美联社新闻一分钟 2006-02-16

1. Vice¹ President Dick Cheney speaks publicly for the first time since accidentally shooting and injuring Harry² Whittington, a fellow hunter, Saturday in Texas. In an exclusive interview with FOX News Channel, Cheney accepts full responsibility and defends his decision not to tell the media about the incident.

2. New controversy³ is surrounding an Australian TV network's decision to air previously⁴ unpublished images of detainees allegedly being abused at Iraqi Abu Ghraib Prison. US and Iraqi officials are concerned the footage is going to trigger new violence. The pictures which were reportedly taken in 2003 show US troops abusing detainees.

3. Violent protest continued to rock Pakistan. An estimated 70,000 people participated in this demonstration⁵ Wednesday against the recent publication of cartoons depicting⁶ Prophet Muhammed. Three rioters including an 8-year-old boy were killed during the march.

4. Rufus is America's top dog. The colored bull terrier beat out more than 2,500 dogs to win Best-in-Show Tuesday at the Westminster Kennel⁷ Club.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. exclusive : adj
available or belonging only to particular people, and not shared
e.g. Tune⁸ in to our exclusive coverage⁹ of Wimbledon.

2. footage : noun
cinema film showing a particular event:
e.g. old footage from the First World War

3. bull terrier : noun [C]
a strong-looking type of dog with short hair

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

3 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。

4 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

5 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

6 depicting   

描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
• The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。

7 kennel   

n.狗舍，狗窝

参考例句：

• Sporting dogs should be kept out of doors in a kennel.猎狗应该养在户外的狗窝中。
• Rescued dogs are housed in a standard kennel block.获救的狗被装在一个标准的犬舍里。

8 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

9 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。