美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-05

1. A man suspected of killing¹ then dismembering his wife is in police custody². Officers in Michigan tracked down Stephen Grant more than 200 miles from the home he had shared with his wife. Polices found pieces of what is believed to be Tara Grant's body at the home and a nearby park.

2. Senators and presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were in Selma, Alabama for the anniversary, the Bloody³ Sunday March. The senators spoke⁴ at separate church services.

3. Police in Texas make a disturbing find, teenagers forcing toddlers to smoke marijuana. The teens could face felony charges, the children are now in protective custody.

4. A new mom in China has a big baby on her hands, a nearly 14-pound baby to be exact. The healthy baby is a largest newborn delivered in China in nearly 60 years.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. dismember: verb
To dismember the body of a dead people or animal means to cut or pull it into pieces.

2. hopeful: n-count
If you refer to someone as a hopeful, you mean that they are hoping and trying to achieve success in a particular career, election, or competition.

3. felony: n-count
In countries where the legal system distinguishes between very serious crimes and less serious crimes, a felony is a very serious crime such as armed robbery. (LEGAL)

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 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

3 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。