AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-01)_在线英语听力室

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1. Attorney General Eric Holder¹ is calling it a severe blow to a dangerous organization. Members of a Christian² militia³ have been charged `with plotting to kill police officers before attempting to kill more during a funeral. FBI agents have arrested several suspects during raids in three mid-western states over the weekend.

2.Some of the nation's busiest transit⁴ systems are boosting security after attacks in Moscow. Russian officials say at least 38 people were killed and more than 60 wounded when two female bombers⁵ set off their explosives inside a pair of metro⁶ train stations.

3. Authorities say a Philadelphia man is accused of trying to post a YouTube video in which he threatened to kill Virginia Congressman⁷ Eric Cantor. The suspect was arrested at his home Saturday. It's not clear why he would threaten Canter.

4. The New York Fire Department and the Buildings officials are investigating the partial collapse⁸ at a construtions site where four workers were injured.The incident comes just days after a crane struck aside a 25-story-building near Wall Street.

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1 holder
n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物
参考例句：
The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。 That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

2 Christian
adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒
参考例句：
They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。 His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

3 militia
n.民兵，民兵组织
参考例句：
First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。 There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

4 transit
n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过
参考例句：
His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。 The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

5 bombers
n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟
参考例句：
Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。来自《简明英汉词典》 The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 metro
n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)
参考例句：
Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？ The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

7 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

8 collapse
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。 The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-01)