美联社新闻一分钟 2006-09-09

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1. NASA has rescheduled the launch of Atlantis for late Saturday morning. It will be the space agency's fifth attempt to get the shuttle off the ground. A malfunction¹ing fuel tank's sensor³ foiled NASA's plans for lift-off Friday.

2. President Bush is set to deliver a prime-time address from the Oval Office Monday in memory of the victims of the September 11th attacks. The president also plans to visit the attack sites.

3. A former government official says he is sorry for outing CIA operative Valerie Plame. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage admitted that he accidentally leaked Plame's identity during conversations with two journalists.

4. Lindsay Lohan's got her bag back. According to British police, someone found it and turned it in. The star's representative said the bag contained asthma⁴ medicine and some jewelry⁵. It disappeared from a luggage cart at London's Heathrow Airport. No one has confirmed what's in the bag now.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. malfunction: verb
If a machine or part of the body malfunctions⁶, it fails to work properly. (FORMAL)

2. foil: verb
If you foil someone's plan or attempt to do something, you succeed in stopping them from doing what they want. (JOURNALISM)

3. prime-time: adj.
Prime-time television or radio programmes are broadcasted when the greatest number of people are watching or listening to the radio, usually in the evenings.

4. asthma : n-uncount
Asthma is a lung condition which causes difficult in breathing.