美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-09

1. Eight children and one adult are dead after a fire tore through a three-storey house in the Bronx. The victims were all relatives who immigrated¹ to the U.S. from West Africa. The fire has been blamed on a space heater or an overloaded² power strip.

2. House Democrats³ want a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal⁴ from Iraq. The plan would require all combat troops to be out of Iraq by fall of next year.

3. Police say two baggage handlers at the Orlando airport brought a bag containing guns and drugs onto a plane bound for Puerto Rico. The men used their airport identification cards to bypass security screeners. Authorities arrested one of the men in Puerto Rico, the second in Florida.

4. An 840-pound Mexican man has left his home for the first time in five years. Manuel Uribe was rolled through the streets of Monterrey, Mexico on an iron bed with wheels as a crowd cheered him on. Uribe's outing was a celebration of his nearly 400-pound weight loss.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. cheer on: phrase
When you cheer someone on, you shout loudly in order to encourage them, for example when they are taking part in a game.

1 immigrated   

v.移入( immigrate的过去式和过去分词 )；移民

参考例句：

• He immigrated from Ulster in 1848. 他1848年从阿尔斯特移民到这里。 来自辞典例句
• Many Pakistanis have immigrated to Britain. 许多巴基斯坦人移居到了英国。 来自辞典例句

2 overloaded   

a.超载的，超负荷的

参考例句：

• He's overloaded with responsibilities. 他担负的责任过多。
• She has overloaded her schedule with work, study, and family responsibilities. 她的日程表上排满了工作、学习、家务等，使自己负担过重。

3 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。