美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-09

1. An FBI informant secretly recorded conversations of six Islamic militants¹ from Yugoslavia and the Middle East who talked about killing² in the name of Allah, planning an attack on Fort Dix in New Jersey³ to kill as many soldiers as possible.

2. Another tornado⁴ death in Greensburg, Kansas. This one, a police officer rushing to warn residents. The twister crushing his squad⁵ car, flinging it across the field. He was taken off life support Tuesday.

3. In Israel, a traffic camera catches motorists passing an injured motorcycle rider and not stopping to help, swerving⁶ to avoid his body and bike. Rescuers pronounced the man dead at the scene.

4. Queen Elizabeth II wraps up her U.S. visit, paying tribute to American soldiers, visiting the National World War II Memorial in Washington. The whirlwind tour lasted six days.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. Allah: n-proper
Allah is the name of God in Islam.

2. squad car: n-count
A squad car is a car used by the police. (AM; in BRITAIN usually use patrol car or police car)

3. swerve⁷: verb
If a vehicle or other moving thing swerves⁸, it suddenly changes direction, often in order to avoid hitting something.

4. whirlwind : adj
A whirlwind event or action happens or is done much more quickly than normal.

1 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

4 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

5 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

6 swerving   

v.（使）改变方向，改变目的( swerve的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• It may stand as an example of the fitful swerving of his passion. 这是一个例子，说明他的情绪往往变化不定，忽冷忽热。 来自辞典例句
• Mrs Merkel would be foolish to placate her base by swerving right. 默克尔夫人如果为了安抚她的根基所在而转到右翼就太愚蠢了。 来自互联网

7 swerve   

v.突然转向，背离；n．转向，弯曲，背离

参考例句：

• Nothing will swerve him from his aims.什么也不能使他改变目标。
• Her car swerved off the road into a 6ft high brick wall.她的车突然转向冲出了马路，撞向6英尺高的一面砖墙。

8 swerves   

n.（使）改变方向，改变目的( swerve的名词复数 )v.（使）改变方向，改变目的( swerve的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The road swerves to the right. 道路向右转弯。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• At the last moment, Nina swerves and slams into a parked car. 在最后关头，尼娜突然转弯，将车猛烈撞入一辆停着的车中。 来自互联网