美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-04-29_在线英语听力室

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1. President Obama took a tour of the site of a deadly mudslide in Oso, Washington. Obama met with the families of the victims and first responders and later surveyed the scene by helicopter.

2. The search for missing passengers aboard the sunken South Korea ferry gets tougher as the death toll¹ reaches 146. Divers² are now breaking in to the cabin walls to reach missing victims and funeral halls in the local area are already full.

3. Law enforcement officials say the teen jet stowaway³ spent 7 hours undetected before the plane’s departure to Hawaii. The teen was later seen walking on the tarmac near airplanes after flying in a wheel well from San Jose, California.

4. And fans of the 87-year-old Columbia Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez gathered to listen to music and pay their final respects. Affectionately known to millions as “Gabo”, the author was considered one of the greatest Spanish language writers of all time.

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1 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 divers
adj.不同的；种种的
参考例句：
He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。 Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

3 stowaway
n.（藏于轮船，飞机中的）偷乘者
参考例句：
The stowaway masqueraded as a crew member.偷渡者假扮成乘务员。 The crew discovered the stowaway about two days into their voyage.船员在开船约两天后发现了那名偷乘者。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-04-29