美联社新闻一分钟 2007-08-04（在线收听）

1. Emergency crews in Minnesota say they themselves are surprised more people weren't killed or seriously injured in Wednesday's bridge collapse. While crews continue to search through the muddy waters, officials now say only as many as eight people remain missing. That's down from an estimated 30 earlier in the week.

2. Police in Oakland are detaining 19 people arrested in a series of early morning raids. One of the raids was at an establishment called Your Black Muslim Bakery which was the subject of a story a journalist was working on before he was shot to death Thursday.

3. A 16-year-old has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his high school principal. Eric Hainstock was armed with a revolver and a shotgun on the morning he killed John Klang last September.

4. Three men are under arrest in New York. Police say one of them set sail on a rather unusual looking vessel. This submarine was spotted bobbing in the East River near Brooklyn along with an inflatable boat. Authorities say it doesn't appear terror-related.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. muddy: adj
containing mud

2. revolver: noun
a type of small gun. The bullets are in a case which turns around as you fire the gun, so that when you fire one bullet the next bullet is ready to be fired

3. shotgun: noun
a long gun fired from the shoulder, that shoots many small round balls at one time, used especially for killing birds or animals

4. vessel: noun
any hollow container, esp one used for holding liquids, eg a cask, bowl, bottle or cup

5. bob: verb
to move up and down when floating on the surface of water

6. inflatable boat:
充气橡皮艇
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