美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-29

1. Iranian TV showed new video of the 15 British sailors and marines seized last week for allegedly crossing into Iran's waters. The video shows Faye Turney, the only woman in the group saying it's obvious the Brits were trespassing². Britain calls show in the video unacceptable and that appears her statement was coerced⁴.

2. Smoke billowed from the top of a Chicago high-rise this afternoon. But officials say the fire didn't do much damage. It was contained to some equipment on the roof of the 45-storey building. The building was not evacuated⁵ but many of the occupants left on their own.

3. More than 100 Haitian immigrants reached the Florida shore today after three weeks at sea. At least one man died in the crossing. Three people were in critical condition suffering from dehydration⁶. At least eight others had to be taken to the hospital.

4. Debbie Parkhurst is alive today and she says she has her dog to thank. Last week she began choking on an apple. She says her dog Toby pulled her to the ground and began jumping on her chest. She soon spit out the apple.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. trespass¹: verb
If someone trespasses⁷, they go onto someone else's land without their permission.

2. coerce³: verb
If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to. (FORMAL)

3. billow: verb
When smoke or cloud billows, it moves slowly upwards⁸ or across the sky.

4. choke: verb
When you choke or when something chokes you, you can't breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.

1 trespass   

n./v.侵犯，闯入私人领地

参考例句：

• The fishing boat was seized for its trespass into restricted waters.渔船因非法侵入受限制水域而被扣押。
• The court sentenced him to a fine for trespass.法庭以侵害罪对他判以罚款。

2 trespassing   

[法]非法入侵

参考例句：

• He told me I was trespassing on private land. 他说我在擅闯私人土地。
• Don't come trespassing on my land again. 别再闯入我的地界了。

3 coerce   

v.强迫，压制

参考例句：

• You can't coerce her into obedience.你不能强制她服从。
• Do you think there is any way that we can coerce them otherwise?你认为我们有什么办法强迫他们不那样吗？

4 coerced   

v.迫使做( coerce的过去式和过去分词 )；强迫；（以武力、惩罚、威胁等手段）控制；支配

参考例句：

• They were coerced into negotiating a settlement. 他们被迫通过谈判解决。
• He was coerced into making a confession. 他被迫招供。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

6 dehydration   

n.脱水，干燥

参考例句：

• He died from severe dehydration.他死于严重脱水。
• The eyes are often retracted from dehydration.眼睛常因脱水而凹陷。

7 trespasses   

罪过( trespass的名词复数 )； 非法进入

参考例句：

• If you forgive men their trespasses,your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. 如果你们饶恕他们的过失，你们的天父也必将饶恕你们的过失。
• Forgive us our trespasses! 宽恕我们的罪过吧！

8 upwards   

adv.向上，在更高处...以上

参考例句：

• The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
• The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。