美联社新闻一分钟 2008-06-28（在线收听）

1. Crews are rushing to build a four-foot-tall sandbag levee around an eastern Missouri community. Emergency workers are hoping it will block floodwaters from a broken levee south of the town of Winfield. Officials say muskrat holes caused that breach.

2. Rivals turned allies. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton made a display of unity earlier today in New Hampshire. It's their first joint appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended.

3. It's being called "a very important step" in the process of disabling North Korea's nuclear program. This 60-foot-tall cooling tower was destroyed earlier today. The destruction came after the US removed the North from terrorism and sanctions blacklists.

4. And there's been a lot of buzz about a Massachusetts town. That's because tens of thousands of honey bees have invaded downtown Pittsfield. A beekeeper has been called in to take care of the problem.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. muskrat: n. 麝鼠

an animal which lives in water in North America.

2. divisive: adj.

Something that is divisive causes unfriendliness and argument between people.

3. blacklist: n.

If someone is on a blacklist, they are seen by a government or other organization as being one of a number of people who cannot be trusted or who have done something wrong.

4. buzz: n.

a continuous noise like the sound of a bee.

5. cooling tower: n.

a large round tall building, used in industry for making water cool.