美联社新闻一分钟 2006-10-02

1. 9/11 attack ringleader Mohamed Atta is all smiles with another hijacker¹ on a new video reportedly Atta's last will. The Associated Press secured exclusive rights to the video from the London Sunday Times. The other man Ziad Jarrah piloted United flight 93 which crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, and Atta flew one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center.

2. Congressman² Thomas Reno says he told House Speaker Dennis Hastert months ago about concerns that Congressman Mark Foley sent inappropriate messages to a teenage boy. But Hastert had claimed he only learned about the messages last week. Foley quit Congress Friday after the disclosures of the sexually suggestive e-mails and instant messages.

3. Here are the first photos of the Gol Airlines plane that crashed into the Amazon jungle. Search crews are still hunting through the wreckage³ of the jetliner which was carrying 155 people. Aviation officials say they are holding onto hope of finding survivors⁴.

4. Thousands of panda lovers turned out to greet the newest residents at a panda breeding facility in southwest China. Nine newborn panda cubs⁵ ranging in age from two weeks to two months were introduced.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. all smiles: phrase
If you say that someone is all smiles, you mean that they look very happy, often when they are previously⁶ been worried or upset about something.

1 hijacker   

n.拦路抢劫者

参考例句：

• We needed a credibIe hijacker who knew the pIane. 也需要一个懂飞机的让人相信的劫机犯。
• I've never heard of a hijacker Ietting passengers deboard before. 以前也从没听说过有劫机犯让乘客离开。

2 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

3 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

4 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

5 cubs   

n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
• Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。