墨西哥南部发生7.0级地震

A magnitude 7.0 quake shook southern Mexico

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TRANSCRIPT

This is AP News Minute.

Residents of Acapulco spent the day cleaning up following a magnitude 7.0 quake Tuesday night that left one person dead and shook much of southern Mexico. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered about ten miles northeast of Acapulco.

The World Health Organization is calling on wealthy countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster shots until the end of the year. The health organization says while 70 percent of high income countries have vaccinated 40 percent of their populations or more, not a single low-income country has met that threshold.

President Joe Biden touted his $3.5 trillion dollar "Build Back Better" infrastructure program during a White House event to commemorate Labor Day. During the event, Biden paused for a "moment of silence" to honor two union leaders, John Sweeney and Richard Trumpka, who both passed away in 2021.

A crowd in Richmond, Virginia erupted in cheers as work crews lifted an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee off its pedestal, where it has stood for more than a century. The statue, one of America's largest monuments to the Confederacy, came down after years of resistance and a long court battle.

VOCABULARY

1. refrain from sth. / from doing sth.: (formal) to stop yourself from doing sth., especially sth. that

you want to do 克制；节制；避免。例如：Please refrain from smoking. 请勿吸烟。

2. booster n. an extra small amount of a drug that is given to increase the effect of one given earlier, for example to protect you from a disease for longer 加强剂量。例如：a tetanus booster 破伤风加强剂

3. threshold n. the floor or ground at the bottom of a doorway, considered as the entrance to a building or room 门槛；门口。例如：She stood hesitating on the threshold. 她站在门口，犹豫不决。

4. tout v. to try to persuade people that sb. / sth. is important or valuable by praising them / it 标榜；吹捧；吹嘘。例如：She's being touted as the next leader of the party. 她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人。

5. commemorate v. to remind people of an important person or event from the past with a special action or object; to exist to remind people of a person or an event from the past作为……的纪念

6. pedestal n. the base that a column, statue, etc. rests on （柱子或雕塑等的）底座，基座

7. the Confederacy（美国南北战争时的）南部邦联

8. resistance n. dislike of or opposition to a plan, an idea, etc.; refusal to obey 反对；抵制

QUESTIONS

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.

Residents of Acapulco spent the day cleaning up following a magnitude 7.0 quake Tuesday night that left one person (Q1) ___________ and shook much of (Q2) _________________. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered about ten miles northeast of Acapulco.

The World Health Organization is calling on (Q3) __________________ with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to (Q4) _________________ offering booster shots until the end of the year. The health organization says while 70 percent of high income countries have vaccinated 40 percent of their populations or more, not a single low-income country has met that (Q5) ______________.

President Joe Biden touted his $3.5 trillion dollar "Build Back Better" infrastructure program during a White House event to (Q6) ___________________ Labor Day. During the event, Biden paused for a "moment of silence" to honor two union leaders, John Sweeney and Richard Trumpka, who both (Q7) ___________________ in 2021.

A crowd in Richmond, Virginia erupted in cheers as work crews lifted an (Q8) ______________ of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee off its pedestal, where it has stood for more than a century. The statue, one of America's largest (Q9) ________________to the Confederacy, came down after years of (Q10) _______________ and a long court battle.

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.

Residents of Acapulco spent the day cleaning up following a magnitude 7.0 quake Tuesday night that left one person (Q1) dead and shook much of (Q2) southern Mexico. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered about ten miles northeast of Acapulco.

The World Health Organization is calling on (Q3) wealthy countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to (Q4) refrain from offering booster shots until the end of the year. The health organization says while 70 percent of high income countries have vaccinated 40 percent of their populations or more, not a single low-income country has met that (Q5) threshold.

President Joe Biden touted his $3.5 trillion dollar "Build Back Better" infrastructure program during a White House event to (Q6) commemorate Labor Day. During the event, Biden paused for a "moment of silence" to honor two union leaders, John Sweeney and Richard Trumpka, who both (Q7) passed away in 2021.

A crowd in Richmond, Virginia erupted in cheers as work crews lifted an (Q8) enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee off its pedestal, where it has stood for more than a century. The statue, one of America's largest (Q9) monuments to the Confederacy, came down after years of (Q10) resistance and a long court battle.

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