美联社新闻一分钟 2007-01-24

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1. President Bush is using his State of the Union address to try to revive his domestic agenda and deflect¹ criticism about the war in Iraq. He's arguing that success in Iraq is necessary to make American safer.

2. US officials say at least five civilians² were killed when a US helicopter crashed in Iraq. The chopper belonged to a private contractor³ and an Iraqi defense⁴ official says it was shot down.

3. Authorities in Oklahoma are hunting for two escaped inmates⁶ who'd been on the loose since Monday. Prison officials say the men escaped by cutting their way through a fence in a recreation yard.

4. You could say it was a doggone good day for this golden retriever in Washington State. He was hauled to safety last night after the car he was in flipped⁸ over and landed in marshy⁹ water. His owner and another dog also survived the crash.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. deflect : VERB
If you deflect something such as criticism or attention, you act in a way that prevents it from being directed towards you or affecting you.

2. inmate⁵ : N-COUNT
The inmates of a prison or mental hospital are the prisoners or patients who are living there.

3. doggone : ADJ
Extremely, used as an intensive

4. retriever : N-COUNT
A retriever is a kind of dog. Retrievers are traditionally used to bring back birds and animals which their owners have shot.

5. flip⁷ over : PHR-V
If something flips¹⁰ over, or if you flip it over or into a different position, it moves or is moved into a different position.