nun.她削发为尼。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-10-24