美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-18_在线英语听力室

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1. Secretary of State John Kerry opened two days of meetings with his Russian counterpart in Geneva Thursday. They hope to settle on the outlines of a plan to secure and destroy Syrian chemical weapons stockpiles and avoid US strikes.

2. In Colorado, at least three people are dead and some mountain communities left isolated¹ after heavy rain sent walls of water crashing down mountainsides early Thursday. Boulder² County was hit the hardest, as the flooding forced people from their homes and caused mud and rockslides.

3. The US government posted a narrower budget deficit³ in August compared with a year ago, keeping the annual gap on track to be the smallest in five years.

4. And NASA says its Voyager 1 probe has crossed a new frontier, becoming the first spacecraft to leave the solar system. Thirty-six years after it was launched from Earth, the plutonium-powered probe is more than 11.5 billion miles from the Sun.

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1 isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
参考例句：
His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。 Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

2 boulder
n.巨砾；卵石，圆石
参考例句：
We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲，把大石头搬开了。 He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。

3 deficit
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
参考例句：
The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。 We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-18