美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-23_在线英语听力室

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1. It was insufficient¹ security staffing that led to weaknesses at a diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. That's according to a panel reviewing the deadly September attack. Three State Department officials are resigning.

2. For a third straight day, funeral procession is rolling through a grieving Connecticut. Goodbyes for children and a teacher, victims of a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown.

3. Still no compromise as the fiscal² cliff looms³. House Speaker John Boehner said the president should support his plan, avoiding a tax increase for most. Obama says a deal may be close.

4. Snow in the Rocky Mountains could cause problems farther east as the first major winter storm of the season moves from Colorado to the Plains. Strong winds could spawn⁴ blizzard⁵ conditions.

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1 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。

2 fiscal
adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
参考例句：
The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。 The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

3 looms
n.织布机( loom的名词复数 )v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的第三人称单数 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近
参考例句：
All were busily engaged,men at their ploughs,women at their looms. 大家都很忙，男的耕田，女的织布。来自《简明英汉词典》 The factory has twenty-five looms. 那家工厂有25台织布机。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 spawn
n.卵，产物，后代，结果；vt.产卵，种菌丝于，产生，造成；vi.产卵，大量生产
参考例句：
The fish were madly pushing their way upstream to spawn.鱼群为产卵而疯狂地向上游挤进。 These fish will lay spawn in about one month from now.这些鱼大约一个月内会产卵。

5 blizzard
n.暴风雪
参考例句：
The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。 You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-23