美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-12-26_在线英语听力室

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There are calls for calm in New York City following Saturday's deadly ambush¹ of 2 police officers. The man who killed them took his own life shortly afterwards.

Fierce fighting is reported in norhtern Iraq near the Turkish border. Kurdish forces are battling Islamic State militants².

At least 7 people were hurt in Florida when lightning struck a car in a parking lot outside the Tempa Bay Buccaneers football stadium. None of the injuries were serious. The lightning hit shortly after the Green Bay Packers defeated the Buccaneers 20-3.

And the numders for the world's biggest lottory have been drawn³ in Spain. Thousands of ticket holders⁴ will share a pot worth about 3 billion dollars. The top "El Gordo" prize is nearly half a million or 400,000 Euros.

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1 ambush
n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击
参考例句：
Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。 Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

2 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 drawn
v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的
参考例句：
All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。 Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

4 holders
支持物( holder的名词复数 )；持有者；（支票等）持有人；支托（或握持）…之物
参考例句：
Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。 It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-12-26