美联社新闻一分钟 2006-07-06

1. President Bush says the failure of North Korea's long-range missile doesn't diminish his goal to deal with the country's nuclear program. The president said the launches make the communist nation even more of an outcast. Bush says he intends to deal with North Korea through group talks, rather than one-on-one negotiations¹.

2. Ken² Lay, who was at the center of one of the biggest corporate³ scandals in U.S. history, has died. The Enron founder⁴ apparently⁵ died of a heart attack today in Aspen, Colorado. Ken Lay was 64.

3. The six men arrested in Florida on terrorism charges will be staying behind bars. A federal judge in Miami denied them bond for the suspects accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower and conspiring⁶ to help al-Qaeda blow up several federal buildings. The men denied the charges.

4. Discovery's crew spent their day using sensitive cameras to check for signs of damage from the launch. Officials say they didn't find anything serious. The shuttle is due to dock at the International Space Station tomorrow.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. outcast : n-count
An outcast is someone who is not accepted by a group of people or by society.

2. one-on-one : adj
A one-on-one situation, meeting, or contest involves only two people.
= one-to-one

3. dock : v-recip
When one spacecraft docks or is docked with another, the two crafts join together in space.

1 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

2 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

3 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

4 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

5 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

6 conspiring   

密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。