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1. The United State abstained¹ United Nations vote, condemning² Israel's settlement in the west bank. The move was greeted with a loud applause in the packed security council chamber³. That will give the green light for the council to approve the resolution, condemning Israel by 14-0 vote.

2. The Tunisian man suspected of a deadly attack on a Christmas market in Berlin was killed early Friday morning. Anis Amri was shot by a Milan Italy police officer when he refused to show the ID passage.

3. Russian president Vladimir Putin says there is nothing unusual in his comments on Donald Trump⁴ when the president-elect said he wanted to build an American arsenal⁵. Putin made the comments in a 3.5 hour-long end of the year news conference in Moscow.

4. And in Cleveland, police officers handed out $100 gift cards, given by an anonymous⁶ donor⁷. Officers were instructed to give them away to anyone of their choice, as random⁸ at the kindness.

Tom Ritchie, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 abstained
v.戒（尤指酒），戒除( abstain的过去式和过去分词 )；弃权（不投票）
参考例句：
Ten people voted in favour, five against and two abstained. 十人投票赞成，五人反对，两人弃权。 They collectively abstained (from voting) in the elections for local councilors. 他们在地方议会议员选举中集体弃权。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 condemning
v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地
参考例句：
The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。 I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 chamber
n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所
参考例句：
For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。 The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

4 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。 The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

5 arsenal
n.兵工厂，军械库
参考例句：
Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。 We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。

6 anonymous
adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的
参考例句：
Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。 The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

7 donor
n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体
参考例句：
In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。 The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。

8 random
adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
参考例句：
The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。 On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-12-26