美联社新闻一分钟 2006-04-03

1. Jill Carrol says she feels like she is alive again. The 28-year-old journalist arrived at Boston's Logan International Airport earlier today. Carrol was released Thursday after being held hostage for 82 days in Iraq.

2. Just as it was a year ago, St. Peter Square is filled with tens of thousands of pilgrims. Worshipers are carrying flags and pictures to remember Pope John Paul II. Today marks the first anniversary of the beloved pontiff's death.

3. The US is telling Iraqi leaders it's time to move faster on forming a government. Secretary of State Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad today along with British Foreign Secretary Jack¹ Straw.

4 It's a rock concert literally². Concertgoers packed inside Hawaii's Diamond Head Crater³ for an all-day show. The site was popular for concert in the 1960s and 70s.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. beloved :adjective SLIGHTLY FORMAL
loved very much:
e.g. Her beloved husband died last year.

2. pontiff :noun [C]
FORMAL FOR pope (= leader of the Roman Catholic Church)

3. concertgoer :noun [C]
a person who often goes to concerts

4. crater :noun [C]
the round hole at the top of a volcano, or a hole similar to this:
e.g. With a good telescope, you can see craters⁴ on the moon.

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 crater   

n.火山口，弹坑

参考例句：

• With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
• They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。

4 craters   

n.火山口( crater的名词复数 )；弹坑等

参考例句：

• Small meteorites have left impact craters all over the planet's surface. 这个行星的表面布满了小块陨石留下的撞击坑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The battlefield was full of craters made by exploding shells. 战场上布满弹坑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》