美联社新闻一分钟 2006-03-31

1. After being held captive for nearly 3 months in Iraq, American reporter Jill Carroll was released by her kidnappers¹. Carroll says she's looking forward to seeing her family.

2. Randal McCloy, the sole survivor² in the Sago Mine explosion in West Virginia left the hospital Thursday. Speaking briefly³ to reporters, McCloy thanked everyone for their support.

3. One of the 9/11 calls for help from the World Trade Center was released to the public Thursday. "Ok, all right, just...just keep the windows open, if you can't open the windows, just sit tight. It’s gonna be a while 'cos there’s a fire going on downstairs." "We can't open the windows unless we break them." “Ok, just sit tight, alright, just sit tight, we are on the way.” "Alright, please hurry."

4. And Major League Baseball officials announced Thursday they'll be investigating Barry Bonds and other players for alleged⁴ steroid use.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. hold sb captive :
to keep someone as a prisoner or make someone a prisoner:
e.g. The terrorists were holding several British diplomats⁵ captive.

2. sit tight :
to stay where you are:
e.g. You'd better sit tight and I'll call the doctor.

1 kidnappers   

n.拐子，绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

3 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

4 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

5 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》