美联社新闻一分钟 2006-01-23

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1. Masked Kurdish demonstrators set a bus on fire in Turkey Sunday to protest the solitary¹ confinement² of a Kurdish rebel leader. Kurdish guerrillas have been fighting for autonomy since 1984.

2. West Virginia governor Joe Manchin is calling for major safety improvement laws at the state and federal level following the deaths of 14 miners in 2 tragic³ accidents.

3. In Portugal, voters are picking a new president. No candidate captures more than 50 percent of the vote. A second round between the top two candidates will be held Feb. 12th.

4. And here she is, Miss America. Miss Oklahoma Jennifer Berry was crowned Miss America Saturday night. The 22-year-old senior at the University of Oklahoma is an aspiring⁴ teacher. The struggling pageant⁵ was held in Las Vegas. It's the first time in 85 years the event was held outside Atlantic City, New Jersey⁶.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. solitary confinement : noun [U]
when someone is kept in a room alone, usually in a prison 单独监禁

2. aspiring: adj.
hoping to be successful in a particular job, activity, or way of life:
e.g. aspiring young writers

3. pageant : noun [C]
a competition for young women in which they are judged on their beauty and other qualities:
e.g. a beauty pageant