美联社新闻一分钟 2006-03-25

1. Tennessee officials say Marry Winkler confessed to killing¹ her minister husband Wednesday and then leaving town with the couple's three young daughters. Winkler was arrested late last night after she was spotted² in Alabama. She’s been charged with first degree murder.

2. They are getting their money back along with a flight home from Jamaica. About 2,600 passengers are being sent home after a cruise ship caught fire. A smolder³ing cigarette is suspected as the cause of the blaze that left one Georgia man dead and 11 others hurt.

3. Protesters jammed the streets of Phoenix⁵. These demonstrators are protesting legislation that cracks down on illegal immigration. Similar protests are also being held in Los Angeles and Atlanta.

4. It’s a setback⁶ for slugger Barry Bonds. A judge has denied the request by the baseball player’s lawyer to block the authors and publishers of "Game of Shadows" from profiting from the book. The book claims Bonds used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. confess :verb [I or T]
to admit that you have done something wrong or something that you feel guilty or bad about:
e.g. He confessed to having slept through most of the film.

2. smolder :verb
to burn slowly with smoke but without flames:
e.g. The fire was started by a smouldering cigarette.

3. crack down :phrasal verb
to start dealing⁷ with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way:
e.g. The library is cracking down on people who lose their books.

4. slugger :noun [C]
baseball player who hits many extra-base hits

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 smolder   

v.无火焰地闷烧；n.焖烧，文火

参考例句：

• The smolder will soon be a flame.闷火很快变为烈焰。
• It can smolder undetected for hours,then suddenly explode in fiery destruction.也有可能好几小时内不被发觉，突然激烈的爆炸。

4 smoldering   

v.用文火焖烧，熏烧，慢燃( smolder的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The mat was smoldering where the burning log had fallen. 燃烧的木棒落下的地方垫子慢慢燃烧起来。 来自辞典例句
• The wood was smoldering in the fireplace. 木柴在壁炉中闷烧。 来自辞典例句

5 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

6 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

7 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。