美联社新闻一分钟 2007-06-11

1. Six people are dead after a shooting in a Wisconsin home. Police also found a two-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to the chest in a nearby van. The toddler is in serious condition.

2. A roof collapse¹ in a busy Indian market has killed at least five people and trapped dozens. The Indian military is helping² in the rescue operation.

3. President Bush receives a hero's welcome today in Albania. Enthusiastic crowds greeted the president during his brief visit. It's the first time a US president has visited the Balkan country.

4. Space shuttle Atlantis has dock ed with the International Space Station, the first shuttle to do so this year. Three spacewalks were planned for this week to install new equipment. Astronauts will also check if the shuttle was damaged when foam³ debris⁴ shook loose during Friday's launch.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. toddler: [countable]
a very young child who is just learning to walk

2. dock: [intransitive + with]
if two spacecraft dock, they join together in space

1 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

4 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。