美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-11-06_在线英语听力室

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1. President Barack Obama enters the final hours of the 2012 presidential campaign with an edge in the hunt for the 270 electoral votes needed. He also needs more ways to reach that magic number.

2. On this Sunday before election day, the President says he is willing to work cross party lines to end gridlock in Washington. He also said that he would not give up any key Democratic measures.

3. Republican Mitt¹ Romney is renewing his pledge to work with Democrats² about on Capital Hill if elected, but the Republican Presidential candidate says it will begin to repeal³ President Barack Obama's house care law on Day 1.

4. And a blindfolded⁴ child reached into a crystal chalice⁵ and pulled out a slip of paper, and Egypt's Coptic Christians⁶ had a new pope, the 118th pope of the ancient Coptic Orthodox Church.

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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 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 repeal
n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消
参考例句：
He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。 He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

4 blindfolded
v.（尤指用布）挡住（某人）的视线( blindfold的过去式 )；蒙住（某人）的眼睛；使不理解；蒙骗
参考例句：
The hostages were tied up and blindfolded. 人质被捆绑起来并蒙上了眼睛。 They were each blindfolded with big red handkerchiefs. 他们每个人的眼睛都被一块红色大手巾蒙住了。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 chalice
n.圣餐杯；金杯毒酒
参考例句：
He inherited a poisoned chalice when he took over the job as union leader.他接手工会领导职务，看似风光，实则会给他带来很多麻烦。 She was essentially feminine,in other words,a parasite and a chalice.她在本质上是个女人，换句话说，是一个食客和一只酒杯。

6 Christians
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。 His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-11-06