美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-14_在线英语听力室

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　　This is AP News Minute.

　　1.Jury selection is underway in Florida for the trial of George Zimmerman. His attorneys plan to argue Zimmerman shot and killed unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last year because Zimmerman feared for his life.

　　2.Former NSA contractor¹ Edward Snowden reportedly fled to Hong Kong because he believed he woundn't get a fair trial in his home country for leaking classified information.

　　3.At least 57 people are dead in a wave of car bombings in central and northern Iraq Monday. The attacks continued what bas been the deadliest eruption² of violence to hit the country in years.

　　4.And gamers got some good news about Xbox 360. Microsoft annouced Monday the popular gaming console is getting a makeover with a focus on cloud computing³.

　　Rita Foley, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 contractor
n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌
参考例句：
The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。 The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

2 eruption
n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作
参考例句：
The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。 The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。

3 computing
n.计算
参考例句：
to work in computing 从事信息处理 Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-14