AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-16_在线英语听力室

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1. A US Airways¹ jet has crashed into the Hudson River right next to Manhattan. Passengers were forced out into the freezing waters to escape. Officials say it went down right after taking off.

2. Roland Burris is officially a US senator. He was sworn in this afternoon to fill President-elect Barack Obama's seat. Democrats² initially³ turned him away after he was appointed by embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, but now they say they never had anything against him personally.

3. Obama's pick for attorney general is already signaling plans to chart a new course in the fight against terrorism. Eric Holder⁴ today forcefully broke from the Bush administration by declaring that waterboarding is torture.

4. No, Obama hasn't taken over the Oval Office early. You're looking at a wax figure of the soon-to-be president that was unveiled in Germany.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. chart: v.

to make a plan of what should be done to achieve a particular result.

2. course: n.

the general plans someone has to achieve something or the general way something is happening

3. waterboarding: n. 水刑

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1 AIRWAYS
航空公司
参考例句：
The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。 At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

2 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》

3 initially
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。 Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

4 holder
n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物
参考例句：
The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。 That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-16