美联社一分钟新闻 2009-03-24（在线收听）

1.The Obama administration is asking private investors to help buy up to a trillion dollars of bad assets from the nation's banks. President Obama calls it "one more critical element" in his effort to revive the economy.

2.Investigators say they are looking into possible overloading on a plane that crashed in Montana, killing all 14 people aboard. The National Transportation Safety Board says the plane was likely designed to carry a total of 11 people, including two pilots.

3.Lance Armstrong has broken his collarbone in a crash during a five-day-race in Spain. A fellow team member says it was a clean fracture without complications. He added the seven-time Tour de France champion should make a fast recovery.

4.And Pandora is a horse unlike most. This five-year-old thoroughbred mare is allergic to grass. Her owner says she has to cover the horse from top to tail in specially designed rugs that protect her skin. But, she says, despite the long face, Pandora appears to be happy and healthy.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.collarbone: n.锁骨

one of the pair of bones that go from the bottom part of your neck to your shoulders

2.complication: n. 并发症

a medical problem or illness that happens while someone is already ill and makes treatment more difficult

3.thoroughbred: adj.纯种的；良种的

a horse that has parents of the same very good breed