美联社新闻一分钟 2006-09-10

1. A penitent¹ Arnold Schwarzenegger is apologizing for comments he made about Cubans and Puerto Ricans. The Californian governor called the acnicities very hot because of a combination of what he calls black blood and Latino blood.
“If I would hear this kind of comments in my house, by my kids, I would be upset.”

2. A female US Air Force officer who went missing earlier this week in Kyrgyzstan has reappeared, reportedly saying she had been kidnapped. Her husband says he just wants her home.
“I just want to get her back in the United States, which can be safe and then you will figure out from there.”

3. Tearful reunions at the top of a Siberian goldmine where these men managed to escape an underground blaze that has already claimed more than a dozen lives. Specialized² rescue teams were sent into the mine to search for more of the missing.

4. And the City of New York will open a visitor center at Ground Zero this week after the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. A collection will feature photographs of personal items found in the rubble³. A much larger museum is slated⁵ to open in 2009.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. penitent : adj
Someone who is penitent is very sorry for something wrong that they have done, and regrets their actions.

2. acnicity : n
民族，种族
3. feature : verb
When something such as a film or exhibition features a particular person or thing, they are an important part of it.

4. slate⁴ : v-passive
If something is slated to happen, it is planned to happen at a particular time or on a particular occasion. (mainly AM)

1 penitent   

adj.后悔的；n.后悔者；忏悔者

参考例句：

• They all appeared very penitent,and begged hard for their lives.他们一个个表示悔罪，苦苦地哀求饶命。
• She is deeply penitent.她深感愧疚。

2 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

3 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

4 slate   

n.板岩，石板，石片，石板色，候选人名单；adj.暗蓝灰色的，含板岩的；vt.用石板覆盖，痛打，提名，预订

参考例句：

• The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
• What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢？

5 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。