美联社新闻一分钟 2006-01-27

（单词翻译）

1. Thousands of Hamas supporters took to the streets Thursday to celebrate their victory in Palestinian parliamentary elections. Election officials say the Islamic militant¹ group won 76 seats in Wednesday's elections.

2. (I hope I never see anything like this again.) Seven children were killed when their car burst into flames after being crushed between a truck and a stopped school bus. Florida authorities say the victims ranged in age from 20 months to 15 years. All were sibling²s or cousins.

3. The sole survivor⁴ of the West Virginia mine disaster has emerged from a light coma⁵ but still cannot speak. Randal McCloy Junior had been in a coma since his January 4th rescue, but can now respond to simple commands.

4. President Bush was interrupted during his White House news conference on Thursday. “We seem to have a mechanical flaw.” One of the cameras came loose from the ceiling of the press briefing room and dangle⁶d precipitously over some reporters' heads, but only delayed the president for a few moments.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. sibling : noun [C] FORMAL
a brother or sister:
e.g. I have four siblings³: three brothers and a sister.

2. dangle : verb
to hang loosely, or to hold something so that it hangs loosely:
e.g. Loose electric wires were dangling⁸ from the wall.

3. precipitously : adv
dangerously high or steep:
e.g. The price of shares in the company dropped precipitously with the news of poor sales figures