美联社新闻一分钟 2007-08-01

1. Chief Justice John Roberts is out of a Maine hospital. He was released the day after suffering a seizure¹. The White House says Roberts told President Bush / he's fine. Roberts headed back to his vacation home in Maine.

2. In South Carolina two children were found dead in trash bags. Their mother was taken to a hospital for evaluation². The coroner said she took the children to work and left the four-year-old and one-year-old in the car all day. Autopsies³ will determine the cause of death.

3. A highway bridge under construction in California collapsed⁴, trapping a delivery truck driver and injuring a construction worker. Large beams crumbled⁶ the delivery truck. It took more than two hours to free the driver.

4. On the floor of this Virginia garage, a family says it can see Jesus in this smudge. It was discovered when the garage got a cleaning. This heavenly image is for sale on eBay. Yours for the right price and with the help of a chisel⁷.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. seizure: N-COUNT
If someone has a seizure, they have a sudden violent attack of an illness, especially one that affects their heart or brain.

2. crumble⁵: VERB V, V n
If something crumbles⁸, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.

3. smudge: N-COUNT
A smudge is a dirty mark.

4. heavenly: ADJ usu ADJ n
Heavenly things are things that are connected with the religious idea of heaven.

5. chisel: N-COUNT
A chisel is a tool that has a long metal blade with a sharp edge at the end. It is used for cutting and shaping wood and stone.

1 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

2 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。

3 autopsies   

n.尸体解剖( autopsy的名词复数 )；验尸；现场验证；实地观察

参考例句：

• Autopsies cannot be performed and thus no recent histological examinations have been reported. 不能进行尸体解剖，因此没有新近的组织学检查的报道。 来自辞典例句
• I told you to supervise autopsies, not to set up a lot of fancy rules. 我叫你监督解剖室，不是去制定一些空想的规定。 来自辞典例句

4 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

5 crumble   

vi.碎裂，崩溃；vt.弄碎，摧毁

参考例句：

• Opposition more or less crumbled away.反对势力差不多都瓦解了。
• Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble,my will will remain firm.纵然海枯石烂，意志永不动摇。

6 crumbled   

（把…）弄碎， （使）碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 衰落； 坍塌； 损坏

参考例句：

• He crumbled the bread in his fingers. 他用手指把面包捻碎。
• Our hopes crumbled when the business went bankrupt. 商行破产了，我们的希望也破灭了。

7 chisel   

n.凿子；v.用凿子刻，雕，凿

参考例句：

• This chisel is useful for getting into awkward spaces.这凿子在要伸入到犄角儿里时十分有用。
• Camille used a hammer and chisel to carve out a figure from the marble.卡米尔用锤子和凿子将大理石雕刻出一个人像。

8 crumbles   

酥皮水果甜点( crumble的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This cake crumbles too easily. 这种蛋糕太容易碎了。
• This bread crumbles ever so easily. 这种面包非常容易碎。