美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-22

1. The escaped prisoner wanted for two deaths in Virginia has been captured. Police say William Morva overpowered a deputy at a hospital, shot and killed a hospital guard and gunned down a deputy near the Virginia Tech campus. The college had to cancel its first day of classes.

2. John Mark Karr is in a high-security jail cell in California, waiting to be transferred to Colorado to face charges in the killing¹ of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey. Karr was arrested at the airport on a warrant from Boulder² County, Colorado. Residents in Boulder seem a bit annoyed that they might be paying for Karr's lavish³ flight from Thailand.

3. Israel's prime minister is under increasing pressure to investigate his government's management of the war in Lebanon. But Ehud Olmert says second-guessing would only undermine the army. Meanwhile, Israeli troops reported shooting two Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon.

4. The photographer who captured World War Two servicemen raising the American flag over Iwo Jima has died. Joe Rosenthal of The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for that 1945 snapshot. His daughter says Rosenthal died of natural causes. He was 94

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. overpower: verb
If you overpower someone, you manage to take hold of them, although they struggle a lot.

2. gun down: phrase
If someone is gunned down, they are shot and severely⁴ injured or killed.

3. lavish: adj.
If you describe something as lavish, you mean that it is very elaborate and impressive and a lot of money has been spent on it.

4. second-guess: verb 马后炮, 结果知晓后的批评或指责
If you second-guess something, try to criticize or correct after an outcome is known.

1 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。

2 boulder   

n.巨砾；卵石，圆石

参考例句：

• We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲，把大石头搬开了。
• He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。

3 lavish   

adj.无节制的；浪费的；vt.慷慨地给予，挥霍

参考例句：

• He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
• The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。

4 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。