美联社新闻一分钟 2006-12-31

1. The head of Saddam Hussein's family has reportedly retrieve¹d his body from Baghdad. The delegation³ including a provincial⁴ governor negotiated with US and Iraqi officials to be able to bury the executed dictator tomorrow near his hometown.

2. Many Arabs are overjoyed at the news of Saddam Hussein's execution. They are dancing, singing and chanting in the streets. The area is home to one of the nation's largest concentrations of people with roots in the Middle East, many who fled their homeland during the rule of Saddam.

3. Former President Ford⁵'s body is now in Washington. He arrived Saturday evening for a state funeral and public viewing. Ford will be buried next week in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

4. Thousands packed in Augusta, Georgia arena⁶ to pay their respects to the late singer James Brown. Michael Jackson's arrival at the event sparked a roar from the crowd. He told the crowd that Brown was his greatest inspiration and he had never seen a performer move like James Brown.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. retrieve: verb
If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it.

2. concentration: n-count
A concentration of something is a large amount of it or large numbers of it in a small area.

3. pack: verb
If people or things pack into a place or if they pack a place, there are so many of them that the place is full.

4. spark: verb
If one thing sparks another, the first thing causes the second thing to start happening

1 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

2 retrieved   

v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句

3 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

4 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

5 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

6 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。