美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-30

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1. A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis¹ may have spread the disease to passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights from Paris and from Prague earlier this month. We have no suspicion that this patient was highly infectious. In fact the medical evidence would suggest that his potential for transmission would be on the low side, but we know it isn't zero.

2. Authorities are investigating in an apparent murder-suicide in Fort Worth, Texas where a woman and her four daughters were found hanging inside a mobile home closet. The youngest, an 8-month-old girl was found alive.

3. Two whales flounder ing between the Sacramento River and San Francisco Bay have moved several miles closer to the Pacific Ocean. This after two weeks of exposure to fresh water and a host of health problems that have come along with it.

4. And Lindsay Lohan is reportedly back in rehab. TMC.com says Lohan's lawyer drove her to the Promises rehab facility just days after the actress was arrested on suspicion of DUI .

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. tuberculosis: uncountable 结核
A serious infectious disease that affects many parts of your body, especially your lungs. [= TB]

2. murder-suicide:
A murder-suicide is an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before, or while killing² himself or herself.

3. flouder: vi. (在水中)挣扎, 困难地往前走
to be unable to move easily because you are in deep water or mud, or cannot see very well

4. DUI: abbr.
driving under the influence (of drugs or alcohol)