美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-24_在线英语听力室

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1. The Mayor of Kansas City says there could still be more victims in the rubble¹ of a restaurant that was destroyed by a gas explosion and fire yesterday evening. Search crews have recovered one body but aren't sure everyone is accounted for.

2. Former Congressman² Jesse Jackson Jr. is admitting in court that he used campaign money for personal use. His guilty plea could bring him between 46 and 57 months in prison.

3. The investigating officer in the Oscar Pistorius murder case made an error in his court testimony³ Wednesday when he identified a substance found in the athlete's bedroom as testosterone. Officials say it's too early to identify the substance.

4. And take a look at this hailstorm indoors. The experiment was done to see how hail can damage buildings and perhaps lead to more hail resistant⁴ materials.

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1 rubble
n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾
参考例句：
After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。 After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

2 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

3 testimony
n.证词；见证，证明
参考例句：
The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。 He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

4 resistant
adj.(to)抵抗的，有抵抗力的
参考例句：
Many pests are resistant to the insecticide.许多害虫对这种杀虫剂有抵抗力。 They imposed their government by force on the resistant population.他们以武力把自己的统治强加在持反抗态度的人民头上。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-24