美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-23_在线英语听力室

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　　This is AP News Minute.

　　1.President Obama is in Berlin, the latest stop on his visit to Europe. Wednesday, he's set to deliver a speech renewing his call for a reduction in the world's nuclear weapons stockpiles.

　　2.Strong winds are pushing a major wildfire in northern Arizona. The fire started on Tuesday and it's already scorched¹ at least 8 square miles.

　　3.Massive protests shook Brazil as tens of thousands of people crowded city streets to protest government corruption² and high taxes.

　　4.And a heatwave is baking Alaska. Temperatures have topped 70 in Anchorage for most of the last 10 days while the thermometer reached 96 in a remote area.

　　Carlotta Bradley, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 scorched
烧焦，烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 )；使（植物）枯萎，把…晒枯；高速行驶；枯焦
参考例句：
I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。 The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。

2 corruption
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
参考例句：
The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。 The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-23