美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-11-06

1. President Bush is turning up the pressure on Pervez Musharraf. Bush is calling on the Pakistani president to hold elections and relinquish¹ his army post as soon as possible. It's the first public comment since Musharraf imposed a state of emergency.

2. This woman pleaded guilty to helping² dispose of a pregnant woman's body in Ohio and Myisha Ferrell has agreed to testify against Bobby Cutts Junior. Cutts is accused of killing³ Jessie Davis. Her body was found in June.

3. Noisy pickets on both coasts as Hollywood writers held their first strike in nearly 20 years. As a result, networks will be rerunning some late-night talk shows and soap operas.

4. "The Colbert Report" is among the shows going into repeats, but the talk show host won't be spending his time planning his run for the White House. The comedian⁵ dropped his bid to run for the presidency⁶ after South Carolina Democratic Party officials voted to keep him off the state's primary ballot⁷. Stephen Colbert said he'd only run in his native state under both parties - so he could lose twice.

1 relinquish   

v.放弃，撤回，让与，放手

参考例句：

• He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
• They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 pickets   

罢工纠察员( picket的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Five pickets were arrested by police. 五名纠察队员被警方逮捕。
• We could hear the chanting of the pickets. 我们可以听到罢工纠察员有节奏的喊叫声。

5 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

6 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

7 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。