美联社新闻一分钟 2006-02-21

1. Hope is fading quickly that survivors¹ will be found in a massive mudslide in the Philippines. At least 1,000 people are missing and only a few dozen survivors have been found.

2. In Mexico, rescuers are working against the clock to find 65 miners trapped underground. They've been trapped for more than 24 hours. The gas build-up reportedly caused an explosion in the mine.

3. The price of crude oil is on the rise, which means consumers may see an increase at the pump. The increase is due to an explosion set off by militants² at an oil pipeline³ in Nigeria.

4. And a great grandmother is a new mom. 62-year-old Janise Wulf of Redding, California gave birth to a healthy 6-pound, 9-ounce boy Friday. Janise has 12 children, 20 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. against the clock :
If you do something against time/the clock, you do it as fast as possible and try to finish it before a certain time:
e.g. It was a real race against the clock to get all the costumes sewn for the play.

2. build-up : noun
an increase over a period of time
e.g. a heavy build-up of traffic on the motorway

1 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。