美联社新闻一分钟 2006-07-22

1. Israel has lined up tanks and troop carriers along a main road to Lebanon for what it calls a “limited” ground push. As many as 500 troops are believed to be gathering¹ at the border along with 30 tanks. A corridor for transporting food, medicine and other humanitarian² supplies is expected to open over the weekend.

2. A young supermarket employee is under arrest after a stabbing rampage at a grocery store near Memphis Friday morning. Eight co-workers were stabbed with a large knife before a man tackled the suspect.

3. Another storm in Missouri Friday afternoon cooled temperatures that pushed back efforts to restore power in the St. Louis area. Roughly 570,000 customers remain without power, following storms on Wednesday.

4. And in Utah, a 14-year-old boy scout³ sleeping in his tent was bitten by a black bear this week. The bear showed up earlier in the evening as barbequed ribs⁴ were being prepared and came back later, apparently⁵ looking for leftovers⁶. The bear has been euthanized.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. corridor: n-count
A corridor is a strip of land that connects one country to another or gives it a route to sea through another country.

2. rampage: n-count
A rampage means a course of violent, frenzied⁷ behavior or action.

3. tackle: vb-tr
If someone tackles a person, he seizes him and throw him.

4. boy scout: n-count
A boy scout is a member of the Boy Scouts⁸.

5. euthanize: vb
To euthanize means to subject to euthanasia.
(euthanasia: the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable⁹ condition, as by lethal¹⁰ injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment.)

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

3 scout   

n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索

参考例句：

• He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
• The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。

4 ribs   

n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 )；（船或屋顶等的）肋拱；肋骨状的东西；（织物的）凸条花纹

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。

5 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。

6 leftovers   

n.剩余物，残留物，剩菜

参考例句：

• He can do miracles with a few kitchen leftovers.他能用厨房里几样剩饭做出一顿美餐。
• She made supper from leftovers she had thrown together.她用吃剩的食物拼凑成一顿晚饭。

7 frenzied   

a.激怒的；疯狂的

参考例句：

• Will this push him too far and lead to a frenzied attack? 这会不会逼他太甚，导致他进行疯狂的进攻？
• Two teenagers carried out a frenzied attack on a local shopkeeper. 两名十几岁的少年对当地的一个店主进行了疯狂的袭击。

8 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

9 incurable   

adj.不能医治的，不能矫正的，无救的；n.不治的病人，无救的人

参考例句：

• All three babies were born with an incurable heart condition.三个婴儿都有不可治瘉的先天性心脏病。
• He has an incurable and widespread nepotism.他们有不可救药的，到处蔓延的裙带主义。

10 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。