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金正恩发表新年致辞

This is AP News Minute.

Kim Jong Un says the United States should know North Korea's nuclear weapons are a reality, not a threat. The North Korean leader's new year's eve address also struck a friendly tone¹, wishing South Korea success with the upcoming Winter Olympics.

Investigators² in Coast Rica are trying to figure out why a plane crashed just after takeoff. 10 US citizens and 2 local crew members all died.

The crowd was smaller than usual as New York's Times Square celebrated³ its second coldest new year's eve on the record. The temperature was only ten degrees at the time of the famed ball drop.

330,000 were expected in Las Vegas for that city's new year's eve celebration. Federal agents and the Nevada national guard were on hand to assist the Las Vegas police.

Matt Small, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.

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1 tone
n.语气，音调，气度，色调；vt.（up）增强
参考例句：
There was a tone of mockery in his voice.他说话的语气含有嘲笑的意味。 Holmes used an informal,chatty tone in his essays.霍姆斯在文章中语气轻松随便。

2 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 celebrated
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
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He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。 The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 金正恩发表新年致辞