AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-11（在线收听）

1. President-elect Obama and President Bush have held their first face-to-face meeting since election. Obama and his wife arrived at the White House about ten minutes early. The president and president-elect later waited for cameras as they strode along the Colonnade to the Oval Office.

2. The man is being questioned in the killings of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew is staying in jail. William Balfour is being held for violating parole from a prior conviction. A parole board official says a witness reported seeing him with a gun matching the description of the weapon used in the killings.

3. Those finding a travel by air this holiday season ought to be ready for delays and other hassles. A new study on airline performance says there has been a steady decline in on-time arrivals, baggage handling and other aspects of air travel over the last few years, and things are at their worst in December.

4. New pictures are showing how active a volcano near Ecuador's capital of Quito is gotten. Lava was seen spewing down the mountainside but officials say it doesn't threaten any cities.

ORDS IN THE NEWS

1. parole board: n.

the people who decide if a prisoner should get permission to leave prison

2. hassle: n.

something that is annoying, because it causes problems or is difficult to do

3. spew: v.

When something spews out a substance or when a substance spews from something, the substance flows out quickly in large quantities.