美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-02-04_在线英语听力室

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1. A massive 40-vehicle pile-up in northern Indiana left 3 dead and more than 20 injured on Thursday. The pile-up on eastbound lanes of I-94 happened near Michigan City, about 60 miles from Chicago.

2. NASA says its Opportunity Rover apparently¹ took this small rock on Mars, giving scientists the rare chance to examine it. NASA described the rock as looking like a white doughnut with a jelly center.

3. Multiple explosions in Egypt killed 5 people on Friday according the officials. That attacks came a day before the 3rd anniversary of the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

4. A sober-looking Justin Bieber was released from jail on Thursday. This is after his arrest earlier in the morning for a DUI and other charges. Officers said the blurry-eyed Bieber had smelt² of alcohol and initially³ resisted arrest.

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1 apparently
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。 He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 smelt
v.熔解，熔炼；n.银白鱼，胡瓜鱼
参考例句：
Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt.锡是比较容易熔化的金属。 Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法，他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼，而改用焦炭。

3 initially
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。 Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-02-04