美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-15

1. A jury has recommended death for John Evander Couey. Couey was convicted last week of the rape¹ and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford. The judge will make the final decision on his sentence.

2. It was an up-and-down day on Wall Street with the Dow falling below 12,000 points before an eventual² rebound³ and gain. Concerns about mortgage lenders led to a broad sell-off of stocks.

3. President Bush says he is troubled by the Justice Department's misleading explanations of why it fired eight U.S. attorneys. But the president says he stands by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Some lawmakers are calling for Gonzales to resign.

4. An unwelcome guest found its way into the press box at a baseball spring training game---a small snake. The snake was removed from the press box but not before scaring a few sports writers.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. press box 新闻记者席
The press box at a sports ground is a room or area which is reserved for journalists to watch sports events

1 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

2 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

3 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。