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1. President Donald Trump¹ met Friday with the house representative committee leaders for aiding the drive to repeal² and replace the affordable³ care act. Trump reiterated⁴ that action is needed now to save consumers from what he says is the coming Obama Care disaster.

2. American-Indians and their supporters rallied outside the White House Friday, opposing the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline⁵. A federal judge this week declined to halt construction of the final section of the $3.5 billion pipeline, meaning oil could begin flowing through it as early as next week.

3. Environmental experts are checking for ethanal leaks after a fiery⁶ freight train derailment in northwest Iowa. Fire officials are letting the blaze burn itself out, but want to make sure the ethanal didn't leak from the 27 tanker⁷ cars that derailed.

4. And three Malaysian Tiger cubs⁸ have an unlikely nanny at the Cincinnati zoo. It's Blakely, the Australian shepherd dog. The mother of the cubs ignored them since they were born last month. So the zoo and Blakely have to take over their care.

Suzanne Yee Gaffney, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 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。

2 repeal
n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消
参考例句：
He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。 He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

3 affordable
adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的
参考例句：
The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。 There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。

4 reiterated
反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
"Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹 Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

5 pipeline
n.管道，管线
参考例句：
The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。 A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

6 fiery
adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的
参考例句：
She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。 His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

7 tanker
n.油轮
参考例句：
The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。 Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。

8 cubs
n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮 Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。来自《简明英汉词典》

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2017-03-13