美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-1-29_在线英语听力室

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Thousands on the eastern seaboard emerged to a sunny winter's day following a mammoth¹ snowstorm that dropped near-record snowfall across several major US cities Saturday. The number of death blamed on the storm had reached at least 29.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rattled² southcentral Alaska early Sunday, knocking items off shelves and walls and leaving residents startled in the quake-prone region. No injuries were reported however 4 homes in Kenai were lost to explosions or fire.

Malaysian authorities caution against spectulation that a large chunk³ of metal that washed ashore⁴ in southern Tailand belonged to a Malaysian Airline's flight that went missing nearly 2 years ago. Flight MH370 lost communications before making a short turn away from its Beijing destination when it disappeared in March, 2014.

And just as officials worked together to get their cities back to normal by the new week, locals took advantage of the fresh powder for some snow day fun. Some even going as far as planning corrdinated snowball fights and slidding down the Lincoln Memorial.

Venessa Alvarez, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 mammoth
n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的
参考例句：
You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。 Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。

2 rattled
慌乱的，恼火的
参考例句：
The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。 Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

3 chunk
n.厚片，大块，相当大的部分（数量）
参考例句：
They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice.他们必须当心大块浮冰。 The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport.该公司拥有盖特威克机场周边的大片农田。

4 ashore
adv.在(向)岸上，上岸
参考例句：
The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。 He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-1-29