美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-12-05

1. President Bush says he wants to keep the pressure on Iran even if a new intelligence says it stopped work on the nuclear bomb years ago, halted because of international pressure. Bush said in a news conference that Iran could still pursue nuclear ambitions.

2. Mudslides, floods and power outages, all from the latest storm battering¹ the Northwest. Helicopters are pulling people from flooded areas with a stretch of Interstate 5 closed because water is over the road.

3. The manager of a Paris hotel says he knew the driver of Princess Diana's limo was drinking before the crash that killed her, but he felt he was not in a position to say anything. This came out of the British coroner's inquest where driver Henri Paul's drinking is a key issue.

4. A woman in New York is recovering after slipping in a bathroom and ending up with a coat hook² in her face. The only way to remove it, pulling it back through the face. A surgeon opened up her cheek, removing the hook's barb³, and leaving at least 30 stitches⁴ inside her mouth.

1 battering   

n.用坏，损坏v.连续猛击( batter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。
• He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 hook   

vt.钩住；n.钩子，钩状物

参考例句：

• The blacksmith forged a bar of iron into a hook.铁匠把一根铁条锻造成一个钩子。
• He hangs up his scarf on the hook behind the door.他把围巾挂在门后的衣钩上。

3 barb   

n.（鱼钩等的）倒钩，倒刺

参考例句：

• The barb of his wit made us wince.他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
• A fish hook has a barb to prevent the fish from escaping after being hooked.鱼钩上都有一个倒钩以防上了钩的鱼逃走。

4 stitches   

n.（缝纫或编织中的）一针( stitch的名词复数 )；缝法；衣服；（缝合伤口的）缝线v.缝，缝补，缝合( stitch的第三人称单数 )；[引申]把某物连在一起

参考例句：

• Try to keep the stitches small and straight. 针脚要尽量缝得小而直。
• Knit the next two stitches together to make the garment narrower. 下两针织在一起，把衣服弄瘦点儿。 来自《简明英汉词典》