美联社新闻一分钟 2006-01-21

1. After more than 24 hours of searching, rescuers in West Virginia still haven't been able to make contact with two missing miners. Rescue crews have been working since an underground conveyer belt caught fire last night. 19 other workers managed to escape without injury.

2. This is new video of the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 being taken back in the police custody¹. A Turkey's appeals court ruled today, Mehmet Ali Agca must return to prison to serve more time for killing² a journalist in 1979 and other crimes. Agca was released from prison last week after a local court ruled he fulfilled his sentence.

3. Former President Gerald Ford³ remains⁴ hospitalized in California for a 7th day. The oldest living president is receiving treatment for pneumonia⁵. His staff initially⁶ said he returned home yesterday, but doctors decided⁷ to keep him a bit longer.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. conveyor/conveyer belt : noun [C]
a continuous moving strip or surface that is used for transporting a load of objects from one place to another 输送带, 传送带

2. pneumonia : noun [U]
a serious illness in which one or both lungs become red and swollen⁸ and filled with liquid:
e.g. People who are bedridden can easily get pneumonia.

1 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

2 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。

3 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

6 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

8 swollen   

adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀

参考例句：

• Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
• A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。