美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-08

1. At least 21 people are dead after a fiery¹ jetliner crash in Indonesia. Just minutes after the crash, bloody² passengers stumbled away from the burning wreckage³ looking for help. More than 150 people survived the crash.

2. President Bush met Wednesday with the two people he assigned to lead the probe into conditions of Walter Reed Medical Center. Former Senator Bob Dole⁴ and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala will look into reports of patient neglect and poor building maintenance.

3. At least two people are millions of dollars richer today. Two winning tickets for the Mega Millions lottery⁵ drawing were sold in New Jersey⁶ and Georgia. The winners will split the record 370 million dollar jackpot.

4. Doctors are calling it a miracle -- a Colorado woman who woke up from a coma⁷ after seven years. Christa Lilly suffered a stroke in 2000. She is now awake and talking and looking forward to spending time with her children and grandchildren.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. stumble: verb
If you stumble, you put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running and nearly fall over.

2. jackpot: n-count
A jackpot is the most valuable prize in a game or lottery, especially when the game involves increasing the value of the prize until someone wins it.

1 fiery   

adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的

参考例句：

• She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
• His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

2 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。

3 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

4 dole   

n.救济，（失业）救济金；vt.（out）发放，发给

参考例句：

• It's not easy living on the dole.靠领取失业救济金生活并不容易。
• Many families are living on the dole since the strike.罢工以来，许多家庭靠失业救济金度日。

5 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

6 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

7 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。