美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-01_在线英语听力室

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1. Preliminary discussions are set to begin today in Washington on how the Israelis and Palestinians can resume talks that broke down in 2008.

2. At least 37 people are dead in southern Italy after a tour bus smashed into several cars in heavy traffic and plunged¹ off a highway into a ravine late Sunday.

3. The day after a bride-to-be was pulled dead from a Hudson River, the body of her fiancé’s best man was found a mile downstream Sunday. The second victim of a night time crash involving a speedboat and a barge² North New York City.

4. Police in Cannes, France said they don’t know who is responsible for a heist, that netted the thief or thieves, a staggering 53 million dollars in jewels

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1 plunged
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
参考例句：
The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。 She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

2 barge
n.平底载货船，驳船
参考例句：
The barge was loaded up with coal.那艘驳船装上了煤。 Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.通过铁路运货的成本比驳船运货成本高出近3倍。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-01