美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-07-01_在线英语听力室

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1. Supporters of gay marriage are celebrating two Supreme¹ Court decisions today. One struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits to married gay couples. The other cleared the way to the resumption of same sex marriage in California.

2. Police have charged Patriots² tight end, Aaron Hernandez with murder and weapons counts. The charge has come in connection with the slaying³ of a semipro football player whose body was found in an industrial park about a mile from Hernandez’s home.

3. A friend of Trayvon Martin who was on the phone with him moments before he was fatally shot testified Wednesday. She says Martin described George Zimmerman, the man on trial for the teen’s murder, as “Creepy”.

4. And cyclists in Kentucky relieved the days of old. Racing⁴ on bikes made between 1817 and 1917.

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1 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。 He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 patriots
爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。 These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

3 slaying
杀戮。
参考例句：
The man mimed the slaying of an enemy. 此人比手划脚地表演砍死一个敌人的情况。 He is suspected of having been an accomplice in the slaying,butthey can't pin it on him. 他有嫌疑曾参与该杀人案，但他们找不到证据来指控他。

4 racing
n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的
参考例句：
I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。 The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-07-01