美联社新闻一分钟 2007-01-04（在线收听）

1. A steady stream of mourners paid their final respects to Gerald R. Ford in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The former president is to be buried on his presidential museum grounds overlooking the Grand River.

2. Iraq's National Security Advisor insists he had nothing to do with the video of Saddam Hussein's hanging. A prosecutor who was at the execution told the New York Times that he saw the official filming the execution with a cellphone. The advisor instead suggested that Sunni insurgents may have infiltrated the execution chamber.

3. Duke University has invited 2 of the lacrosse players accused of sexual assault to return to school as students in good standing, that according to a defense attorney. The students had been barred from attending classes while the case made its way to the court.

4. Back-to-back blizzards have paralyzed several states in the Midwest. National Guard helicopters dropped emergency food for livestock trapped by snowdrifts as high as rooftops. It could be weeks before power is restored in the region.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. infiltrate : VERB
If people infiltrate a place or organization, or infiltrate into it, they enter it secretly in order to spy on it or influence it.

2. lacrosse : N-UNCOUNT
Lacrosse is an outdoor game in which players use long sticks with nets at the end to catch and throw a small ball, in order to try and score goals.

3. back-to-back : ADJ
Consecutively, one after another, as in I'm exhausted; I had three meetings back to back.

4. snowdrift : N=COUNT
A snowdrift is a deep pile of snow formed by the wind..