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Divers¹ have retrieved² the second black box from the Air-Asia jet that crashed 2 weeks ago. Cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder will provide information into just what brought down flight 8501. 48 bodies of the 162 passengers on board have been recovered.

A Frenchman believed to have links to one of the Charlie Hebdo attackers appeared in a Bulgarian court. Joachim Fritz-Joly was arrested when trying to cross into Turkey. The arrest comes as the satirical magzine Charlie Hebdo plans to print 3 million copies of a new issue tomorrow with a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on its cover.

One person has died and more than 80 other people were rushed to D.C. area hospitals following an evacuation. Smoke filled the tunnel and cars of a D.C. metro³ train prompting riders to fall ill with smoke inhilation. NTSB investigators⁴ say the smoke was caused by an electrical mulfunction.

And an elephant in Thailand let off some steam on a car. That elephant attacked the car at Thailand's largest national park kicking off the car's bumper⁵ in the process. Park officials said the elephant was likely frustrated⁶ with busy traffic.

Emily Roseman, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 divers
adj.不同的；种种的
参考例句：
He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。 Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

2 retrieved
v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）
参考例句：
Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。来自《简明英汉词典》 He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。来自辞典例句

3 metro
n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)
参考例句：
Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？ The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

4 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 bumper
n.(汽车上的)保险杠；adj.特大的，丰盛的
参考例句：
The painting represents the scene of a bumper harvest.这幅画描绘了丰收的景象。 This year we have a bumper harvest in grain.今年我们谷物丰收。

6 frustrated
adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧
参考例句：
It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。 The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。来自《简明英汉词典》

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-1-18