美联社新闻一分钟 2006-02-12

1. In Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains¹ in a coma² following emergency surgery Saturday morning to remove about 20 inches of his large intestine³. He was rushed into surgery after doctors noticed abdominal⁴ swelling⁵ and detected dead tissue. The hospital director says with each passing day, Sharon's chances of coming out of the coma are lower.

2. Israeli police fire stun⁶ grenades to disperse⁷ a crowd of Palestinian youths trying to burn Danish flags in protest over a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad. As similar protests continue worldwide, Turkey’s prime minister is urging world leaders to help keep the cartoon controversy⁸ from splitting the Islamic and Christian⁹ worlds.

3. It was a rocky landing, but adventurer Steve Fossett completed the longest non-stop flight in aviation history Saturday, more than 26,000 miles in about 76 hours.

4. And a winter storm is heading for the East Coast. Blizzard¹⁰ warnings

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. large intestine : noun [C usually singular] SPECIALIZED
the lower part of the bowels¹¹ in which water is removed from digested food before it is excreted as solid waste [解]大肠

2. abdominal : noun [C] SPECIALIZED
the lower part of a person's or animal's body, which contains the stomach, bowels and other organs, or the end of an insect's body

3. stun grenade : noun
a weapon that is designed to stun temporarily rather than kill or cause serious injury 震撼手榴弹(一种不会伤人,却有强闪光及大声响,使人迷茫失措的手榴弹)

4. blizzard : noun [C]
a severe snow storm with strong winds:
e.g. We once got stuck in a blizzard for six hours.

1 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。

2 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

3 intestine   

adj.内部的；国内的；n.肠

参考例句：

• This vitamin is absorbed through the walls of the small intestine.这种维生素通过小肠壁被吸收。
• The service productivity is the function,including external efficiency,intestine efficiency and capacity efficiency.服务业的生产率是一个包含有外部效率、内部效率和能力效率的函数。

4 abdominal   

adj.腹（部）的，下腹的；n.腹肌

参考例句：

• The abdominal aorta is normally smaller than the thoracic aorta.腹主动脉一般比胸主动脉小。
• Abdominal tissues sometimes adhere after an operation.手术之后腹部有时会出现粘连。

5 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

6 stun   

vt.打昏，使昏迷，使震惊，使惊叹

参考例句：

• When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.他们告诉我她不见了时，我当时完全惊呆了。
• Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.萨姆站在原地，被一下打昏了。

7 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

8 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

9 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

10 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

11 bowels   

n.肠，内脏，内部；肠( bowel的名词复数 )；内部，最深处

参考例句：

• Salts is a medicine that causes movements of the bowels. 泻盐是一种促使肠子运动的药物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cabins are in the bowels of the ship. 舱房设在船腹内。 来自《简明英汉词典》