美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-01-15_在线英语听力室

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1. Hospital officials announced former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died at the age of 85 after being in a coma¹ since 2006 following a stroke. Sharon , a former General was both admired and hated for his battlefield exploit and ambition to reshape the Middle East.

2. After a West Virginia American water system was contaminated by a chemical spill Thursday, West Virginia officials met Saturday to discuss plans for flushing the water system. It could be days before clean water flowing to 700,000 people.

3. The Dallas Safari² club plans to auction³ off the right to shoot and kill black rhinoceros⁴ in the African nation of Namibia in order to raise the money to protect the endangered species. Animal protection groups and protesters are outraged⁵.

4. Major League baseball arbitrator had reduced Alex Rodriguez's 211 games suspension to 152 , which means he'll miss the entire 2014 season without pay.This amount to about 25 million dollars loss in earnings⁶. Rodriguez is the New York Yankee's third baseman.

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1 coma
n.昏迷，昏迷状态
参考例句：
The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。 She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

2 safari
n.远征旅行(探险、考察)；探险队，狩猎队
参考例句：
When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.我们远行狩猎时，喜欢露天生火做饭。 They went on safari searching for the rare black rhinoceros.他们进行探险旅行，搜寻那稀有的黑犀牛。

3 auction
n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖
参考例句：
They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。 They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

4 rhinoceros
n.犀牛
参考例句：
The rhinoceros has one horn on its nose.犀牛鼻子上有一个角。 The body of the rhinoceros likes a cattle and the head likes a triangle.犀牛的形体像牛，头呈三角形。

5 outraged
a.震惊的，义愤填膺的
参考例句：
Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。 He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。

6 earnings
n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得
参考例句：
That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。 Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-01-15