美联社新闻一分钟 2006-06-11

1. The U.S. military says that intelligence gathered after the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has triggered dozens of raids and arrests. One official says more than a dozen simultaneous searches were carried out around the safe house where al-Zarqawi was killed.

2. The military wing of Hamas has called off a 16-month truce¹ with Israel after a series of strikes by the Israeli military. In one strike along a Gaza beach, 7 Palestinians, including children were killed when Israel fired shells at a spot on the beach, suspected of being a Hamas rocket-launching site.

3. A 16-year-old Michigan girl is back home from the Middle East after U. S. officials in Jordan convinced her to return to the U. S. Katherine Lester's family says the teen apparently² ran off to meet an older man she'd been corresponding with on MySpace.com.

4. Meet the hardest working caddy (or caddie) in southern Missouri. Peanut, a Parson Russell Terrier, keeps track of golf balls and sticks, but mostly she just keeps the golfers entertained.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. safe house : n-count
You can refer to a building as a safe house when it is used as a place where someone can stay and be protected. Safe houses are often used by spies, criminals, or the police.
e.g. a farm which operates as a safe house for criminals on the run.

2. wing : n-count
A wing of an organization, especially a political organization, is a group within it which has a particular function or particular beliefs.
e.g. the military wing of the African National Congress.

3. call off : phrasal verb
If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
e.g. He has called off the trip.

4. convince : verb
If someone or something convinces you to do something, they persuade you to do it. (mainly AM)
e.g. That weekend in Plattsburgh, he convinced her to go ahead and marry Bud.
= persuade

5. MySpace.com
MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive³ network of photos, blogs, user profiles, groups, and an internal e-mail system. As of March 2006 it is the world's fifth most popular English-language website and the eighth most popular in the world (according to Alexa Internet). MySpace has outstripped⁴ competitors such as Friendster and LiveJournal to become the most popular English-language social networking website with higher traffic and over 68 million registered accounts. It has become an increasing part of contemporary teenage culture in the Western world. But there are also cases of adults using MySpace to find, meet, and stalk young teenagers. Such cases are typically the result of the victim displaying personal information on their profile unaware⁵ of the potential audience. Law enforcement is working to spread knowledge about this subject to users of social networking sites to help prevent cases in the future.

6. caddy : n-count
also caddie. In golf, a caddie is a person who carries golf clubs and other equipment for a player.

7. terrier : n-count
A terrier is a small breed of dog. There are many different types of terrier.
Parson Russell Terrier
The Parson Russell Terrier was the first Kennel⁶ Club recognized variant⁷ of the Jack⁸ Russell Terrier, first drawn⁹ into the UK Kennel Club in 1990, and into the American Kennel Club in 2001. The Parson Russell Terrier is a balanced, square dog, very similar in form to other Russell Terriers, but is largely a show breed rather than a working dog.

1 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

2 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

3 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

4 outstripped   

v.做得比…更好，（在赛跑等中）超过( outstrip的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• That manufacturer outstripped all his competitors in sales last year. 那个制造商家去年的销售量超过了所有竞争对手。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The imagination of her mother and herself had outstripped the truth. 母亲和她自己的想象力远远超过了事实。 来自辞典例句

5 unaware   

a.不知道的，未意识到的

参考例句：

• They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
• I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。

6 kennel   

n.狗舍，狗窝

参考例句：

• Sporting dogs should be kept out of doors in a kennel.猎狗应该养在户外的狗窝中。
• Rescued dogs are housed in a standard kennel block.获救的狗被装在一个标准的犬舍里。

7 variant   

adj.不同的，变异的；n.变体，异体

参考例句：

• We give professional suggestions according to variant tanning stages for each customer.我们针对每位顾客不同的日晒阶段，提供强度适合的晒黑建议。
• In a variant of this approach,the tests are data- driven.这个方法的一个变种，是数据驱动的测试。

8 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

9 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。