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呃……确定了，这个叫ED DONAHNE的善良的男主播念得确实比别人要慢很多哇，否则我不会那么轻松读来。

另外，accidently[,æksi'dentli]这个词，在今天的两个新闻里面都出现了，我的跟读出来后不统一啊。一个重音在前，一个在后。

为什么我总是要挨到最后一秒才开始动工……惰性来也……

This is AP News Minute.

Gunmen have opened fire on opposition protestors at a massive march in Iran. An AP photographer saw one person fatally shot and several others who appeared seriously wounded. Disputes over alleged vote rigging in last week's elections have touched off days of rioting in Tehran.

President Barack Obama was in Chicago, speaking to the American Medical Association. Obama is urging doctors to support his healthcare overhaul plan. He says lowering medical cost is the most important thing he can do to ensure a healthy domestic economy.

今天掐了一下表，总共用了38分钟来练习——比最初的三个小时要快了很多啊！

但是，问题是，到底是因为这一段不认识的单词少了还是什么原因呢？

其实自己还是不太清楚啊！

但是，感觉来讲，语调要修改的地方会比以前容易去寻找，现在主要在关注如何停顿和换气。

这个男主播的声音还是比女主播快一点点。对了，名字没有听出来，是瞎跟着念的！

原文如下：

President Barack Obama has used his weekly radio and internet address to let his critics know he is ready for a fight over his financial overhaul plans. Obama says the current system has allowed big banks to leave consumers in the cold.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger safely backed on the ground today following an emergency landing last night in Los Angeles. A pilot put the governor’s plane down because of a smoky cockpit. Afterwards Schwarzenegger used his twitter account to twit out the news that everything was OK.

原文：

This is AP News Minute.

Nestle has recalled all of its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products after dozens of people who ate the dough raw have reported symptoms of E. coli. No one has died from the bacteria but 25 people have been hospitalized.

The Pentagon has ordered a new missile defense system in Hawaii in an effort to detain North Korea from launching a test missile toward the state. The Defense Department says the move is a precautionary measure, and the North Korean missile probably couldn’t reach the islands.

附上原文：

This signed photo,Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue at photographers at 1951 has put up for bid by a New Hampshire auction house and sold for more than $74,000. It was bought by a New Yorker-specializes in important scientific books and autographs.

Carload Bradley, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.

第二段比第一段流畅点，唉……

附上原文：

At least 72 people have been killed and nearly 200 and more have been wounded in a truck bombing outside a mosque in northern Iraq as worshippers were leaving noontime prayers. Sunni insurgents are suspected in the attack which was Iraq's deadliest this year.

The Wall Street journalist was reporting that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a liver transplant two months ago. The journal does not disclose its source. And the spokesman for Apple won't confirm the transplant. But the spokesman says Jobs is looking forward to returning to Apple at the end of June.

今天录得很匆忙啊，声音有点浑浊了。

附上原文：

This is AP News Minute.

Demonstrations in Tehran turned bloody Saturday as thousands of protesters defied Iran's supreme leader. They took to the streets again to protest the recent presidential election that have returned Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power. The casualty told isn't clear. President Barack Obama used his bluntest language yet against the crackdown,urging Iran to stop on violent and unjust actions against its own people.

继续研究语调……

附上原文：

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has broken her right elbow. Clinton was on her way to the White House when she fell. Surgery is expected within the next couple of days.

President Barack Obama's fly-swatting act isn't sitting well with PETA. The animal rights group says it wants the president to try to take a more humane attitude the next time he's bothered by a fly.

Jon Belmont, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.