美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-03-10_在线英语听力室

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1. A winter storm is sparing the nation's capital from heavy snow. Federal offices were closed over predictions of up to 10 inches of snow. But only an inch or two fell in the DC area and most have melted as soon as it hit city streets.

2. A week of national mourning is underway in Venezuela after the death of President Hugo Chavez. Chavez's body remains¹ at a military academy until the funeral on Friday.

3. Actress Valerie Harper has been diagnosed² with terminal brain cancer. The 73-year-old told People magazine she has as little as three months to live. Harper played Rhoda Morgenstern on TV's "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff, "Rhoda".

4. And many dogs and their owners share the same problem: they are overweight. So this Chicago area gym has started offering classes for pets and owners to work out together.

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1 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 diagnosed
诊断( diagnose的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Some foetal malformations cannot be diagnosed until late in pregnancy. 有些胎儿的畸形部位得等到妊娠后期才能诊断出来。 He diagnosed the trouble that caused the engine to knock. 他找出了引擎咔咔响的毛病所在。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-03-10