美联社新闻一分钟 2006-10-10

1. Reports of chilling talk about North Korea behind the closed doors of a UN Security Council meeting. Ambassador John Bolton has reportedly told UN allies the US should view a North Korean attack on South Korea or Japan the same as it would a direct assault on the US.

2. Iraqi authorities have arrested the head of the mess hall where at least 350 Iraqi policemen suffered some kind of food poisoning. They are investigating whether the meal that breaks the daily sunrise-to-sunset fast during Ramadan was poisoned intentionally¹.

3. First spinach², now lettuce³! Foxy brand lettuce sold in 7 western states is being recalled because of concerns about E. coli contamination.

4. A 603-carat diamond, the world's 15th largest stone was bought by a South African diamond cutting company Monday, dub⁴bed "The Lesotho Promise". It sold for more than 12 million dollars.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. mess hall : n-count
A mess hall is a large room where a particular group of people, especially members of the armed forces, eat meals together.

2. dub : verb
If someone or something is dubbed⁵ a particular thing, they are given that description or name.

1 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

2 spinach   

n.菠菜

参考例句：

• Eating spinach is supposed to make you strong.据说吃菠菜能使人强壮。
• You should eat such vegetables as carrot,celery and spinach.你应该吃胡萝卜、芹菜和菠菜这类的蔬菜。

3 lettuce   

n.莴苣；生菜

参考例句：

• Get some lettuce and tomatoes so I can make a salad.买些莴苣和西红柿，我好做色拉。
• The lettuce is crisp and cold.莴苣松脆爽口。

4 dub   

vt.（以某种称号）授予，给...起绰号，复制

参考例句：

• I intend to use simultaneous recording to dub this film.我打算采用同期录音的方法为这部影片配音。
• It was dubbed into Spanish for Mexican audiences.它被译制成西班牙语以方便墨西哥观众观看。

5 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》