美联社新闻一分钟 2006-04-07

1. New court documents show that Vice¹ President Cheney's former Chief of Staff Lewis Libby says President Bush approved the leak of classified intelligence on Iraq. The court documents don't say whether Bush or Cheney authorized² Libby to reveal the name of former CIA agent Valerie Plame .

2. Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani testified in the final phase of Zacarias Moussaoui's sentencing trial Thursday. Giuliani told jurors it felt like a minor³ earthquake when the first World Trade Center Tower fell. Moussaoui is facing the death penalty.

3. One day after Katie Couric announced that she's leaving the NBC "Today" show for CBS. "The Today Show" announced that her replacement⁴ will be "The View" co-host ---Meredith Vieira.

4. Researchers say they have found the fossilized remains⁵ of prehistoric⁶ fish that could move around on land. Scientists say this new discovery is important to the evolutionary⁷ chain, because it will help researchers learn more about how fish evolved into land creatures

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. classified :adjective
describes information that is officially stated to be secret:
e.g. These documents contain classified material.

2. intelligence :group noun [U]
secret information about the governments of other countries, especially enemy governments, or a group of people who gather and deal with this information:
e.g. They received intelligence (reports) that the factory was a target for the bombing.

3. fossilized :adjective
having become a fossil(化石):

4. prehistoric :adjective
describing the period before there were written records:
e.g. Painting originated in prehistoric times.

5. evolve :verb [I or T]
to develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually:
e.g. Humans evolved from apes.

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

3 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

4 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

5 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。

6 prehistoric   

adj.（有记载的）历史以前的，史前的，古老的

参考例句：

• They have found prehistoric remains.他们发现了史前遗迹。
• It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。

7 evolutionary   

adj.进化的；演化的，演变的；[生]进化论的

参考例句：

• Life has its own evolutionary process.生命有其自身的进化过程。
• These are fascinating questions to be resolved by the evolutionary studies of plants.这些十分吸引人的问题将在研究植物进化过程中得以解决。