美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-24

1. The Anna Nicole Smith's circus is picking up sticks and moving to the Bahamas. Friday, a Florida judge handling the paternity suit surrounding her daughter doubted he had jurisdiction¹ over the matter as the baby was born in and still lives in the Bahamas.

2. Police say they found a teen who is abducted² at gunpoint from his bus stop earlier in the day. They say Clay Moore has a few scratches on him. But he's otherwise ok.

3. Officials in Costa Rica say they won't charge a 70-year-old American tourist who killed a would-be robber with his bare hands. Officials say the military vet³ stepped in after the robber put a gun to a woman's head.

4. This isn't the type of clientele any restaurant wants to attract. These dozen rats were caught scurrying⁴ around a KFC-Taco Bell in New York this morning. The restaurant has been closed for the time being.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. circus: noun
If you describe a group of people or an event as a circus you disapprove⁵ of them because they attract a lot of attention but do not achieve anything useful.

2. jurisdiction: n-uncount
Jurisdiction is the power that a court of law or official has to carry out legal judgments⁶ or enforce law.

3. at gunpoint: phrase
If you are held at gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.

4. clientele: n-count
The clientele of a place or organization are its customer or clients.

1 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。

2 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

3 vet   

n.兽医，退役军人；vt.检查

参考例句：

• I took my dog to the vet.我把狗带到兽医诊所看病。
• Someone should vet this report before it goes out.这篇报道发表之前应该有人对它进行详查。

4 scurrying   

v.急匆匆地走( scurry的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• We could hear the mice scurrying about in the walls. 我们能听见老鼠在墙里乱跑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We were scurrying about until the last minute before the party. 聚会开始前我们一直不停地忙忙碌碌。 来自辞典例句

5 disapprove   

v.不赞成，不同意，不批准

参考例句：

• I quite disapprove of his behaviour.我很不赞同他的行为。
• She wants to train for the theatre but her parents disapprove.她想训练自己做戏剧演员，但她的父母不赞成。

6 judgments   

判断( judgment的名词复数 )； 鉴定； 评价； 审判

参考例句：

• A peculiar austerity marked his judgments of modern life. 他对现代生活的批评带着一种特殊的苛刻。
• He is swift with his judgments. 他判断迅速。