美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-10-11

1. Chaos¹ at an Ohio high school. A gunman opened fire in the Cleveland school. At least five people including three teenagers were taken to the hospital. Police say the gunman is dead and appears to have shot himself.

2. Freight train cars carrying toxic² chemicals derailed this afternoon, setting off a huge fire. It happened as the train passed through Painesville, Ohio. Authorities have evacuated³ the surrounding area. No one was injured.

3. Autoworkers walked off the job at Chrysler plants. Talks broke off between the carmaker and the union. Health care is one of the main sticking points. It's the first United Auto⁴ Workers' strike against the company in a decade.

4. The next time your teen gets behind the wheel of a car, parents might be able to see exactly what they do. Several auto insurers have started offering in-car cameras or global positioning equipment to parents to monitor teen driving habits. It's an effort to cut down on teen driver crashes.

1 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

2 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

3 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

4 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。