美联社新闻一分钟 2006-12-17

1. Expert climbers've begun their biggest effort to find 3 missing men on Mount Hood¹. One team started up the south side of the mountain, another team tackled the north side. Weather conditions are good for the search.

2. Democratic Senator Tim Johnson remains² in critical condition today but doctors say he seems to have improved since he underwent brain surgery on Wednesday. He will remain hospitalized until the swelling³ in his brain subside⁴s.

3. Two astronauts are walking in space. They are finishing up some electrical work on the International Space Station. This is the third scheduled spacewalk of the mission but NASA managers may decide on another walk on Monday.

4. And a rocket carrying 2 experimental satellites blazed into the Virginia sky this morning. It was the first launch for the mid-Atlantics commercial spaceport. The rocket will test how fast the military can transmit images of enemy targets to battlefield commanders.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. swelling : N-VAR
A swelling is a raised, curved shape on the surface of your body which appears as a result of an injury or an illness.

2. subside : VERB
If a feeling or noise subsides⁵, it becomes less strong or loud.

3. finish up : PHR-V
If you finish up something that you have been eating or drinking, you eat or drink the last part of it.

4. spaceport : N-COUNT
An installation for sheltering, testing, maintaining, and launching spacecraft.

1 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

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 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

4 subside   

vi.平静，平息；下沉，塌陷，沉降

参考例句：

• The emotional reaction which results from a serious accident takes time to subside.严重事故所引起的情绪化的反应需要时间来平息。
• The controversies surrounding population growth are unlikely to subside soon.围绕着人口增长问题的争论看来不会很快平息。

5 subsides   

v.（土地）下陷（因在地下采矿）( subside的第三人称单数 )；减弱；下降至较低或正常水平；一下子坐在椅子等上

参考例句：

• Emotion swells and subsides. 情绪忽高忽低。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• His emotion swells and subsides. 他的情绪忽高忽低。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》