美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-10-04

1.A giant sinkhole has swallowed at least one home in La Jolla, California and more are in danger. Some houses have been evacuated¹. Officials cut off power to the area. The sinkhole is about 50 yards long.

2.Recovery crews are trying to retrieve² the bodies of five workers trapped underground after a fire. The group initially³ survived the fire. Four other workers escaped. An investigation⁴ is underway into what caused the blaze.

3.President Bush has vetoed a bipartisan children's health insurance bill. The project would have added 35 billion dollars over five years to the program. But the president said it was too costly⁵. He said he believes in private medicine not the federal government running the health care system.

4.Former President Jimmy Carter found himself on the wrong side of security forces in Darfur. He was visiting refugees too afraid to attend a meeting when the local national security chief told him to leave. The 83-year-old Carter got into a shouting match with the official but ultimately left.

1 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

2 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

3 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。