About AP (Associated Press)
 Founded in 1848, The Associated Press is the backbone of the world's information system serving thousands of daily newspaper, radio, television and online customers with coverage in all media and news in all formats. It is the largest and oldest news organization in the world, serving as a source of news, photos, graphics, audio and video for more than one billion people a day. The Associated Press has received 47 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization in the categories for which it can compete. AP operates as a not-for-profit cooperative with 3,700 employees working in more than 240 worldwide bureaus.
====================================================
2008.05.24
====================================================  新闻听写
1. Officials in Texas are taking the polygamist sect case to the state's highest court. Today they 1 which stated officials didn't have the right to take more than 400 kids from their parents.
2. Crews in Colorado are busy cleaning up after yesterday's powerful storms that 2 . Many residents are just now getting back to their houses to see if there is anything left worth salvaging.
3. Officials in China are trying to secure 15 sources of radiation that were buried in the rubble of last week's earthquake. Meantime, the government is 3 that have been dammed by landslides. Officials fear those could give way as aftershocks continue.
4. Just as Memorial Day weekend begins, gas prices have reached 4 . The average price of a gallon of regular rose 4 cents overnight to settle at nearly $3.88. Analysts say they expect that number to keep climbing.
|
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. give way: v.
Collapse, fail, break down
2. Memorial Day: n. 阵亡将士纪念日
May 30, observed in the United States in commemoration of those members of the armed forces killed in war. It is officially observed on the last Monday in May. Also called Decoration Day.
|
本期答案及音频下载 往期节目列表 |
