美联社新闻一分钟 2006-12-12

1.President Bush is preparing for a national address in which he is expected to forecast change in Iraq strategy. Today Bush met with State Department officials including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Military experts are advising the command-in-chief as well.

2.Hundreds of supporters of Augusto Pinochet filed past his brown wooden coffin¹ this morning. While Pinochet's relatives mourned his death, his many opponents celebrated² his passing.

3.Twenty-five-year-old Laura Gainey, daughter of a Canadian hockey notable, is missing presumably in the waters off Cape³ Cod⁴. She was swept off a Canadian luxury ship by a giant wave a few days ago.

4.She is a celebrity⁵ and used to being stopped by fans but not normally by police. However, that was the case early today as police pulled over Nicole Richie for alleged⁶ drunk driving. The TV star was going the wrong way on a California highway.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. file : VERB
When a group of people files somewhere, they walk one behind the other in a line.

2. passing : N-SING
You can refer to someone's death as their passing, if you want to avoid using the word 'death' because you think it might upset or offend people.

3. notable : N-COUNT
Notables are important or powerful people.

4. pull over : PHR-V
If the police pull over a driver or vehicle, they make the driver stop at the side of the road, usually because the driver has been driving dangerously.

1 coffin   

n.棺材，灵柩

参考例句：

• When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
• The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。

2 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

3 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

4 cod   

n.鳕鱼；v.愚弄；哄骗

参考例句：

• They salt down cod for winter use.他们腌鳕鱼留着冬天吃。
• Cod are found in the North Atlantic and the North Sea.北大西洋和北海有鳕鱼。

5 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

6 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为