美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-10

1. Suicide bombers¹ attack three hotels frequented by Westerners in the Jordanian capital Amman, killing² at least 18 people and wounding a hundred and twenty.

2. The heads of five major oil companies defend the industry's huge profits at a Senate hearing, where they are asked about high prices.

3. British Prime Minister Tony Blair suffers a major setback³, losing a crucial parliamentary vote on a sweeping⁴ new anti-terror bill.

4. Democrats⁵ score big in off-year elections from New Jersey⁶ to California, sinking a candidate who embraced President Bush in the campaign.

5. And people came to the ceremony, but Thailand's only two giant pandas were the bride and groom⁷, at a panda wedding party in Chiang Mai Wednesday

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. frequent
2 frequent frequents frequenting frequented
If someone frequents a particular place, they regularly go there. (FORMAL)
I hear he frequents Kenny's, the Cajun restaurant in Hampstead.
VB

2. setback
setback setbacks
A setback is an event that delays your progress or reverses some of the progress that you have made.
The move represents a setback for the Middle East peace process.
He has suffered a serious setback in his political career.
N-COUNT: oft N for/in/to n also set-back.

3. sweeping
2 sweeping
If someone makes a sweeping statement or generalization⁹, they make a statement which applies to all things of a particular kind, although they have not considered all the relevant facts carefully.
It is far too early to make sweeping statements about gene⁸ therapy.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n disapproval

1 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

4 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

5 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

7 groom   

vt.给（马、狗等）梳毛，照料，使...整洁

参考例句：

• His father was a groom.他父亲曾是个马夫。
• George was already being groomed for the top job.为承担这份高级工作，乔治已在接受专门的培训。

8 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

9 generalization   

n.普遍性，一般性，概括

参考例句：

• This sweeping generalization is the law of conservation of energy.这一透彻的概括就是能量守恒定律。
• The evaluation of conduct involves some amount of generalization.对操行的评价会含有一些泛泛之论。