美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-6-1_在线英语听力室

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1. Authorities in central Texas say more rains could hamper¹ the efforts to search for eight people who went missing during a storm and flooding in recent days. More rain is expected Thursday night, and it could shift debris² field and complicate³ efforts to find entangled⁴ (involve sb in difficulties or complicated circumstances from which it is difficult to escape) victims.

2. President Barack Obama says the deadly flooding in Texas is a reminder⁵ that it's never too early to prepare for natural disasters. Obama commented while receiving an annual hurricane briefing during his first visit to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

3. Former NY governor Gorge⁶ Pataka announced his candidacy Tuesday, first on Youtube, then at an event in New Hampshire. The 9/11-era governor served three terms in his Democratic state.

4. And this little guy was born in the Prague Zoo Tuesday. The tapir is the fifth born in the zoo. He will lose his stripes (条纹) after about two months.

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1 hamper
vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子
参考例句：
There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。 The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。

2 debris
n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片
参考例句：
After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。 Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

3 complicate
vt.使复杂化，使混乱，使难懂
参考例句：
There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。 These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。

4 entangled
adj.卷入的；陷入的；被缠住的；缠在一起的v.使某人（某物/自己）缠绕，纠缠于（某物中），使某人（自己）陷入（困难或复杂的环境中）( entangle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The bird had become entangled in the wire netting. 那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。 Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war. 一些军事观察家担心美国会卷入另一场战争。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 reminder
n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示
参考例句：
I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。 It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

6 gorge
n.咽喉，胃，暴食，山峡；v.塞饱，狼吞虎咽地吃
参考例句：
East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。 It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-6-1