美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-11-07

1. Some Democrats¹ objected, but the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination² of President Bush's choice for Attorney General Michael Mukasey. Those who voted "NO" say they did so because Mukasey had refused to call the interrogation practice called waterboarding "torture".

2.The US military has announced six new deaths in Iraq. That makes 2007 already the deadliest year of Iraq war for American forces. With nearly two months left, this year's annual toll³ is now at least 3 higher than the previous worst in 2004 .

3. Three people are under arrest in Miami after a teacher was shot outside a local high school. Police say the man was on a cigarette break across the street when he was confronted by a man who tried to rob him. The teacher is in critical condition.

4. Doctors in India have been working to remove extra limbs and organs from a two-year-old girl born with 4 arms and 4 legs. The girl is revered by some in her village as a reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, but others have tried to profit from her including a circus that wanted to buy her from her family.

1 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》

2 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

3 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。

4 revered   

v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句