美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-2-3_在线英语听力室

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1. Cleanup is underway for the east coast after a weekend-long snow storm. D.C mayor Muriel Bowser says the snow emergency for the city will be lifted tomorrow evening. While in Baltimore, trucks are moving amount of snow with heavy equipment to make roads passable.

2. Workers imploded¹ the old bridge over Allegheny river on Tuesday. The 107-year old bridge connects the Pittsburgh suburbs. A new 66 million dollars Hulton bridge opened months ago.

3. Hundreds of French taxis blocked a massive intersection² leading into western Paris on Tuesday, causing destruction throughout surrounding avenues. The drivers are demonstrating against working conditions and in particular competition from non-traditional services, such as Uber.

4. And after a video of the police playing basketball with a group of young kids went viral, basketball superman Shaq O'Neil joined the fun. Local police invited Shaq to play a pickup³ game in Gainesville, Florida with the same group of the kids. They were reportedly "playing...

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1 imploded
v.（使）向心聚爆( implode的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The economies of Brazil and Russia imploded in 1998. 巴西与俄罗斯的经济在1998年宣告破裂。来自互联网 A startling number of his nominees for senior positions have imploded. 他所提名的高级官员被否决的数目令人震惊。来自互联网

2 intersection
n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集
参考例句：
There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。 Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。

3 pickup
n.拾起，获得
参考例句：
I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。\|\|The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-2-3