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Sixty-one-year-old Alan Gross was driven into the Havana courthouse inside an unmarked van with blacked-out windows. He's charged with acts against the integrity and independence of Cuba, and prosecutors have said they are seeking a 20-year sentence. Mr Gross has already spent 15 months in a Cuban jail, accused of providing satellite communications equipment, which is illegal in Cuba, to groups on the island.

The latest employment figures in the United States show the number of jobs rose last month by more than 190,000. The unemployment rate dropped below 9% for the first time in nearly two years.

The suspect in the shootings in Tucson, Arizona in January when US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was seriously wounded, has been indicted on a number of new charges. Jared Loughner now faces 49 counts, including the murder of six people and the attempted assassination of Ms Giffords.

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From: http://www.hxen.com/englishlistening/bbc/20110305/137519.html 及物动词 vt.

重建;恢复

the yeasty days before the new government was established. 新政府成立前的动荡时期

2.enthusiasm

名词 n.

热心,热情,热忱[C][U][(+for/about)]

The proposal was greeted with great enthusiasm. 这个建议受到热情的响应。

3.despite

名词 n. [U]

1.恶意;怨恨 2.侮辱;损害

介词 prep.

不管,尽管,任凭

He went to work despite his illness. 尽管生病,他还是去工作。

4.symbolically

副词 ad.

象征性地

5.hatred

名词 n.

憎恨,憎恶;敌意[U][S1][(+of/for)]

She felt her dislike rapidly deepening to hatred. 她感到她的厌恶正迅速变成仇恨。

6.blip

名词 n.

(在雷达屏幕显示出的)物体光点 影像,清脆的短音

The Blip is out of focus. 雷达的影像模糊不清。

7.floodgate

名词 n. [C]

1.水闸,水闸门;防洪闸门

The floodgate was closed to control the flow of water. 为了控制水流,防洪闸门关闭了。

2.(怒气等的)制约[P1]

3.大量[(+of)]

a floodgate of facts 大量事实

8.repercussion

名词 n.

1.弹回;反冲

2.反响;反射

3.(常复数)后果;影响

9.speculation

名词 n. [U][C]

1.思索;沉思;推测[(+about/on/upon)]

There has been a great deal of speculation about the Prime Minister's resignation. 最近有关首相辞职的臆测颇多。

2.投机;投机买卖[(+in)]

His speculations in stocks led to his suicide

10.indict

及物动词 vt.

控告,告发;(尤指大陪审团)对...起诉[(+for/with)] The jury indicted all eleven men named by the FBI.

陪审团对受到联邦调查局点名的十一个人一并提起公诉。

From: http://www.hxen.com/englishlistening/bbc/20110305/137519_2.html 1.堵塞

He closed up the mouth of the pipe. 他把管口堵住了。 2.愈合

Your wound will soon close up. 你的伤口很快就会愈合。

3.停业

Business declined to such an extent that the company had to close up. 生意如此清淡,公司只好停业。 4.靠近

His house is close to the factory. 他家靠近该厂。 close-up 名词 n. [C]

1.(电影、电视等的)特写镜头,特写 2.实地的观察;切身的体验 the other day 不久前某一天

I saw David at the bank the other day. 几天前我在银行见到过戴维。 break up

固定词组 ph.