美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-3-12_在线英语听力室

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1. Republicans and democrats¹ are going to the polls in Michigan and Mississippi on Tuesday, both states holding the presidential primaries. Republicans are also voting in primaries in Idaho and Hawaii.

2. Authorities in central California say a commuter² train hit a fallen tree and derailed on Monday night. The front train car went into a rain-swollen creek³. 9 people were hurt.

3. The governor of Rio De Janeiro says the city's new subway line will be ready in time for the Olympic this summer. There are concerns that Brazil's economic crisis will leave insufficient⁴ funds to the project.

4. And Nancy Reagan's funeral is set for Friday. The former first lady will lie in repose⁵ at the Reagan presidential library in Mini Valley, California on Wednesday and Thursday.

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1 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 commuter
n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者
参考例句：
Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。 She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

3 creek
n.小溪，小河，小湾
参考例句：
He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。 People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

4 insufficient
adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的
参考例句：
There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。 In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

5 repose
v.(使)休息；n.安息
参考例句：
Don't disturb her repose.不要打扰她休息。 Her mouth seemed always to be smiling,even in repose.她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑，即使在睡眠时也是这样。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-3-12