美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-22_在线英语听力室

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A pair of explosions in Lebanon rocked the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Tuesday. The blasts killed about 2 dozen people. Lebanon's news agency reports the dead include 2 Iranian nationals. 95 people were wounded.

Clean-up efforts are underway in the Midwest after several tornadoes¹ swept through the region Sunday. At least 8 people died. In the town of Washington, Illinois, the twisters left as many as 500 homes damaged or destroyed.

George Zimmerman is in more legal trouble. The Central Florida man acquitted² of criminal charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin is now charged with assaulting his girlffriend. She called 911 Monday, saying Zimmerman threatened her with a gun.

And on Wall Street, stocks hit a new high Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 16,000 for the first time before ending the day just shy of that mark.

Matt Small, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 tornadoes
n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。来自互联网 Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。来自互联网

2 acquitted
宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )；使（自己）作出某种表现
参考例句：
The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。 Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-22