美联社新闻一分钟 2007-08-02

1. Donald Rumsfeld says he'd never take part in a cover-up. The former Defense¹ Secretary testified on Capitol Hill today, telling a House committee he had nothing to do with the military's response to the friendly fire death of one-time NFL player Pat Tillman.

2. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says if elected he'd remove troops from Iraq, and dispatch them to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Earlier, rival candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton called his foreign policy ideas "naive²".

3. Two Missouri teens have been charged with kidnapping and assault after allegedly snatching an eighteen-year-old woman who is due to give birth next week. Prosecutors³ say the pair wanted to kidnap her baby boy.

4. And it's Whoopi. Barbara Walters announced Ms Goldberg will serve as Rosie O'Donnell's replacement⁴ on "The View". The actress comedienne is set to debut⁵ September 4th.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. cover-up: noun
an attempt to prevent the public from discovering the truth about something

2. House: noun
House of Representatives

3. one-time: adj [only before noun]
former

4. hopeful: noun
someone who is hoping to be successful, especially in acting⁶, sports, politics etc

5. naive: adj
showing lack of experience, wisdom or judgement

6. snatch: verb
to take someone away from a person or place, especially by force

7. comedienne: noun
a female comedian⁷

8. debut: verb
to appear in public or become available for the first time

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 naive   

adj.幼稚的，轻信的；天真的

参考例句：

• It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.相信他会言行一致，你未免太单纯了。
• Don't be naive.The matter is not so simple.你别傻乎乎的。事情没有那么简单。

3 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

4 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

5 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

6 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

7 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。