美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-08（在线收听）

1. NASA says it will review psychological training after astronaut Lisa Nowak's arrest. She's accused of trying to kill another woman in a romantic dispute. She was charged with attempted murder in Florida. On Wednesday, Nowak returned to Texas from Florida and received a medical assessment at the Johnson Space Center.

2. A US military helicopter has gone down northwest of Baghdad with Sunni insurgents tied to Al-Qaeda claiming responsibility. All seven aboard the Marine Sea Knight Chopper were killed.

3. Another letter bomb in Great Britain. This time at a vehicle licensing agency injuring three. It's the third bomb to injure workers in three days, all at offices tied to traffic regulations.

4. A massive fire destroys warehouses in Knoxville, Tennessee and injures three firefighters. The blaze sent flames and smoke spiraling into the sky over downtown Knoxville, raining down embers.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. spiral: verb
If something spirals or is spiraled somewhere, it grows or moves in a spiral curve.

2. ember: n-count
The ember of a fire are small pieces of wood or coal that remain and glow with heat after the fire has finished burning.