美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-16（在线收听）

1. The California Supreme Court overturns a ban on gay marriage, making it the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry. The justices say domestic partnerships already allowed are not a good enough substitute for marriage.

2. Wildfires that burned thousands of acres in Florida may have been sparked by a Molotov cocktail. A 31-year-old man in police custody says he tossed a cigarette out of his car, but an eyewitness told police the man threw a large object, the glass bottle with an accelerant.

3. Barack Obama says comments President Bush made to the Israeli parliament about appeasing terrorists and radicals is a false political attack on him. The White House says the comments by Bush were not directed at Obama.

4. These pandas are on the move in China after the devastating earthquake that rattled the country. All the pandas are safe. The quake hit the world's most famous panda preserve in Wolong with 86 of the creatures.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. Molotov cocktail: n. 莫洛托夫鸡尾酒瓶炸弹(用一瓶汽油和引燃布条等制成)

An incendiary bomb made from a breakable container, such as a bottle, filled with flammable liquid and provided with a rag wick. Used by the Soviets against the invading German armies in World War II, these bombs were nicknamed after V. M. Molotov, a foreign minister of the Soviet Union at that time.