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u TRANSCRIPT

This is AP News Minute.

There is word of new diplomatic activity ahead of the possible summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. A top North Korean official was spotted in Beijing's airport. South Korean media reports he is heading to the US.

More evacuations were ordered for people near Hawaii's Kilauea volcano. Fast-moving lava has destroyed 82 structures, including 37 homes as of Friday.

Alberto was downgraded to a tropical depression after it made a landfall in the Florida panhandle. The storm is bringing heavy rain to some southern States.

And an American man and his wife are home in Utah after two years in jail in Venezuela. Josh Holt went to Venezuela to get married. He and his wife were locked up on weapons' charges that the US says were bogus.

Shirley Smith, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.

Adapted from http://www.kekenet.com/broadcast/201805/554676.shtml

u VOCABULARY

1. evacuation n. the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection撤退, 走开。例如：If there's an emergency evacuation, leave all your bags, packs and possessions aboard.

2. lava n. Lava is the very hot liquid rock that comes out of a volcano. 熔岩。例如： Mexico's Mount Colima began spewing lava and ash last night.

3. panhandle n. A panhandle is a narrow strip of land joined to a larger area of land. 狭长地带。

例如： ...the Texas panhandle.  ...德克萨斯狭长地带。

4. bogus adj. If you describe something as bogus, you mean that it is not genuine. 伪造的

u QUESTIONS

Listen to the news and complete the table with the information you have just heard.

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82 structures

depression

get married

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