美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-14_在线英语听力室

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1. Americans mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in familiar but subdued¹ ceremonies. Thousands were on hand in New York for the reading of the names of nearly 3,000 victims killed in the worst terror attack in US history.

2. In Washington, President Barack Obama marked the day by participating in solemn ceremonies at the White House and the Pentagon. And in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Vice² President Joe Biden told 9/11 families the country hasn't forgotten the attacks.

3. Egyptian protesters climbed the walls of the US embassy in Cairo. The group is demonstrating against a US-produced film deemed offensive to Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

4. And the teachers' strike in Chicago entered its second day. More than 25,000 teachers are on strike. The Teachers Union and negotiators for the public schools are returning to the bargaining table.

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1 subdued
adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。 I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

2 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-14