美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-5-5_在线英语听力室

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1. Demonstrators took to the streets in a march that organizer billed as a victory rally after prosecutors¹ charged six Baltimore police officers with crimes ranging from assault to murder in connection with the death of the 23-year-old Freddie Gray.

2. Hope is fading fast in the search for survivors² following last weekend's devastating³ earthquake in Nepal. Saturday, people lit kindles⁴ and said prayers at a Kathmandu park as the death toll⁵ rose to more than 6,800.

3. The Italy's Coast Guard has rescued more than 200 migrants off the coast of Liberia as the flow of migrants trying to reach Europe continues. Officials say those who were rescued were all men from Sub-Sahara Africa. They were traveling in two rubber dinghies.

4. There is a new addition to Great Briton's royal family - an eight pound three ounce baby girl. Prince William and his wife Kate debuted⁶ the baby before leaving the hospital. However, no announcement yet on the baby's name.

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1 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

2 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

3 devastating
adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的
参考例句：
It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。 Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

4 kindles
（使某物）燃烧，着火( kindle的第三人称单数 )；激起（感情等）；发亮，放光
参考例句：
And as kindles hope, millions more will find it. 他们的自由又将影响周围，使更多的人民得到自由。 A person who stirs up trouble or kindles a revolt. 煽动叛乱者，挑动争端者挑起麻烦或引起叛乱的人。

5 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。

6 debuted
初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。 The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-5-5