美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-12-29_在线英语听力室

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1. Actress Carrie Fisher who found enduring fame as princess Leia in the Star War Franchise¹ has died. Fisher has been hospitalized since Friday after suffering a medical emergency onboard a flight to LA. She was 60 year-old.

2. Days after a Russian military plane crashed into the Black Sea, rescue workers on Tuesday discovered a flight recorder from the down jet, about miles from the shore. The plane crashed just two minutes after taking off from the southern Russian city of Sochi.

3. Several brawls² inside a shopping mall broke out just one day after the Christmas holiday. Shoppers were seen running to exit as fights in Illinois and Texas broke out in huge crowds.

4. And thousands people attended the 15th birthday celebration of a rural Mexican girl on Friday after her party invitation went by viral. Crowds cheered as the birthday girl Rubi Ibarra dances on stage alongside³ the band.

Emily Roseman, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 franchise
n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权
参考例句：
Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。 The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

2 brawls
吵架，打架( brawl的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Whatever brawls disturb the street, there should be peace at home. 街上无论多么喧闹，家中应有宁静。 I got into brawls in the country saloons near my farm. 我在离我农场不远的乡下沙龙里和别人大吵大闹。

3 alongside
adv.在旁边；prep.和...在一起，在...旁边
参考例句：
There was a butcher's shop alongside the theatre.剧院旁边有一家肉店。 Alongside of him stood his uncle.他的身旁站着他叔叔。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-12-29