美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-24

1. Hurricane Wilma churns toward Florida as tens of thousands of residents are ordered to evacuate¹ vulnerable islands and coastal² areas.

2. Residents and tourists wander the flooded streets of Cancun Mexico in search of food as the sun returns after a battering³ by Wilma.

3. The British government says the type of bird flu that killed a parrot in quarantine is the deadly strain that's plagued Asia and Europe.

4. Nigerian officials report finding no signs of life after reaching the site where a passenger plane carrying 117 people crashed after takeoff.

5. And eight-time Oscar nominee⁴ Al Pacino has been honored at the 20th annual American Cinematheque Awards in Beverly Hills.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. churn
2 churn churns churning churned
If something churns water, mud, or dust, it moves it about violently.
Ferries churn the waters of Howe Sound from Langdale to Horseshoe Bay.
...unsurfaced roads now churned into mud by the annual rains.
VB

+ churn up churns up; churning up; churned up
Churn up means the same as churn.
The recent rain had churned up the waterfall into a muddy whirlpool.
Occasionally they slap the water with their tails or churn it up in play.
...muddy, churned-up ground.
PHR-V

2. quarantine
1 quarantine
If a person or animal is in quarantine, they are being kept separate from other people or animals for a set period of time, usually because they have or may have a disease.
She was sent home to Oxford⁵ and put in quarantine.
No mammals other than people may enter the country without lengthy⁶ quarantine.
N-UNCOUNT: oft in/into n

1 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

2 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

3 battering   

n.用坏，损坏v.连续猛击( batter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。
• He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

5 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

6 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。