美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-02-25_在线英语听力室

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1. President Obama is condemning¹ the violence in Ukraine, warning that country there will be consequences if it continues. His warning comes as Ukraine’s embattled president says he and leaders of the country’s protests have called for a truce².

2. Authorities say they have jailed a teacher’s aide and grade school coach after discovering the body of a young girl inside his southwest Missouri home. An autopsy³ still has to be performed. But police say they are confident they’ve covered the body of 10-year-old Hailey Owen.

3. The spokeswoman for State Department confirms that two US security officers have been found dead aboard the Maersk Alabama, the ship that became famous when it is captured by Somali pirates in 2009.

4. The US and Canada will face off in Man’s Olympic hockey action after winning their respective quarterfinal games against Czech Slovakia and Latvia. Finland surprised Russia, winning 3 to 1, and will face Sweden in the other semi-final match.

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1 condemning
v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地
参考例句：
The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。 I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 truce
n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束
参考例句：
The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。 She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

3 autopsy
n.尸体解剖；尸检
参考例句：
They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。 A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-02-25