美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-12-10

1. At least four people have been shot after a gunman opened fire outside a Colorado Springs church. The shooting occurred hours after two people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a training center dormitory in a Denver suburb¹. Witnesses of the first shooting told police the gunman was in his twenties wearing a dark jacket and a skull² cap. So far no arrests have been made.

2. Visitations, wakes and vigils have begun for several victims of the deadliest mall shooting on record in the US. Crowds gathered at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska where four days earlier, eight people were fatally³ shot by a teenage gunman.

3. A senior Anglican cleric slipped off his collar and cut it to pieces live on British television. Born in Uganda, this Archbishop of York says he would not wear one again until Robert Mugabe is no longer leader of Zimbabwe. He says the African leader has destroyed Zimbabwe's identity⁴.

4. Thousands of supporters streamed into this football stadium for Oprah Winfrey's second day of campaigning with Democratic⁵ presidential hopeful Barack Obama. The two addressed a big crowd in the 80,000-seat University of South Carolina stadium. Their next stop is New Hampshire.

1 suburb   

n.郊区，郊外，近郊

参考例句：

• Toward the suburb the houses begin to thin out.靠近市郊的地方房屋渐渐稀少。
• Disneyland is in Los Angeles suburb.迪斯尼游乐场在洛杉矶的近郊。

2 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

3 fatally   

adv. 致命地, 不幸地, 宿命地

参考例句：

• Four policemen were fatally shot in the incident. 这次事件中4名警察受了致命的枪伤。
• One of the drivers was fatally injured. 其中一名司机受了致命伤。

4 identity   

n.身份，本体，特征；同一(性)，一致

参考例句：

• He never revealed his identity.他从未暴露过自己的身份。
• He showed his identity card and went in.他把工作证亮了一下就进去了。

5 democratic   

adj.民主的；民主主义的，有民主精神的

参考例句：

• Their country has democratic government.他们国家实行民主政体。
• He has a democratic work-style.他作风民主。