美联社新闻一分钟 2007-09-07

Hundreds of people have gathered at a cathedral in Italy where Luciano Pavarotti’s body has been taken. The tenor¹ was considered one of the best singers of his generation. A funeral has been set for Saturday.

Rescue crews are expanding their search for missing adventure pilot Steve Fossett. He's been missing since Monday. And crews are now covering a 10,000-square-mile area in California and Nevada.

The death toll² from Hurricane Felix continues to rise. Officials in Nicaragua and Honduras now say more than 60 people were killed since Tuesday when it roared ashore³ as a powerful Category Five storm.

There was bamboo of plenty in Atlanta today, as the zoo threw a birthday bash for Mei Lan. The panda turned one today and is a star there. Since she was born, some 561,000 people have come to the zoo and millions of others have watched her on the net.

1 tenor   

n.男高音（歌手），次中音（乐器），要旨，大意

参考例句：

• The tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
• The four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 ashore   

adv.在(向)岸上，上岸

参考例句：

• The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
• He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。