美联社新闻一分钟 2007-06-01

1. We now know the identity of the federally-quarantined tuberculosis¹ patient. He is Andrew Speaker, a 31-year-old Atlanta attorney. He is now at a Denver hospital that specializes in respiratory disorders². Speaker shuttled around Europe with the infection.

2. The director of FEMA says the agency is ready for the Atlantic hurricane season. It starts Friday and forecasters are predicting a spate³ of named storms. FEMA has pre-positioned supplies and equipment in key areas ready to move when storms strike.

3. In Baghdad, there is a new sort of power struggle to keep the lights on. A lack of a national power grid⁴ has entrepreneurs generating their own power to sell with generators⁵ going up around the city.

4. A salute⁶ to evangelist Billy Graham, a 27-million-dollar museum tracing his journey from a farm boy to befriending every US president since Harry⁷ Truman. Billy Graham is 88 years old and suffers from a range of health ailments⁸.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. quarantine: verb
If a person or animal is in quarantine, they are being kept separate from other people or animal for a set period of time, usually because they have or may have a disease.

2. spate: n-count
A spate of things, especially unpleasant things, is a large number of them that happen or appear within a short period of time.

3. grid: n-count
A grid is a network of wires and cables by which source of power, such as electricity, are distributed throughout a country or area.

1 tuberculosis   

n.结核病，肺结核

参考例句：

• People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
• Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。

2 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 spate   

n.泛滥，洪水，突然的一阵

参考例句：

• Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
• Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。

4 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

5 generators   

n.发电机，发生器( generator的名词复数 )；电力公司

参考例句：

• The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
• Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 salute   

vi.行礼，致意，问候，放礼炮；vt.向…致意，迎接，赞扬；n.招呼，敬礼，礼炮

参考例句：

• Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
• The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。

7 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

8 ailments   

疾病（尤指慢性病），不适( ailment的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His ailments include a mild heart attack and arthritis. 他患有轻度心脏病和关节炎。
• He hospitalizes patients for minor ailments. 他把只有小病的患者也送进医院。