美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-06

1. The U.S. and France reached an agreement on a UN Security Council resolution to bring an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton says the resolution will probably be adopted in a few days.

2. Floyd Landis is out for the count. His second doping test came back positive for elevated levels of testosterone for the American Tour de France champ. Now he is out of a job and likely to lose his title. But Landis says he never took any banned substance and won because he was the strongest.

3. Residents in El Paso, Texas are in for more evacuations. City officials have briefly¹ called off evacuations after crews lowered water levels in a dam across the border in Mexico. The dam came another downpour, bringing even more flooding. And more rain is expected today.

4. A wayward bear made his way into a Nevada casino, hoping to try his luck finding some food. But casino workers were able to detour² the 150-pound bear back toward a loading dock and back into the wild, still hungry

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. dope : n-uncount
Dope is a drug, usually an illegal drug such as marijuana or cocaine³. (INFORMAL)

2. positive : adj
If a medical or scientific test is positive, it shows that something has happened or is present.

3. testosterone : n-uncount
Testosterone is a hormone⁴ found in men and male animals, which can also be produced artificially. It is thought to be responsible for the male sexual instinct and other male characteristics.

4. banned substance : n-count
In sport, banned substances are drugs that competitors are not allowed to take because they could artificially improve their performance.

5. be in for something : phrase
to be going to experience something soon, especially something unpleasant
e.g. I'm afraid we're in for a storm.

6. wayward : adj
If you describe a person or their behavior as wayward, you mean that they behave in a selfish, bad, or unpredictable way, and are difficult to control.

7. detour : verb
to take a longer route in order to avoid a problem or to visit a place; to make somebody/something take a longer route

1 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

2 detour   

n.绕行的路，迂回路；v.迂回，绕道

参考例句：

• We made a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.我们绕道走，避开繁忙的交通。
• He did not take the direct route to his home,but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.他没有直接回家，而是绕到市郊兜了个圈子。

3 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

4 hormone   

n.荷尔蒙，激素，内分泌

参考例句：

• Hormone implants are used as growth boosters.激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。
• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body.这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。