美联社新闻一分钟 2007-08-03

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1. Divers¹ are searching the Mississippi River for people missing from the bridge collapse² in Minneapolis. Officials say cars are trapped underwater beneath the wreckage³.As many as 30 people are still unaccounted for.

2. China promises to work with US companies to improve product safety.This comes in the wake of a massive recall of toys made in China. Fisher-Price is pulling thousands of toys off shelves because they could have high amounts of lead in the paint.

3. Green cars are bringing in the green for automakers. Analysts⁴ say drivers bought 187,000 hybrid⁵s in the month of June. Experts say they predict a 35% increase in hybrid sales this year over 2006. The Toyota Prius is the best-selling model.

4. The New York Subway was the site of a heroic rescue. Two men pulled a woman who had fallen on the tracks to safety just in the nick of time, and as paramedics worked on the woman, the men disappeared onto their train and left. They didn't leave their names, no way for the rescued woman to thank them.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. account for:
to say where all the members of a group of people or things are, especially because you are worried that some of them may be lost

2. in the wake of sth:
if something, especially something bad, happens in the wake of an event, it happens afterwards and usually as a result of it

3. massive: adj
unusually large

4. recall: verb
if a company recalls one of its products, it asks people who have bought it to return it because there may be something wrong with it

5. lead: noun
铅

6. hybrid: noun
混合动力汽车，通常同时以汽油和电作为动力

7. in the nick of time:
just before it is too late, or just before something bad happens

8. paramedic: noun
someone who has been trained to help people who are hurt or to do medical work, but who is not a doctor or nurse

9. work on:
to try very hard to improve or achieve something