美联社新闻一分钟 2006-04-22

1. Originally Kim Roberts doubted the story of a colleague who told police she was dragged into a bathroom and raped¹ at a Duke University lacrosse team party. But in an interview with The Associated Press, Roberts says she is starting to wonder about the players' character.

2. A lawyer for at least one of the five Kansas high school students accused of planning a shooting rampage says he hopes prosecutors² would be careful not to unfairly charge anyone. Authorities say the boys were serious about the attack, which they say, was meant to coincide with the Columbine massacre³ anniversary.

3. All five people killed in a small plane crash near Indiana University's campus were music students. The plane went down while trying to land in foggy weather.

4. An Oklahoma man is hoping money will lend him a wife. Michael Thelemann posted this sign in his yard --- thousand-dollar reward for a cute virgin⁴ bride that can have children. Neighbors in this rural community say they are furious

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. rampage :noun [C or U]
violent and usually wild behaviour:
e.g. Rioters went on a/the rampage through the city.

2. coincide :verb
to happen at or near the same time:
e.g. I timed my holiday to coincide with the children's school holiday.

3. massacre :noun [C]
an act of killing⁵ a lot of people:
e.g. He ordered the massacre of 2, 000 women and children.

4. furious :djective
extremely angry:
e.g. I was late and he was furious with me.

1 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

2 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

3 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

4 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

5 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。