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US corruption¹ charges were unveiled Wednesday against 14 people, 7 of them all FIFA soccor officials who were arrested in Zurich. Swiss prosecutors² also annouced criminal proceedings³ in FIFA's awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup locations in Russian and Qatar.

The death toll⁴ from arisen floodwaters in Texas and Oklahoma climbed to 19 with over a dozen people still missing. Another round of rain threatens to complicate⁵ the cleanup in hard-hit Houston where 2 to 3 more inches of rain is expected.

Soaring summer temperatures in India have left over 1000 dead over the past month. Although stifling⁶ heat has gone down over the last 2 days. Tempertures continue to hover⁷ around 113 degrees Farenheit.

And a brave beekeeper in China has broken the world record for carrying the heaviest weight of bees on a human body. The record-breaker covered himself in more than one million bees, weighing a total of 240 pounds.

Emily Roseman, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 corruption
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
参考例句：
The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。 The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

2 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 proceedings
n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报
参考例句：
He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。 to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

4 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

5 complicate
vt.使复杂化，使混乱，使难懂
参考例句：
There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。 These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。

6 stifling
a.令人窒息的
参考例句：
The weather is stifling. It looks like rain. 今天太闷热，光景是要下雨。 We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed. 我们在那间关着窗户的热屋子里，简直透不过气来。

7 hover
vi.翱翔，盘旋；徘徊；彷徨，犹豫
参考例句：
You don't hover round the table.你不要围着桌子走来走去。 A plane is hover on our house.有一架飞机在我们的房子上盘旋。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-5-31