美联社新闻一分钟 2006-05-06

1. "I struggle every day with this disease." Representative Patrick Kennedy said on Friday he will enter rehab for addiction¹ to prescription² pain medication after a highly publicized car crash near the Capitol.

2. CIA Director Porter Goss resigned unexpectedly after only 20 months at the helm of a spy agency still reeling from intelligence failures. President Bush accepted Goss' resignation with nothing but praise.

3. A second autopsy³ found a 14-year-old Florida boy died because he was suffocate⁴d by guards who roughed him up at a juvenile⁶ boot camp. A medical examiner says Martin Anderson died because guards blocked his mouth and forced him to inhale⁷ ammonia fumes⁸.

4. She is only 16, but she may be one of the best female golfers out there. And now she gets to play with the men. Teenage prodigy⁹ Michelle Wie made her first cut in a professional men's golf tournament in South Korea

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. rehab :noun [U] informal
the process of helping¹⁰ someone to stop taking drugs or alcohol
e.g. She's just finished four months of rehab.

2. at the helm
officially controlling an organization or company
e.g. We have a new prime minister at the helm.

3. reel :verb
to be confused or shocked by a situation
reel from
e.g. The party is still reeling from its recent election defeat.

4. suffocate :verb [I or T]
to (cause someone to) die because of a lack of oxygen
e.g. The report said that the victims had suffocated⁵ in the fumes.

5. rough sb up :verb [M] informal
to hit and kick someone, usually to frighten or threaten them
e.g. As soon as they left, the agents went after them and roughed them up.

6. juvenile :adjective formal or legal
relating to a young person who is not yet old enough to be considered an adult

7. boot camp :
a place for young criminals, which is used instead of prison, and is similar to a place where soldiers are trained

8. ammonianoun [U]氨, 氨水
a gas with a strong unpleasant smell used in making explosives, fertilizers (= substances which help plants grow) and some cleaning products

9. prodigy :noun [C]
someone with a very great ability which usually shows itself when that person is a young child
e.g. The 16-year-old tennis prodigy is the youngest player ever to reach the Olympic finals.

10. get to do something : informal
to have the opportunity to do something
e.g. We got to meet all the stars after the show.
She gets to travel all over the place with her job

1 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

2 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

3 autopsy   

n.尸体解剖；尸检

参考例句：

• They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
• A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

4 suffocate   

vt.使窒息，使缺氧，阻碍；vi.窒息，窒息而亡，阻碍发展

参考例句：

• If you shut all the windows,I will suffocate.如果你把窗户全部关起来，我就会闷死。
• The stale air made us suffocate.浑浊的空气使我们感到窒息。

5 suffocated   

（使某人）窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 )； （将某人）闷死； 让人感觉闷热； 憋气

参考例句：

• Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars. 许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。
• I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时，我差点给憋死。

6 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。

7 inhale   

v.吸入(气体等)，吸(烟)

参考例句：

• Don't inhale dust into your lung.别把灰尘吸进肺里。
• They are pleased to not inhale second hand smoke.他们很高兴他们再也不会吸到二手烟了。

8 fumes   

n.(强烈而刺激的)气味，气体

参考例句：

• The health of our children is being endangered by exhaust fumes. 我们孩子们的健康正受到排放出的废气的损害。
• Exhaust fumes are bad for your health. 废气对健康有害。

9 prodigy   

n.惊人的事物，奇迹，神童，天才，预兆

参考例句：

• She was a child prodigy on the violin.她是神童小提琴手。
• He was always a Negro prodigy who played barbarously and wonderfully.他始终是一个黑人的奇才，这种奇才弹奏起来粗野而惊人。

10 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。