美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-20（在线收听）

1. President Bush uses his weekly radio address to praise Senators from both parties for reaching a deal overhauling immigration policy. Debate on the measure begins Monday, but already some are denouncing it as amnesty.

2. British Prime Minister Tony Blair visits Iraq before leaving office. He is standing by U.S.-led efforts overthrowing Saddam Hussein and defending Iraqi leaders despite continuing violence.

3. Jerry Falwell is remembered in a commencement ceremony at Liberty University which he founded. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich telling graduates to carry on Falwell's spirit by confronting radical secularism. Falwell died Tuesday at 73.

4. A 400-pound gorilla on the loose at a zoo in the Netherlands. A woman he bit and dragged remains hospitalized recovering from her injuries. The gorilla is back in its enclosure on public display.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. overhaul: verb
If you overhaul a system or method, you examine it carefully and make many changes in it in order to improve it.

2. secularism: n-uncount
Secularism is a system of social organization and education where religion is not allowed to play a part in civil affairs.

3. on the loose: phrase
If a person or animal is on the loose, thay are free because they have escaped from a person or place.