美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-11-26_在线英语听力室

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1. Families in Nairobi are in the process of identifying the bodies of 28 victims of a deadly bus attack in Kenya. Officials say the Islamic extremist group Al Shabab singled out and killed passengers who could not recite an Islamic creed¹ and were assumed to be non-Muslims. 19 men and 9 women were killed.

2. Officials are urging Buffalo² residents to prepare for widespread flooding after an epic³ snow storm dumped more than 7 feet of snow. NY governor Andrew Cuomo said snow removal is progressing well across the affected⁴ region. A ban on driving will continue as volunteers work to plow⁵ the city streets.

3. A train carrying wreckage⁶ collected from the Malaysian Airlines flight 17 departed from northeastern Ukraine four months after the plane was shot down over rebel-held territory. Investigation⁷ into the cause of the crash is being conducted in both Ukraine and Netherlands. Ukraine says pro-Russian backed separatists fired rockets that brought down the plane in July.

4. And the former DC mayor Marion Barry has died at age of 78. Barry whose four terms as mayor were overshadowed by his 1990 arrest for being caught smoking crack cocaine⁸. Barry spent several weeks earlier this year battling infections and related complications.

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1 creed
n.信条；信念，纲领
参考例句：
They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。 Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。

2 buffalo
n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛
参考例句：
Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。 The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

3 epic
n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的
参考例句：
I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。 They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

4 affected
adj.不自然的，假装的
参考例句：
She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。 His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

5 plow
n.犁，耕地，犁过的地；v.犁，费力地前进[英]plough
参考例句：
At this time of the year farmers plow their fields.每年这个时候农民们都在耕地。 We will plow the field soon after the last frost.最后一场霜过后，我们将马上耕田。

6 wreckage
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
参考例句：
They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。 New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

7 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

8 cocaine
n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）
参考例句：
That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。 Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-11-26