美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-29

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1. The body of New England Patriots¹ player Marquise Hill was found today just a day after he was reported missing following a jet ski accident on Lake Pontchartrain. Hill's body was discovered by searchers about a quarter mile from where the former LSU star and a female friend were involved in the fatal accident.

2. On this Memorial Day President Bush is paying tribute to the troops calling them the new generation of heroes as he describes them, men and women who died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

3. A car bomb attack in a busy commercial district of Baghdad was just part of today's deadly violence in the Iraqi capital. Insurgents² carried out several mortar³ and car bomb attacks throughout the capital.

4. The two lost whales trying to make their way back to the Pacific Ocean appeared to have slowed down for the day. The mother humpback whale and her calf⁴ have made progress toward the Pacific Ocean in the past few hours but biologists say the pace has slackened.
WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. slacken: v. 松弛, 放慢
If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.

2. jet ski: n-count
A jet ski is a small machine like a motorcycle that is powered by a jet engine and can travel on the surface of water. (TRADEMARK)

3. LSU:
Louisiana State University