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This is AP news minute. 

1. 18 Penn State fraternity members face charges in the death of a pledge. Prosecutors1 say Timothy Piazza2 had lethal3 levels of alcohol in his body when he took a devastating4 fall down a flight of stairs. 

2. Two crew members died when their cargo5 plane, contracted by UPS, crashed at West Virginia Airport. Charleston's Chuck Yeager Airport is expected to be closed until Saturday due to the incident. 

3. The first Chinese made large passenger jet took to skies for the first time. The 90-minute-flight of the C919 was delayed 3 years. It aims to take on Boeing and Airbus. 

4. Devil rays are delighting beachgoers on Florida’s gulf6 coast. Schools of the rays have been gliding7 into a Panama City kiddie pool every afternoon. 

I'm Matt Friedman,  the Associated Press with AP News Minute.


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1 prosecutors a638e6811c029cb82f180298861e21e9     
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
参考例句：
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
2 piazza UNVx1     
n.广场；走廊
参考例句：
  • Siena's main piazza was one of the sights of Italy.锡耶纳的主要广场是意大利的名胜之一。
  • They walked out of the cafeteria,and across the piazzadj.他们走出自助餐厅,穿过广场。
3 lethal D3LyB     
adj.致死的；毁灭性的
参考例句：
  • A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
  • She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
4 devastating muOzlG     
adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的
参考例句：
  • It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
  • Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
5 cargo 6TcyG     
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
6 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
7 gliding gliding     
v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的
参考例句：
  • Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。
  • The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow. 天气预报对明天是否能举行滑翔表示怀疑。

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