美联社新闻一分钟 2006-02-26

1. Two students at the University of Texas are being treated for ricin exposure after one found the potentially deadly poison in a roll of quarters she was using to do laundry. The substance can cause fever, nausea¹, dehydration², although neither student has exhibited any symptoms.

2. Sectarian violence continues in Iraq with a car bombing in Karbala and the shooting near a funeral procession in Baghdad. Stepped-up attacks began after a Shiite shrine³ was destroyed in Samarra. Militiamen took to the streets seeking revenge against Sunnis.

3. Two more suspects have been arrested in England following a daring pre-dawn robbery at a cash-storage depot⁴. Police estimate some 87 million dollars was plunder⁵ed, possibly making it Britain's largest ever theft of currency.

4. And celebration on the streets of New Orleans as revelers enjoy the last big weekend of the carnival⁷ season before Fat Tuesday. Tourism officials

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. ricin :noun
a poisonous protein extracted from the castor bean and used as a biochemical reagent 蓖麻毒

2. quarter :noun [C]
in the US and Canada, a coin worth 25 cents

3. nausea :noun [U]
when you feel as if you are going to vomit:
e.g. Signs of the illness include fever, nausea and vomiting⁸.

4. dehydration :noun [U]
excessive loss of water from the body or from an organ or a body part, as from illness or fluid deprivation⁹.

5. daring :adjective
brave and taking risks:
e.g. This is a daring new film by one of our most original modern directors.

6. plunder : verb
to steal goods violently from a place, especially during a war:
e.g. Tragically¹⁰, the graves were plundered⁶ and the grave-goods scattered¹¹.

7. reveler : noun [C]
someone who is having fun singing, dancing etc in a noisy way
e.g. On New Year's Eve, thousands of revellers fill Trafalgar Square.

1 nausea   

n.作呕，恶心；极端的憎恶(或厌恶)

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕期常有恶心的现象。
• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。

2 dehydration   

n.脱水，干燥

参考例句：

• He died from severe dehydration.他死于严重脱水。
• The eyes are often retracted from dehydration.眼睛常因脱水而凹陷。

3 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

4 depot   

n.仓库，储藏处；公共汽车站；火车站

参考例句：

• The depot is only a few blocks from here.公共汽车站离这儿只有几个街区。
• They leased the building as a depot.他们租用这栋大楼作仓库。

5 plunder   

vt.劫掠财物，掠夺；n.劫掠物，赃物；劫掠

参考例句：

• The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
• Trade should not serve as a means of economic plunder.贸易不应当成为经济掠夺的手段。

6 plundered   

掠夺，抢劫( plunder的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Many of our cultural treasures have been plundered by imperialists. 我国许多珍贵文物被帝国主义掠走了。
• The imperialists plundered many valuable works of art. 帝国主义列强掠夺了许多珍贵的艺术品。

7 carnival   

n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演

参考例句：

• I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
• Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。

8 vomiting   

吐

参考例句：

• Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
• Especially when I feel seasick, I can't stand watching someone else vomiting." 尤其晕船的时候，看不得人家呕。”

9 deprivation   

n.匮乏；丧失；夺去，贫困

参考例句：

• Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous.多实验都证实了睡眠被剥夺是危险的。
• Missing the holiday was a great deprivation.错过假日是极大的损失。

10 tragically   

adv. 悲剧地，悲惨地

参考例句：

• Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident. 他们的女儿不幸死于车祸。
• Her father died tragically in a car crash. 她父亲在一场车祸中惨死。

11 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。