美联社新闻一分钟 2006-04-06

1. A deputy press secretary for Homeland Security was arrested for trying to seduce¹ a 14 year old on the Internet. 55-year-old Brian Doyle faces charges of using a computer to seduce a child and transmission of harmful material to a minor².

2. After 15 years, Katie Couric announced on the "Today Show" that she will be leaving at the end of May. Couric will join CBS News as the anchor of "The CBS Evening News".

3. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing an alternative immigration bill that would allow illegal immigrants to be eligible³ for citizenship⁴ if they were in the United States before a certain date.

4. They say April showers bring May flowers, but what about April snow? That's the question that many people in the northeastern part of the U. S. want answered after several inches of snowfall blanketed the area

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. seduce :verb [T]
to persuade someone to have sex with you, often someone younger than you, who has little experience of sex:
e.g. Pete lost his virginity at 15 when he was seduced⁵ by his best friend's mother.

2. minor :noun [C]
someone who is too young to have the legal responsibilities of an adult:
e.g. He was accused of having sex with a minor.

3. blanket : verb [T often passive] LITERARY
to cover something completely with a thick layer:
e.g. Outside the fields were blanketed in fog.

1 seduce   

vt.勾引，诱奸，诱惑，引诱

参考例句：

• She has set out to seduce Stephen.她已经开始勾引斯蒂芬了。
• Clever advertising would seduce more people into smoking.巧妙策划的广告会引诱更多的人吸烟。

2 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

3 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

4 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

5 seduced   

诱奸( seduce的过去式和过去分词 )； 勾引； 诱使堕落； 使入迷

参考例句：

• The promise of huge profits seduced him into parting with his money. 高额利润的许诺诱使他把钱出了手。
• His doctrines have seduced many into error. 他的学说把许多人诱入歧途。