美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-11-16

1. An armed man involved in an overnight standoff with police outside the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City has surrendered peacefully. Police were called after security reported a man on a shuttle bus with a gun. Three people were briefly¹ held hostage on the bus. No one was hurt.

2. The New York Times is reporting that FBI agents have found no evidence that Blackwater security guards were fired on during a September incident that left 17 Iraqi civilians² dead. But the FBI report finds the guards were unjustified in killing³ at least 14 of the civilians.

3. Congressional Democrats⁴ say President Bush will not get any more money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unless he agrees to end all combat in Iraq by December of next year. Both the House and Senate will vote by the end of the week on the 50-billion-dollar plan. Bush promises a veto of any bill containing a timetable for withdrawal⁵.

4. A globe that once belonged to Adolf Hitler has sold at auction⁶ for 100,000 dollars. An American soldier found the globe among the ruins of Hilter's Eagle's Nest in May of 1945. John Barsamian took it home and kept it for more than 60 years.

1 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

2 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

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 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

6 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。