美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-25_在线英语听力室

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1. The Washington Navy Yard has reopened for normal operations with returning employees saying they still feel unsettled after the shooting earlier this week in which a gunman killed 12 people.

2. Floods and landslides¹ swept across Mexico, killing² at least 97 people, not counting those missing in the remote mountain village of La Pintada on the outskirts³ of Acapulco. Some 35,000 homes across the country were damaged or destroyed.

3. The Colorado National Guard says the motto is "no pets are left behind" as they evacuate⁴ people from the raging floodwaters. Hundreds of pets have been ferried to safety with their owners via helicopter or rescued in ground operations.

4. Thousands of people lined the shores of Taiwan's largest harbor to cheer the arrival of a massive yellow rubber duck. Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is taking his creation around the world to spread a massage⁵ of happiness. It will be heading to the US soon.

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1 landslides
山崩( landslide的名词复数 )；（山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌；滑坡；（竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数
参考例句：
Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。 The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。

2 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 outskirts
n.郊外，郊区
参考例句：
Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。 They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

4 evacuate
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
参考例句：
We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！ They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

5 massage
n.按摩，揉；vt.按摩，揉，美化，奉承，篡改数据
参考例句：
He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。 Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-25