美联社新闻一分钟 2007-07-13

1. A Bush administration report says the Iraqi government has made mixed progress in fulfill¹ing political, economic and military goals. The president says he is still committed to succeeding in Iraq. A full progress report on Iraq is expected in September.

2. Pakistan's president is vow²ing to crush Islamic extremists like the ones behind an eight-day siege at Islamabad's Red Mosque⁴. More than a hundred people were killed during the siege.

3. Federal officials say a plane that crashed in a Florida neighborhood was not prepared to land. The plane crashed Tuesday near Orlando, killing⁵ five people and destroying two homes. Investigators⁶ say they still don't have an exact cause for the crash.

4. Roy Pearson just won't take "no" for an answer. Pearson is asking a judge to reconsider the 54-million-dollar lawsuit⁷ he filed against a dry cleaner he says lost a pair of his pants. A judge threw out the original lawsuit.


WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. fulfill: transitive verb (fulfil British English;fulfill American English)
if you fulfil a hope, wish, or aim, you achieve the thing that you hoped for, wished for etc

2. committed : adjective
willing to work very hard at something

3. vow: transitive verb
to make a serious promise to yourself or someone else [= promise]

4. siege : countable⁸ or uncountable noun
a situation in which an army or the police surround a place and try to gain control of it or force someone to come out of it

5. lawsuit: countable noun
a problem or complaint that a person or organization brings to a court of law to be settled [= suit]

1 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

2 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

3 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

4 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

5 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。

6 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

8 countable   

adj.可数的，可以计算的

参考例句：

• The word "person" is a countable noun.person这个词是个可数名词。
• Countable nouns have singular and plural forms.可数名词有单数和复数之分。