美联社新闻一分钟 2007-06-10

1. President Bush meets Pope Benedict XVI defending his humanitarian¹ record after the Pope expresses concerns about what he calls the worrisome situation in Iraq. On the streets of Rome, thousands of anti-American protestors denounced Bush.

2. It's a small fold in thermal² insulation³ on the space shuttle Atlantis. Cameras spotting it during a post-launch inspection⁴. NASA says it's not too concerned. Atlantis is on the way to the International Space Station.

3. Paris Hilton remains⁵ at a treatment center at a Los Angeles County jail undergoing medical and psychiatric evaluation⁶. A judge ordered the hotel heiress back to jail serving out her 45-day sentence.

4. A climber is rescued in North Carolina at the bottom of a practice wall. He apparently⁷ fell off the sheer rock face. Rescue teams carried him back up to cliff, then to an ambulance, headed to the hospital. His condition isn't known.


WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. worrisome: adj
making you anxious

2. thermal: adj
relating to or caused by heat

3. psychiatric: adj
relating to the study and treatment of mental illness

4. sheer: adj
a sheer drop, cliff, slope etc is very steep and almost vertical

5. rock face:
a very steep surface of rock on the side of a mountain

1 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

2 thermal   

adj.热的，由热造成的；保暖的

参考例句：

• They will build another thermal power station.他们要另外建一座热能发电站。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

3 insulation   

n.隔离；绝缘；隔热

参考例句：

• Please examine the insulation of the electric wires in my house.请检查一下我屋子里电线的绝缘情况。
• It is always difficult to assure good insulation between the electric leads.要保证两个电触头之间有良好的绝缘总是很困难的。

4 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

7 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。