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.
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2007.11.16
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新聞聽寫
1 . Police were called after the security reported the man on the shuttle bus with a gun. Three people were briefly held hostages on the bus. No one was hurt.
The New York Times is reporting the FBI agencies found no evidence 2 druing the September incident that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead. The FBI reports find the guards were unjustified in killing at least 14 of these civilians.
3 President Bush will not get any more money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 4 by December of next year for the House and the Senate will vote by the end of the week of the 50 million-dollor plan. Bush promises a veto of any bill containing a timetable for withdrawal.
A globe that once belonged to Adolf Hitler is sold at auction for 100,000 dollars. An American solider found the globe 5 . John Barsamian took it home and kept it for more than 60 years.
the shuttle bus: 公共汽車
hostage: 人質(zhì)
The New York Times: 紐約時(shí)報(bào)，比較親共和黨的一家報(bào)紙
civilian: 平民，非軍事人員
the House: 眾議院（下院，權(quán)力較?。?BR> the Senate: 參議院（上院，權(quán)力較大）
veto: 否決withdrawal：撤軍
globe: 地球儀
Adolf Hitler: 阿道夫·*
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.
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2007.11.16
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新聞聽寫
1 . Police were called after the security reported the man on the shuttle bus with a gun. Three people were briefly held hostages on the bus. No one was hurt.
The New York Times is reporting the FBI agencies found no evidence 2 druing the September incident that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead. The FBI reports find the guards were unjustified in killing at least 14 of these civilians.
3 President Bush will not get any more money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 4 by December of next year for the House and the Senate will vote by the end of the week of the 50 million-dollor plan. Bush promises a veto of any bill containing a timetable for withdrawal.
A globe that once belonged to Adolf Hitler is sold at auction for 100,000 dollars. An American solider found the globe 5 . John Barsamian took it home and kept it for more than 60 years.
the shuttle bus: 公共汽車
hostage: 人質(zhì)
The New York Times: 紐約時(shí)報(bào)，比較親共和黨的一家報(bào)紙
civilian: 平民，非軍事人員
the House: 眾議院（下院，權(quán)力較?。?BR> the Senate: 參議院（上院，權(quán)力較大）
veto: 否決withdrawal：撤軍
globe: 地球儀
Adolf Hitler: 阿道夫·*