美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-02-13_在线英语听力室

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1. All-American college football player Michael Sam has announced he’s gay. Sam who was the SEC defensive¹ player of the year and is expected to be drafted into the NFL would be the first player to be openly a gay while actually playing in the national football league.

2. Officials in Utah’s Zion National Park say a woman plunged² 2000 feet to her death in a base jumping accident. The woman jumped off a mountain. But her parachute didn’t open.

3. An Australian woman who was convicted of smuggling³ marijuana into Indonesia has been released from prison. Schapelle Corby will have to stay in Bali and cannot return to Australia until 2017.

4. And organizers of the winter Olympics in Sochi admit they’ve been using volunteers to fill seats at some of the less popular events.

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1 defensive
adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的
参考例句：
Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。 The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

2 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。

3 smuggling
n.走私
参考例句：
Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。 The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-02-13