美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-12-04_在线英语听力室

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1. Spurred by the Ferguson, Missouri shooting, President Barack Obama is calling for 75 million dollars in federal spending to get 50,000 more police to wear body cameras that record their interactions with civilians¹.

2. A rare glimpse of civilians still living inside the besieged² city of Kobani in Northern Syria. Before clashes between ethnic³ Kurdish and Islamic State Group militants⁴ began in September, Kobani was home to 50,000 residents. Now an estimated 2,000 people still live here, including many children.

3. A team of researchers at MIT has created a 70-pound cheetah⁵ robot that can run and jump on its power. Developers hope the mechanics behind battery powered animal will help in creation of the new prosthetics and other technologies.

4. In a change-up from the normal Santa holiday snap, Children in Jenks got a chance to take pictures with Santa at the Oklahoma aquarium⁶ over the weekend. The scuba⁷ diving Santa and his helpers stole the show in the Coral Reef Exhibit – a 60,000 gallon saltwater tank.

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1 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓
参考例句：
the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀 At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

2 besieged
包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。 The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。

3 ethnic
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
参考例句：
This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。 The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

4 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

5 cheetah
n.(动物)猎豹
参考例句：
The cheetah is generally credited as the world's fastest animal.猎豹被公认是世界上跑得最快的动物。 The distribution of the cheetah ranges from Africa to Central Asia.印度豹的足迹遍及从非洲到中亚的广大地区。

6 aquarium
n.水族馆，养鱼池，玻璃缸
参考例句：
The first time I saw seals was in an aquarium.我第一次看见海豹是在水族馆里。 I'm going to the aquarium with my parents this Sunday.这个星期天，我要和父母一起到水族馆去。

7 scuba
n.水中呼吸器
参考例句：
I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.12岁时我开始迷上了带水中呼吸器潜水。 While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-12-04