美联社新闻一分钟 AP News 2008-03-09_在线英语听力室

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1. President Bush is trying to reassure¹ Americans the country's long-term economic outlook is strong. He says it's clear the economy has slowed, but says tax rebates² due out in May should help turn things around.

2. Police say they believe the student body president at the University of North Carolina who was killed was a victim of random³ violence. Eve Marie Carson was found Wednesday. Police say they don't have any suspects.

3. Southwest Airlines says it's ready to fight a possible multimillion-dollar Federal fine. The airline is being cited for flying 117 planes, past their mandatory⁴ inspection⁵ deadlines. Southwest is blaming the FAA and says it complied with all requests.

4. Mother Nature is putting on quite a show in Hawaii. You're looking at lava⁶ that's flowing from one of the volcanoes there straight into the Pacific Ocean. That has forced some of evacuations, but so far it has been more of a tourist draw.

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1 reassure
v.使放心，使消除疑虑
参考例句：
This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。 The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

2 rebates
n.退还款( rebate的名词复数 )；回扣；返还（退还的部份货价）；折扣
参考例句：
The VAT system offers advantages, such as rebates on exports. 增值税有其优点，如对出口商品实行回扣。来自辞典例句 In more recent years rate rebates have been introduced for households. 近年地方税的减免已适用于家庭。来自辞典例句

3 random
adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
参考例句：
The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。 On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

4 mandatory
adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者
参考例句：
It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。 There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

5 inspection
n.检查，审查，检阅
参考例句：
On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。 The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

6 lava
n.熔岩，火山岩
参考例句：
The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。 His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP News 2008-03-09