美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-29

1. The body of New England Patriots¹ player Marquise Hill was found today just a day after he was reported missing following a jet ski accident on Lake Pontchartrain. Hill's body was discovered by searchers about a quarter mile from where the former LSU star and a female friend were involved in the fatal accident.

2. On this Memorial Day President Bush is paying tribute to the troops calling them the new generation of heroes as he describes them, men and women who died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

3. A car bomb attack in a busy commercial district of Baghdad was just part of today's deadly violence in the Iraqi capital. Insurgents² carried out several mortar³ and car bomb attacks throughout the capital.

4. The two lost whales trying to make their way back to the Pacific Ocean appeared to have slowed down for the day. The mother humpback whale and her calf⁴ have made progress toward the Pacific Ocean in the past few hours but biologists say the pace has slackened.
WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. slacken: v. 松弛, 放慢
If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.

2. jet ski: n-count
A jet ski is a small machine like a motorcycle that is powered by a jet engine and can travel on the surface of water. (TRADEMARK)

3. LSU:
Louisiana State University

1 patriots   

爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
• These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

2 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

3 mortar   

n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合

参考例句：

• The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
• The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。

4 calf   

n.小牛，犊，幼仔，小牛皮

参考例句：

• The cow slinked its calf.那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊。
• The calf blared for its mother.牛犊哞哞地高声叫喊找妈妈。