美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-02-06_在线英语听力室

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1. A gunman opened fire at a busy shopping mall in suburban¹ Baltimore, leaving 3 people dead including the presumed shooter. While police searched store to store, some shoppers were hunkered down in locked down shops.

2. The first face to face meeting between Syria’s government and the opposition² ended after a barely half hour with the 2 sides facing each other silently as an UN mediator³ laid groundwork for peace talks.

3. Another bomb went off Saturday morning next to a police training institute in eastern Cairo. Its explosion occurred on the anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution that brought down President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. No casualties were reported.

4. Brazilian activists⁴ sat on toilets along the famed Ipanema beach to protest the lack of the basic sanitation⁵ in Rio de Janeiro, the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Organizers say thousands of liters of untreated sewage flow into Rio’s waters every day.

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1 suburban
adj.城郊的，在郊区的
参考例句：
Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。 There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

2 opposition
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。 The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 mediator
n.调解人，中介人
参考例句：
He always takes the role of a mediator in any dispute.他总是在争论中充当调停人的角色。 He will appear in the role of mediator.他将出演调停者。

4 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 sanitation
n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备
参考例句：
The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。 Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-02-06