AP英语听力2013年01月（WORD文本）：20130106APNEWS.doc

1、1. The 113th Congress is now in session. The House reelected John Boehner as speaker. And in the Senate, Vice President Joe Biden swore in 12 new members elected in November along with South Carolina Republican Tim Scott.2. The State Department says Hillary Clinton plans to return to work next week.

2、 Thats after the secretary of state was treated for a blood clot in her head. But doctors are advising her to avoid international travel for now.3. Authorities in India have formally filed rape and murder charges against five men accused in the gang rape of a university student on a New Delhi bus. The woman later died from her injuries. Police say they plan to push for the death penalty.4. And its quite the attraction in Sydney Harbor - a 50-foot yellow rubber duck. Its all part of a rehearsal for a Sydney Festival event which organizers say will turn the harbor into a giant bathtub.