美联社新闻一分钟 2006-11-26

1. An early morning shooting in the Queens Borough¹ of New York City has left one man dead on his wedding day. It is not clear what sparked the fatal shooting, but witnesses say police shot 3 men who had just left a bachelor party. Two other men in the group were hospitalized; one remains² in critical condition.

2. With dangerously cold temperatures predicted for Saturday night, the search is widened for 2 young brothers missing from the Red Lake Indian Reservation. The boys have been missing from their Minnesota home since Wednesday morning. The FBI is investigating the possibility of foul³ play.

3. British detectives are now searching through hours of security video, looking for clues into who may have poisoned an ex-Russian spy. Alexander Litvinenko died Thursday from a fatal dose of a radioactive substance. Litvinenko, a fierce critic of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, left bitter words for him from his deathbed.

4. These images show icebergs⁵ that have drifted unusually close to the coast of New Zealand. Large chunks⁶ of one iceberg⁴ have broken off, exposing a rare sight--the normally hidden underside of the iceberg.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. borough : N-COUNT
A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council.

2. spark : VERB
If one thing sparks another, the first thing cause the second thing to start happening.

3. bachelor party : N-COUNT
A bachelor party (also called a stag party, stag night, or bucks⁷ party) is a party held for a bachelor shortly before he enters marriage, to make the most of his final opportunity to engage in activities a new wife might not approve of, or merely to spend time bonding with his male friends (often in his wedding party afterwards).

4. foul play : UN-COUNT
Foul play is criminal violence or activity that results in a person's death.

5. break off : PHR
If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.

6. underside : N-COUNT
The underside of something is the part of it which normally faces towards the ground.

1 borough   

n.享有自治权的市镇；(英)自治市镇

参考例句：

• He was slated for borough president.他被提名做自治区主席。
• That's what happened to Harry Barritt of London's Bromley borough.住在伦敦的布罗姆利自治市的哈里.巴里特就经历了此事。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

4 iceberg   

n.冰山，流冰，冷冰冰的人

参考例句：

• The ship hit an iceberg and went under.船撞上一座冰山而沉没了。
• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。

5 icebergs   

n.冰山，流冰( iceberg的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The drift of the icebergs in the sea endangers the ships. 海上冰山的漂流危及船只的安全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The icebergs towered above them. 冰山高耸于他们上方。 来自辞典例句

6 chunks   

厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 )； （某物）相当大的数量或部分

参考例句：

• a tin of pineapple chunks 一罐菠萝块
• Those chunks of meat are rather large—could you chop them up a bIt'smaller? 这些肉块相当大，还能再切小一点吗？

7 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》