美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-2-9_在线英语听力室

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More than a dozen people are dead in Taiwan, where a passenger jet clipped a bridge and crashed into a river while taking off. Local media says more than a dozen others were hurt.

Seven people were killed Tuesday night when a commuter¹ train hit an SUV north of New York City. The vehicle apparently² got stuck between railroad crossing gates.

Jordan has executed two al-Qaida prisoners. The executions came hours after Islamic State Militants³ released video purporting⁴ to show a captured Jordanian pilot being locked in cage and burned alive.

And the nation’s largest indoor bike park is set to open this month. The Louisville, Kentucky facility has miles of dirt for riders inside an old mine.

Matt Small, the Associated Press with AP News Minute

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1 commuter
n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者
参考例句：
Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。 She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

2 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。

3 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。

4 purporting
v.声称是…，（装得）像是…的样子( purport的现在分词 )
参考例句：
Cindy Adams (Columnist) : He's purporting to be Mother Teresa. 辛迪？亚当斯（专栏作家）：他无意成为德兰修女。来自互联网 To prohibit certain practices purporting to be sales by auction. 本条例旨在对看来是以拍卖方式作出的售卖中某些行为予以禁止。来自互联网

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-2-9