美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-23

1. A Florida attorney says Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas after a day of courtroom drama. Judge Larry Seidlin decided¹ the attorney appointed to represent Smith's infant daughter will be the one to decide the celebrity's final resting place.
2. The US military says it's studying the 8 helicopter downings in Iraq this month including Wednesday's, saying at least some of the attacks appeared to have been planned ambushes². In the latest case, all 9 aboard survived.

3. The Agriculture Department announces the first major changes to food safety inspections³ in 10 years. The government says changes at 250 meat and poultry⁴ plants will address concerns about E. coli and other food-borne illnesses.

4. Residents in Lynchburg, Virginia managed to catch a steer⁵ that escaped Tuesday, luring⁶ the animal in with a bucket of food. Two others are still on the loose.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. drama: noun
You can refer to a real situation which is exciting or distressing⁷ as drama.

2. on the loose: phrase
If a person or an animal is on the loose, they are free because they have escaped from a person or place.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 ambushes   

n.埋伏( ambush的名词复数 )；伏击；埋伏着的人；设埋伏点v.埋伏( ambush的第三人称单数 )；埋伏着

参考例句：

• He was a specialist in ambushes, he said, and explained his tactics. 他说自己是埋伏战斗方面的专家，并讲述了他的战术。 来自互联网
• It makes ambushes rather fun. 它使得埋伏战术非常有趣。 来自互联网

3 inspections   

n.检查( inspection的名词复数 )；检验；视察；检阅

参考例句：

• Regular inspections are carried out at the prison. 经常有人来视察这座监狱。
• Government inspections ensure a high degree of uniformity in the standard of service. 政府检查确保了在服务标准方面的高度一致。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 poultry   

n.家禽，禽肉

参考例句：

• There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
• What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?

5 steer   

vt.驾驶，为…操舵；引导；vi.驾驶

参考例句：

• If you push the car, I'll steer it.如果你来推车，我就来驾车。
• It's no use trying to steer the boy into a course of action that suits you.想说服这孩子按你的方式行事是徒劳的。

6 luring   

吸引，引诱（lure的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap. 奶酪是引诱老鼠上钩的极好的东西。
• Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring. 她的教养警告她：有危险，要出错儿，这是微妙、神秘而又诱人的。

7 distressing   

a.使人痛苦的

参考例句：

• All who saw the distressing scene revolted against it. 所有看到这种悲惨景象的人都对此感到难过。
• It is distressing to see food being wasted like this. 这样浪费粮食令人痛心。