美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-09_在线英语听力室

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1. It’s election-day with mayor races around the country. They include governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey¹, and mayoral contests in some America’s biggest cities like New York, Los Angeles and Boston.

2. President Obama says US businesses are looking for quick passage of immigration reform as he pushes Congress to act by the end of the year. He says it is a bipartisan effort.

3. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford² admitted to drug uses Tuesday, after initially³ insisting that a video showing him smoking cracked didn’t exist.

4. India launched its first space craft bound for Mars as hundreds of people watched the rocket carrying the Mars orbit take off from an east coast island. The country hopes the complex mission will demonstrate and advance technologies with space travel.

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1 jersey
n.运动衫
参考例句：
He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。 They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 Ford
n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过
参考例句：
They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。 If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

3 initially
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。 Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-11-09