美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-10-07

1. Police in Philadelphia are charging a man with a history of robbing banks with the slayings of two armored car guards. Mustafa Ali was brought in for question yesterday and police say they believe he acted alone.

2. Video cameras were rolling in Baghdad as a convoy¹ escorting an Iraqi governor came under attack. The governor was leaving a meeting with US officials when he was ambushed. No one in the convoy was injured in that attack.

3. Unofficial results from Pakistan show General Pervez Musharraf has swept today's presidential election. However, the country's Supreme³ Court could still disqualify him for running for president while still serving as the chief of the army.

4. New polls by the AP show Rudy Giuliani leading all Republicans and Hillary Clinton with a solid advantage among Democrats⁴ in the races for their party's presidential nominations⁵. However, the same polls show that the race is much tighter in the early voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire.

1 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

2 ambushed   

v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 )；埋伏着

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The military vehicles were ambushed. 军车遭到伏击。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句