美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-06

1. An insurgent¹ group has posted this video online and says it shows a US helicopter being shot down in central Iraq, while the clip has not yet been authenticated³. Four US copters have gone down in Iraq in recent weeks.

2. President Bush's 2.9 trillion-dollar budget arrived on Capitol Hill this morning. It would provide billions of dollars for the war in Iraq and make his first-term tax cuts permanent.

3. Across the eastern US, wind chills are bringing temperatures below zero or even lower in some areas. Regional readings are expected to climb above zero today.

4. And a pair of Ford⁴ vehicles have scored well in the latest crash tests. Both the Edge and Fusion⁵ received top scores in front- and side-impact crash testing conducted by the insurance industry.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. authenticate² : VERB
If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it.

2. copter : N-COUNT
A copter is a helicopter.(INFORMAL)

3. wind chill : PHR
Still-air temperature that would have the same cooling effect on exposed skin as a given combination of temperature and wind speed. As the wind speed increases, the wind chill equivalent temperature decreases; e.g., an air temperature of 30 °F (–1.1 °C) with a wind speed of 20 mph (32.2 kph) produces a wind chill of 17 °F (–8 °C). Wind chill is often included in weather reports to describe how cold it feels.

1 insurgent   

adj.叛乱的，起事的；n.叛乱分子

参考例句：

• Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
• The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。

2 authenticate   

vt.证明…为真，鉴定

参考例句：

• We would have to authenticate your relationship with the boy.我们必须证实一下您和那个孩子的关系。
• An expert was needed to authenticate the original Van Gogh painting from his imitation.这幅画是凡·高的真迹还是赝品,需由专家来鉴定。

3 authenticated   

v.证明是真实的、可靠的或有效的( authenticate的过去式和过去分词 )；鉴定，使生效

参考例句：

• The letter has been authenticated by handwriting experts. 这封信已由笔迹专家证明是真的。
• The date of manufacture of the jewellery has not been authenticated. 这些珠宝的制造日期尚未经证实。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

5 fusion   

n.溶化；熔解；熔化状态，熔和；熔接

参考例句：

• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc. 黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
• This alloy is formed by the fusion of two types of metal.这种合金是用两种金属熔合而成的。