美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-11_在线英语听力室

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1. President Barack Obama has been spending his day in Florida. He's hoping to keep the Sunshine State in his win column come November, telling crowds there that those who say the US is in decline are dead wrong.

2. Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt¹ Romney is concentrating on Virginia. He's making a couple of stops in the old Dominion² where he has promised to strengthen the armed forces and roll back military cuts.

3. A Christian³ girl accused of burning pages of Islam's holy book has been freed from a jail in Pakistan. She had been charged with blasphemy⁴ but now officials say a Muslim cleric planted evidence to incriminate her.

4. Sir Paul has a new title. Paul MCCartney the former Beatle has been decorated with the legion of honor from France.

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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 dominion
n.统治，管辖，支配权；领土，版图
参考例句：
Alexander held dominion over a vast area.亚历山大曾统治过辽阔的地域。 In the affluent society,the authorities are hardly forced to justify their dominion.在富裕社会里，当局几乎无需证明其统治之合理。

3 Christian
adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒
参考例句：
They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。 His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

4 blasphemy
n.亵渎，渎神
参考例句：
His writings were branded as obscene and a blasphemy against God.他的著作被定为淫秽作品，是对上帝的亵渎。 You have just heard his blasphemy!你刚刚听到他那番亵渎上帝的话了！

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-11