美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-30

1. Ernesto is coming ashore¹ in Florida. Forecasters warn the storm could bring 15 inches of rain. Residents have spent the day stocking up on food, gas and other supplies.

2. On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush is telling the people of New Orleans that the government fell short of its responsibilities. The president says if there's a next time, Washington will deliver what he calls a better, more effective response.

3. There is new video of the crash site of the Kentucky Comair flight that went down shortly after takeoff Sunday. Federal officials are looking at data from flight recorders, the control tower and evidence from the crash scene.

4. Fifty thousand dollars in cash, laptop computers and wig²s were found in the car of polygamous leader Warren Jeffs. Jeffs had been on the FBI's most wanted list. He's facing sexual misconduct charges in Utah and Arizona where he allegedly arranged for older men to marry underage girls.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. fall short of : phrase
Prove inadequate⁴ or insufficient⁵. For example, His skills fell short of the required standard.

2. wig : n-count
A wig is a covering of false hair which you wear on your head, for example because you have little hair of your own or because you want to cover up your own hair.

3. polygamous : adj
In a polygamous society, people can be legally married to more than one person at the same time. A polygamous person, especially a man, is married to more than one person.

1 ashore   

adv.在(向)岸上，上岸

参考例句：

• The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
• He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

2 wig   

n.假发

参考例句：

• The actress wore a black wig over her blond hair.那个女演员戴一顶黑色假发罩住自己的金黄色头发。
• He disguised himself with a wig and false beard.他用假发和假胡须来乔装。

3 wigs   

n.假发，法官帽( wig的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They say that wigs will be coming in again this year. 据说今年又要流行戴假发了。 来自辞典例句
• Frank, we needed more wigs than we thought, and we have to do some advertising. 弗兰克，因为我们需要更多的假发，而且我们还要做点广告。 来自电影对白

4 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。

5 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。