美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-27

1. President Bush opened the Memorial Day weekend with a call for Americans to rededicate themselves to the war on terror. He's also asking everyone to pray for the troops overseas and remember those who lost their lives on the battlefield.

2. Meantime, Vice¹ President Dick Cheney spent part of the day preparing the army's next generation of leaders. He gave the commencement address at West Point today where he told the graduating class that the country is counting on them to defend the homeland.

3. Scientists are giving two whales lost in the Sacramento Delta² the weekend to themselves. The pair is some 70 miles upstream from the Pacific and scientists say they plan to wait until next week before they try to coax³ them out.

4. It's not your typical canvas, but these models don't seem to mind. Call it living art. A group of painters ply⁴ their trade on this group of volunteers in Mexico. The creator of the exhibits says most first come out of curiosity, but are won over by the artwork.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. ply: verb
If you ply a trade, you do a particular kind of work regularly as your job, especially a knid of work that involves trying to sell goods or services to people outdoors.

2. win over: phrase
If you win someone ov

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

3 coax   

v.哄诱，劝诱，用诱哄得到，诱取

参考例句：

• I had to coax the information out of him.我得用好话套出他掌握的情况。
• He tried to coax the secret from me.他试图哄骗我说出秘方。

4 ply   

v.(搬运工等)等候顾客，弯曲

参考例句：

• Taxis licensed to ply for hire at the railway station.许可计程车在火车站候客。
• Ferryboats ply across the English Channel.渡船定期往返于英吉利海峡。