美联社新闻一分钟 2007-08-15

Mattel is recalling more toys. This time Polly Pocket and Batman action figures, 7 million play sets and more than 250,000 die-cast cars are being pulled from the shelves because of dangers to children from lead paint.

Hurricane Flossie is still roaring toward Hawaii’s Big Island, but it’s not as strong. The storm was downgraded. Winds are still blowing at 110 miles an hour and could bring up to 10 inches of rain.

Mary Winkler is out of jail. She is the woman who killed her preacher husband in Tennessee. Winkler spent seven months in custody¹, much of that time at a mental health hospital. Her lawyer says Winkler will be back at work later this week. She’s hoping to regain² custody of her three daughters.

Don Imus and CBS will not talk badly about each other any more, that's part of the settlement agreement between the two. Imus was fired from his radio show, after making racially insensitive statements about the Rutgers women’s basketball team. A source says Imus is hoping to get back on the air.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

die-cast : adj. Formed by forcing molten metal into a shape

downgrade : v. To lower the status or salary of

1 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

2 regain   

vt.重新获得，收复，恢复

参考例句：

• He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
• The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。