美联社新闻一分钟 2006-04-16

1. 4 US governors made a surprise visit to Iraq this Easter weekend. The governors of Florida, Iowa, Indiana then West Virginia are visiting troops stationed in Iraq's war zone. It is part of a 2-day tour of the Middle East.

2. Police say they don't suspect foul¹ play in the deaths of 2 Milwaukee boys. The medical examiner says autopsy² results indicate 12-year-old Quadrevion Henning and 11-year-old Purvis Parker accidentally drowned. The bodies were recovered from a park lagoon³ yesterday near the site where the boys vanished almost a month ago.

3. They had to wait patiently, some overnight. But thousands turned out this morning to get tickets for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, including hundreds of gay and lesbian parents. It is part of a coordinated⁴ effort to make the point that their families aren't different.

4. Check out the third annual Pig Olympics held in Russia today. The athletic⁵ piglets competed in races, a game of soccer and pig paddling.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. station :verb [T + adverb or preposition]
to cause especially soldiers to be in a particular place to do a job:
e.g. I hear your son's in the army - where's he stationed?

2. foul play :noun [U]
a criminal act which results in serious damage or injury, especially murder:
e.g. It is not clear what caused the explosion, but the police do not suspect foul play.

3. autopsy :noun [C or U]
the cutting open and examination of a dead body in order to discover the cause of death:
e.g. They carried out/performed an autopsy.

4. lagoon :noun [C]
an area of sea water separated from the sea by a reef (= a line of rocks and sand):

5. vanish :verb
to disappear or stop being present or existing, especially in a sudden, surprising way:
e.g. The child vanished while on her way home from school.

6. paddle :verb
to swim with short, quick movements
The dog was paddling furiously after the ducks.

1 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

2 autopsy   

n.尸体解剖；尸检

参考例句：

• They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
• A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

3 lagoon   

n.泻湖，咸水湖

参考例句：

• The lagoon was pullulated with tropical fish.那个咸水湖聚满了热带鱼。
• This area isolates a restricted lagoon environment.将这一地区隔离起来使形成一个封闭的泻湖环境。

4 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

5 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。