美联社新闻一分钟 2006-06-03

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1. Two defense¹ officials tell the Associated Press a military investigation² clears U. S. troops of allegations that they intentionally³ killed Iraqi civilians⁴. Iraqis accuse the soldiers of killing⁵ innocent people during a March raid at Ishaqi, a village north of Baghdad. The officials spoke⁶ on the condition of anonymity⁷ because the results have not yet been publicly released.

2. An Indiana coroner faults one of his deputies for a tragic⁸ mix-up. Two college students who look alike were misidentified after a crash, one of the students died, the other suffered serious injuries. The mix-up occurred when the injured student's sister was encouraged not to look at the body.

3. There is encouraging news about injured CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier⁹. The network says she is now off a respirator. She was hurt earlier this week by a car bomb in Baghdad.

4. It's thought a usual to hear about alligator¹⁰s roaming around Florida, but this one was caught in Rhode Island. Officials say the baby gator was probably a pet that someone let loose.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. anonymity : noun
the state of remaining unknown to most other people
e.g. He agreed to give an interview on condition of anonymity (= if his name was not mentioned).

2. network : n-count
A radio or television network is a company or group of companies that broadcasts radio or television programmes throughout an area.
e.g. An American network says it has obtained the recordings¹².

3. usual : adj
Usual is used to describe what happens or what is done most often in a particular situation.
=normal
usual : noun
Usual is also a noun.
e.g. The stout¹³ barman in a bow tie presented himself to take their order. “Good morning, sir. The usual?”

4. alligator : n-count
An alligator is a large reptile¹⁴ with short legs, a long tail and very powerful jaws¹⁵.

5. gator : n-count
A gator is the same as an alligator. (AM INFORMAL)