美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-06

1. A suicide bomber¹ struck a Baghdad book market killing² more than two dozen people. The blast shattered a relative calm in the capital and triggered a series of raging fires.

2. Funerals start today for two of the eight students who died in last week's Alabama tornado³. Some have questioned why officials didn't dismiss local schools when the weather warnings were first announced.

3. Investors⁴ are clearly still nervous. But stocks appear to stabilize⁵ today in New York even as overseas markets continue to see big declines.

4. And two Texas teenagers are facing felony charges after police uncovered a videotape of them allegedly showing two young children how to smoke marijuana. One of the boys is just two years old.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. shatter: verb
If something shatters your dreams, hopes, or beliefs, it completely destroys them.

1 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

2 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。

3 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

5 stabilize   

vt.（使）稳定，使稳固，使稳定平衡；vi.稳定

参考例句：

• They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。