美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-10-29_在线英语听力室

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1. New Jersey¹ governor Chris Christie defending his decision to mandate² a 21-day quarantine for all health-care workers returning from Ebola-ravaged West Africa. Christie appeared on Fox News Sunday as a nurse currently being quarantined in Newark spoke³ to CNN saying the isolation⁴ process is inhumane.

2. In Hawaii, lava⁵ flows are inching closer to residents in the town of Pahoa. Several dozen people were ordered to evacuate⁶ Saturday as molten rock inched forward at 10 yards per hour.

3. A workout for firefighters in Arizona who had to rescue a horse from a swimming pool. It’s not clear why the horse ended up in the pool. The crew tranquilized the animal and safely pulled it out onto dry land.

4. And in Ukraine, Darth Vader is denied the vote in the parliamentary election. The man who legally changed his name to the Star Wars villain⁷ is running for a spot in the new government. He was turned away at the polls Sunday for refusing to take off his mask to be identified.

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1 jersey
n.运动衫
参考例句：
He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。 They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 mandate
n.托管地；命令，指示
参考例句：
The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。 The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

3 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 isolation
n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离
参考例句：
The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。 He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

5 lava
n.熔岩，火山岩
参考例句：
The lava flowed down the sides of the volcano.熔岩沿火山坡面涌流而下。 His anger spilled out like lava.他的愤怒像火山爆发似的迸发出来。

6 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。

7 villain
n.反派演员，反面人物；恶棍；问题的起因
参考例句：
He was cast as the villain in the play.他在戏里扮演反面角色。 The man who played the villain acted very well.扮演恶棍的那个男演员演得很好。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-10-29