美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-20_在线英语听力室

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　　1. President Barack Obama says the US will host the first round of negotiations¹ for a broad new trade deal with the European Union. Talks are scheduled to start next month in Washington. The comments come as Obama prepares for the Group of 8 Summit in North Ireland.

　　2. Officials in India say days of torrential rains and floods have killed at least 23 people. More than 50 are still missing. Emergency workers are struggling to evacuate² more than 10,000 people stranded³ along a mountain pass leading to a Hindu religious site.

　　3. The FBI is searching a field in suburban⁴ Detroit for evidence connected to the disappearance⁵ of Jimmy Hoffa. Officials declined to comment further, saying the warrant is sealed. Hoffa disappeared from an area restaurant in 1975.

　　4. Former NFL star, Chad Johnson is freed. Johnson formerly⁶ known as Chad Ochocinco was released after apologizing to a Florida judge for the lack of respect he showed the court when he slapped his attorney on the backside last week during a probation⁷ hearing.

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1 negotiations
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )；谈判；完成（难事）；通过
参考例句：
negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判 Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

2 evacuate
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
参考例句：
We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！ They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

3 stranded
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里，身无分文，一筹莫展。 I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

4 suburban
adj.城郊的，在郊区的
参考例句：
Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。 There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

5 disappearance
n.消失，消散，失踪
参考例句：
He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。 Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

6 formerly
adv.从前，以前
参考例句：
We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。 This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

7 probation
n.缓刑(期)，(以观后效的)察看；试用(期)
参考例句：
The judge did not jail the young man,but put him on probation for a year.法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱，而且将他缓刑察看一年。 His salary was raised by 800 yuan after his probation.试用期满以后，他的工资增加了800元。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-20