美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-11-07_在线英语听力室

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1. President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt¹ Romney are doing some multi-state campaigning. Both candidates are stopping in the battleground state of Ohio. Obama is also stopping in Wisconsin and Iowa, while Romney is in Florida, Virginia and New Hampshire.

2. Drivers in New York and New Jersey² are spending a lot of time in line getting gas and they are paying more for it. Gas prices are up an average of 3 cents in New York and 7 cents in New Jersey.

3. The Pittsburgh Zoo says the two-year-old boy who fell into an exhibit of African wild dogs was killed by the animals and not the fall. The zoo's president says the boy was so small that he bounced out of a safety net below the railing and fell into the enclosure.

4. And Reality TV Sharon Osbourne says she has had a double mastectomy. That's after learning she carries a gene³ that increases the risk of developing breast cancer. The 60-year-old told a British magazine she "didn't want to live the rest of my life with that shadow hanging over me."

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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 jersey
n.运动衫
参考例句：
He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。 They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

3 gene
n.遗传因子，基因
参考例句：
A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。 The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-11-07