美联社新闻一分钟 2006-07-07

1. The United States along with Japan, China, South Korea and Russia all agree North Korea shouldn't have nuclear weapons. President Bush says a diplomatic solution needs to be reached with North Korea about its missile program.

2. Nearly 1,000 pages of documents written by the Columbine killers¹ were released to the public. The documents include messages that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold wrote in each others yearbooks.

3. The shuttle Discovery hooked up with the International Space Station Thursday, bringing 28,000 pounds of supplies and equipment to crew members on the space station. Discovery will stay docked at the station until July 14th.

4. Three people appeared in court Thursday to face charges for trying to sell Coke's trade secrets. Pepsi and Coke have been arch-rivals for a long time. But after Pepsi received an offer to learn Coke's secrets, the company said 'No way" and called the FBI.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. yearbook : n-count
a usually bound publication compiled by the graduating class of a school or college, recording² the year's events and typically containing photographs of students and faculty³.

2. hook up : phrasal verb
to connect somebody/something to a piece of electronic equipment, to a power supply or to the Internet

3. arch- : comb in n-count
Arch- combines with nouns referring to people to form new nouns that refer to people who are extreme examples of something. For example, your arch-rival is the rival you most want to beat.

1 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

2 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

3 faculty   

n.才能；学院，系；(学院或系的)全体教学人员

参考例句：

• He has a great faculty for learning foreign languages.他有学习外语的天赋。
• He has the faculty of saying the right thing at the right time.他有在恰当的时候说恰当的话的才智。