AP News一分钟新闻：特朗普首次承认拜登选举获胜

燕山大学 刘立军 供稿

【TRANSCRIPT】

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President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to acknowledge for the first time that Joe Biden won the White House but made it clear he would not concede and would keep trying to overturn the election result. Trump's statements came in tweets that included several baseless claims about the November 3rd vote.

Several thousand supporters of President Donald Trump protested the election results and marched to the Supreme Court on Saturday. There were clashes with counterdemonstrators that led to fistfights, at least one stabbing and more than 20 arrests.

Peru's interim president Manuel Merino announced his resignation on Sunday, plunging the country into a constitutional crisis. The resignation came amid massive protests after Congress ousted the nation's popular leader. The protesters alleged that Congress had staged a parliamentary coup.

A Belgian racing pigeon named New Kim fetched a record price of $1.9 million at an auction on Sunday. Two Chinese bidders operating under the pseudonyms Super Duper and Hitman drove up the price by over $30,000.

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【VOCABULARY】

1. baseless adj. (formal) not supported by good reasons or facts 无根据的；无缘无故的。例如：The rumors were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。

2. counterdemonstrator n. 反示威者

3. fistfight n. 互殴；格斗。

4. stabbing n. an occasion when a person is stabbed with a knife or other pointed object 持刀（或其他利器）伤人事件。例如：a fatal stabbing 持刀伤人致死事件

5. resignation n. the act of giving up your job or position; the occasion when you do this 辞职。例如：a letter of resignation 辞职信

6. oust v. to force sb. out of a job or position of power, especially in order to take their place 剥夺；罢免；革职。例如：He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。

7. coup n. a sudden, illegal and often violent, change of government 政变。例如：He seized power in a military coup in 1997. 他在 1997 年的军事政变中夺取了政权。

8. pseudonym n. a name used by sb., especially a writer, instead of their real name 假名；化名；笔名。例如：She writes under a pseudonym. 她用笔名写作。

【QUESTIONS】

Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.

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President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to (Q1) ___________________ for the first time that Joe Biden won the White House but made it clear he would not (Q2) _________________ and would keep trying to overturn the election result. Trump's statements came in tweets that included several (Q3) ____________________ about the November 3rd vote.

Several thousand supporters of President Donald Trump protested the election results and marched to the Supreme Court on Saturday. There were clashes with counterdemonstrators that led to (Q4) ________________, at least one (Q5) ___________________ and more than 20 (Q6) ___________.

Peru's interim president，Manuel Merino announced his resignation on Sunday, plunging the country into a (Q7) _______________________ crisis. The resignation came amid massive protests after Congress ousted the nation's popular leader. The protesters alleged that Congress had staged a parliamentary (Q8) ___________________.

A Belgian racing pigeon named New Kim fetched a record price of $1.9 million at an (Q9) ______on Sunday. Two Chinese bidders operating under the (Q10) ____________________ Super Duper and Hitman drove up the price by over $30,000.

【KEY】

Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.

This is AP News Minute.

President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to (Q1) acknowledge for the first time that Joe Biden won the White House but made it clear he would not (Q2) concede and would keep trying to overturn the election result. Trump's statements came in tweets that included several (Q3) baseless claims about the November 3rd vote.

Several thousand supporters of President Donald Trump protested the election results and marched to the Supreme Court on Saturday. There were clashes with counterdemonstrators that led to (Q4) fistfights, at least one (Q5) stabbing and more than 20 (Q6) arrests.

Peru's interim president，Manuel Merino announced his resignation on Sunday, plunging the country into a (Q7) constitutional crisis. The resignation came amid massive protests after Congress ousted the nation's popular leader. The protesters alleged that Congress had staged a parliamentary (Q8) coup.

A Belgian racing pigeon named New Kim fetched a record price of $1.9 million at an (Q9) auction on Sunday. Two Chinese bidders operating under the (Q10) pseudonyms Super Duper and Hitman drove up the price by over $30,000.