美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-2-13_在线英语听力室

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1. Freshman¹ victory in Iowa. Ted² Cruz campaigned in New Hampshire, lashing³ out republican rival Donald Trump⁴ and Macro Rubio who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in the caucuses⁵.

2. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton's officially won the Iowa caucuses, leading Bernie Sanders by less than 0.3%. A spokesman for Sanders said the campaign doesn't have any plan to challenge the results.

3. Authorities in Virginia are saying 13-year old Nicole Madison, the teen who climbed out a bedroom window last Wednesday and was found over the weekend, was stabbed to death when she disappeared. A Virginia Texas student is accused killing⁶ the teen. Another Virginia student is accused being an accessory to the murder.

4. A storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of Colorado, knocking out power and cancelling flights, has been pounding Iowa and Nebraska . A blizzard⁷ warning has gone into effect from northwest Kansas to Southwest Minnesota.

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1 freshman
n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)
参考例句：
Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。 He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

2 ted
vt.翻晒，撒，撒开
参考例句：
The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。 She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 lashing
n.鞭打；痛斥；大量；许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥
参考例句：
The speaker was lashing the crowd. 演讲人正在煽动人群。来自《简明英汉词典》 The rain was lashing the windows. 雨急打着窗子。来自《简明英汉词典》

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 caucuses
n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议
参考例句：
Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。来自互联网

6 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 blizzard
n.暴风雪
参考例句：
The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。 You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-2-13