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1. President Barack Obama will be giving his acceptance speech before a much smaller audience than originally planned. Officials have scrapped¹ plans to hold Thursday night's speech in an outdoor football stadium because of the weather. Instead, Obama will be speaking at the Charlotte Arena².

2. More than 20,000 residents in Louisiana are still without power, another 700 in shelters. That's after Issac came ashore³ last week. Tar⁴ balls are being reported along several miles of beaches, and officials are investigating whether Isaac churned up oil from the 2010 BP spill or another source.

3. Police are interrogating⁵ a man accused of opening fire at a midnight victory rally in Canada. They say a masked gunman wearing a bathrobe opened fire where Quebec's new separatist premier⁶ was giving her victory speech.

4. A powerful earthquake has shaken Costa Rica and a wide portion of Central America. Officials say the 7.6-magnitude quake collapsed⁷ some houses and blocked some highways.

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1 scrapped
废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)；打架
参考例句：
This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。 It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。

2 arena
n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台
参考例句：
She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。 He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

3 ashore
adv.在(向)岸上，上岸
参考例句：
The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。 He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

4 tar
n.柏油，焦油；vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于
参考例句：
The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。 We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。

5 interrogating
n.询问技术v.询问( interrogate的现在分词 )；审问；（在计算机或其他机器上）查询
参考例句：
She was no longer interrogating but lecturing. 她已经不是在审问而是在教训人了。来自辞典例句 His face remained blank, interrogating, slightly helpless. 他的面部仍然没有表情，只带有询问的意思，还有点无可奈何。来自辞典例句

6 premier
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
参考例句：
The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。 He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

7 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。 The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-09