美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-10-11_在线英语听力室

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1. The tearful family and friends of slain¹ US Border Patrol Agent Nicolas Ivie attended funeral services for him today. Ivie's death is believed to be the result of friendly fire. A second surviving agent was also shot.

2. President Barack Obama's campaign is responding to Mitt² Romney's criticism among foreign policy. Romney says the rick of conflict in the Middle East is higher now than it was when Obama took office. The Obama campaign calls Romney reckless on foreign policy.

3. The CDC says fungal meningitis has killed eight people and infected more than one hundred. Health officials have linked the outbreak to steroid shots produced by a specialty³ pharmacy⁴ in Massachusetts. The steroid was sent to 23 states and have since been recalled.

4. This year Nobel Peace Prize for medicine has been awarded to two sicients. British researcher John Gurdon and Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka. Collective leaders' stem cell work has raised hope for some developing treatments, for diseases like Parkinson's and diabetes⁵ amongst others.

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1 slain
杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)
参考例句：
The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。 His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

2 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

3 specialty
n.(speciality)特性，特质；专业，专长
参考例句：
Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.贝雕是该城的特产。 His specialty is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。

4 pharmacy
n.药房，药剂学，制药业，配药业，一批备用药品
参考例句：
She works at the pharmacy.她在药房工作。 Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness.现代制药学已经解决了失眠问题。

5 diabetes
n.糖尿病
参考例句：
In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。 Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-10-11