美联社新闻一分钟 2007-07-21

1. President Bush's issued an executive order prohibiting cruel and inhuman¹ treatment of terror suspects. The White House isn't saying whether the C.I.A has a detention² in the interrogation program, but says if it does, it must adhere to the new guidelines.

2. The San Francisco Bay area got a bit of a jolt³ this morning, when a magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the region, shattered a few windows but otherwise caused no major damage or injury.

3. PETA is calling on the NFL to suspend Falcons⁴ quarterback Michael Vick. It staged a rally outside the league's headquarters today. The animal rights group says the charges of dog fighting alone should be enough to get him off the field.

4. A woman, six-month-pregnant, is complaining that police made her lie on her stomach during a traffic stop despite her condition. Police say her SUV matched the description of a vehicle, connected to several thefts and add the officers hadn't realized she was pregnant.

WORDS IN THE NEWS
Merriam-Webster Online

1. detention: n. the act or fact of detaining or holding back

2. interrogate⁵: vt. to question formally and systematically

3. jolt: n. an abrupt sharp jerky blow or movement

1 inhuman   

adj.残忍的，不人道的，无人性的

参考例句：

• We must unite the workers in fighting against inhuman conditions.我们必须使工人们团结起来反对那些难以忍受的工作条件。
• It was inhuman to refuse him permission to see his wife.不容许他去看自己的妻子是太不近人情了。

2 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

3 jolt   

v.（使）摇动，（使）震动，（使）颠簸

参考例句：

• We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
• They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着，担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。

4 falcons   

n.猎鹰( falcon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey. 游隼捕到鸟类猎物时，通常是先拔掉它们的羽毛，再把肉撕下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Though he doubted the wisdom of using falcons, Dr. de la Fuente undertook the project. 虽然德·拉·富恩特博士怀疑使用游隼是否明智，但他还是执行了这项计划。 来自辞典例句

5 interrogate   

vt.讯问，审问，盘问

参考例句：

• The lawyer took a long time to interrogate the witness fully.律师花了很长时间仔细询问目击者。
• We will interrogate the two suspects separately.我们要对这两个嫌疑人单独进行审讯。