美联社新闻一分钟 2007-01-28

1. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a critic of the Iraq war, is leading a congressional delegation¹ in Baghdad, holding talks with Iraqi leaders. Her visit with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is viewed by some as a declaration the White House alone will not control Iraq policy.

2. The only US military officer charged in the Abu Ghraib scandal will be court-martialed. Lieutenant² Colonel Steven Lee Jordan ran the interrogation center at the Iraqi prison. He will be arraigned³ next week on charges including cruelty and maltreatment of prisoners.

3. A kidnapping case in Arizona is now a hunt for a convicted sex offender⁴. A six-year-old girl has been returned to her family but police are searching for her alleged⁵ abductor, George Richard Horner. He'd been allowed to stay at the girl's home for several days.

4. How is this for special delivery? Someone sent eight yellow ducklings by priority mail to a woman in San Diego. Postal⁶ workers heard the ducklings and got permission to open the box to get the babies some food and water.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. court-martial : VERB
If a member of the armed forces is court-martialled, he or she is tried in a military court.

2. lieutenant : N-COUNT
A lieutenant is a person who holds a junior officer's rank in the army, navy, marines, or air force, or in the American police force.

3. colonel : N-COUNT
A colonel is a senior officer in an army, air force, or the marines.
lieutenant colonel 陆军中校

4. maltreatment : N-UNCOUNT
Maltreatment is cruel behaviour, especially involving hurting a person or animal.

5. duckling : N-COUNT
A duckling is a young duck. ugly duckling 丑小鸭

1 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。

2 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

3 arraigned   

v.告发( arraign的过去式和过去分词 )；控告；传讯；指责

参考例句：

• He was arraigned for murder. 他因谋杀罪而被提讯。
• She was arraigned for high treason. 她被控叛国罪。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 offender   

n.冒犯者，违反者，犯罪者

参考例句：

• They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
• The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。

5 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

6 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。