美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-11-02_在线英语听力室

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1. Heavy rain and flooding are still major threats for the next couple of days, as superstorm Sandy travels up the East Coast. At least 16 deaths are reported. Millions are without electricity.

2. First flood waters, then fire for an Oceanside neighborhood in Queens, New York, where blaze destroyed at least two dozen homes. Officials say the fire was reported late last night in an area flooded by superstorm Sandy.

3. Sandy has rained out the presidential campaign. Mitt¹ Romney's campaign announced it's suspending political events for today. President Obama scraped his own appearances to monitor the government response.

4. A New York City hospital had to transfer some of its most critical patients to other hospitals after a backup generator² failed. Doctors and nurses at New York University Tisch Hospital have evacuated³ more than 200 patients. Some of them maybe is on ventilators.

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1 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 generator
n.发电机，发生器
参考例句：
All the while the giant generator poured out its power.巨大的发电机一刻不停地发出电力。 This is an alternating current generator.这是一台交流发电机。

3 evacuated
撤退者的
参考例句：
Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。 The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-11-02