美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-11-08_在线英语听力室

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1. Voting is underway across the US as Republicans make one last push for at least 6 new Senate seats while Democrats¹ try and hold on their Senate majority. The mid-term election has been casted as a referendum on President Barack Obama.

2. Family members are pleading for the safe return of a woman. Philadelphia police say she was abducted² late Monday night. Surveillance video appears to show a man rushing to 22-year-old Carlesha Freeland-Gaither toward a parked car. Authorities say her bank card was later used about 75 miles away in Maryland.

3. Thousands of Iranians chanted “Down with America” at a major anti-US rally in the Iran capital. The protests mark the 35th anniversary of the takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran by militant³ students. Fifty two Americans were held hostages for 441 days.

4. And Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson avoided jail time with a plea agreement in his child-abuse case. Peterson was indicted⁴ on a felony charge in September for using a wooden switch to discipline his son.

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1 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 abducted
劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )；使（肢体等）外展
参考例句：
Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。 The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

3 militant
adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士
参考例句：
Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。 He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

4 indicted
控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。 He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-11-08