美联社新闻一分钟 2007-06-07

1. There is a TB talk on the Hill. Two committees probe the case of Andrew Speaker, an Atlanta lawyer who crossed international borders with a rare drug resistance strain of tuberculosis¹. "I was also told I was not contagious². I was told I was not a threat to anyone. I was told there was no need to sequester³ me."

2. A Vatican spokesman says the man who tried to jump onto the Pope mobile showed signs of mental imbalance. Earlier today the man vaulted⁵ over a barricade⁶ and grabbed down to the vehicle for a few seconds.

3. The parents of the missing Kansas teenager say they don't recognize the man shown in the surveillance video taken at a Target Store. He is shown leaving the store moments before 18-year-old Kelsey Smith's abduction.

4. An animated⁸ Olympics logo has been removed from its official website after complaints it triggered epileptic seizures¹⁰. The 800,000-dollar London 2012 animation¹¹ is now slated¹³ for a reedit.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. strain: N-COUNT usu N of n
A strain of a germ, plant, or other organism is a particular type of it.

2. contagious: ADJ
A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching¹⁴ people or things that are infected with it.

3. sequester: VERB be V-ed
If someone is sequestered¹⁵ somewhere, they are isolated¹⁶ from other people. (FORMAL)

4. Pope: N-COUNT usu the N; N-TITLE
The Pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

5. vault⁴: VERB V n, V prep
If you vault something or vault over it, you jump quickly onto or over it, especially by putting a hand on top of it to help you balance while you jump.

6. barricade: N-COUNT
A barricade is a line of vehicles or other objects placed across a road or open space to stop people getting past, for example during street fighting or as a protest.

7. grab: VERB V n, V n by/round n
If you grab something, you take it or pick it up suddenly and roughly.

8. abduct⁷: VERB be V-ed, V n
If someone is abducted¹⁷ by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force.

9. logo: N-COUNT
The logo of a company or organization is the special design or way of writing its name that it puts on all its products, notepaper, or advertisements.

10. epileptic: ADJ
Someone who is epileptic suffers from epilepsy.

11. epilepsy: N-UNCOUNT
Epilepsy is a brain condition which causes a person to suddenly lose consciousness and sometimes to have fits.

12. seizure⁹: N-COUNT
If someone has a seizure, they have a sudden violent attack of an illness, especially one that affects their heart or brain.

13. slate¹²: usu passive, be V-ed
If something is slated, it is criticized very severely¹⁸. (BRIT JOURNALISM)

14. reedit: 重新编辑，修订（金山词霸）

Wiki Item: Target Store

1 tuberculosis   

n.结核病，肺结核

参考例句：

• People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
• Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。

2 contagious   

adj.传染性的，有感染力的

参考例句：

• It's a highly contagious infection.这种病极易传染。
• He's got a contagious laugh.他的笑富有感染力。

3 sequester   

vt.使退隐，使隔绝

参考例句：

• Everything he owned was sequestered.他的所有财产都被扣押了。
• This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months.预计这个陪审团将至少被隔离两个月。

4 vault   

n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室

参考例句：

• The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
• The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。

5 vaulted   

adj.拱状的

参考例句：

• She vaulted over the gate and ran up the path. 她用手一撑跃过栅栏门沿着小路跑去。
• The formal living room has a fireplace and vaulted ceilings. 正式的客厅有一个壁炉和拱形天花板。

6 barricade   

n.路障，栅栏，障碍；vt.设路障挡住

参考例句：

• The soldiers make a barricade across the road.士兵在路上设路障。
• It is difficult to break through a steel barricade.冲破钢铁障碍很难。

7 abduct   

vt.诱拐，拐带，绑架

参考例句：

• The police caught the man who tried to abduct the boy for ransom.警察抓住了那个企图拐走这男孩以便勒索赎金的家伙。
• The news that we see those use network abduct children sometimes filled with apprehension.我们有时看到那些利用网络诱拐儿童的新闻都心惊肉跳。

8 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

9 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

10 seizures   

n.起获( seizure的名词复数 )；没收；充公；起获的赃物

参考例句：

• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year. 今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Other causes of unconsciousness predisposing to aspiration lung abscess are convulsive seizures. 造成吸入性肺脓肿昏迷的其他原因，有惊厥发作。 来自辞典例句

11 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

12 slate   

n.板岩，石板，石片，石板色，候选人名单；adj.暗蓝灰色的，含板岩的；vt.用石板覆盖，痛打，提名，预订

参考例句：

• The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
• What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢？

13 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

14 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

15 sequestered   

adj.扣押的；隐退的；幽静的；偏僻的v.使隔绝，使隔离( sequester的过去式和过去分词 )；扣押

参考例句：

• The jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months. 陪审团渴望被隔离至少两个月。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Everything he owned was sequestered. 他的一切都被扣押了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

17 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

18 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。