美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-12-15

1. The Midwest and Northeast are getting another blast of winter. A winter storm expected in the Midwest may complicate¹ efforts to restore power from an earlier ice storm and the East Coast may see a mix of sleet² and rain with snow inland. This after a storm dumped a foot of snow in New England.

2. Two graduate students were found dead at Louisiana State University, shot in a home invasion at their apartment complex. The victims are PhD students from India. Police are searching for three suspects. The campus remains³ open.

3. Newly released e-mails offer hints of more than just a professional relationship between astronaut Lisa Nowak and space shuttle pilot William Oefelein. Nowak is accused of confronting the woman he was involved with at the Orlando Airport and attacking her with pepper spray.

4. In Lewiston, Idaho, a crime got solved on page one. A photo in the Lewiston Tribune shows a man suspected of stealing a woman's wallet near inches away another photo of the same man painting Christmas greetings on store front windows. None of these escaped shot by newspaper employees who called police. The man was arrested.

1 complicate   

vt.使复杂化，使混乱，使难懂

参考例句：

• There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。
• These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。

2 sleet   

n.雨雪；v.下雨雪，下冰雹

参考例句：

• There was a great deal of sleet last night.昨夜雨夹雪下得真大。
• When winter comes,we get sleet and frost.冬天来到时我们这儿会有雨夹雪和霜冻。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。