美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-08

1. President Bush vigorously defends US interrogation practices in the war on terror and lobbies against the congressional drive to outlaw¹ torture.

2. Crews found the body of another apparent victim from a weekend tornado² in the Midwest, raising the tornado death toll³ to 22.

3. Rioting in France spreads to 300 towns while a man hurt in the violence dies of his wounds, the first fatality⁴ in eleven days of unrest.

4. International Space Station residents space walk, installing a huge camera and discarding a probe that monitors environment outside the station.

5. And magics in the air, the cast of the latest Harry⁵ Potter movie "Harry Potter and the Goblet⁶ of Fire" attend the London premiere

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. vigorous
2 vigorous
A vigorous person does things with great energy and enthusiasm. A vigorous campaign or activity is done with great energy and enthusiasm.
vigorously
The police vigorously denied that excessive force had been used.
ADV-GRADED: ADV with v

2. fatality
1 fatality fatalities⁷
A fatality is a death caused by an accident or by violence. (FORMAL)
Drunk driving fatalities in this country have declined more than 10 percent over the past 10 years.
N-COUNT

3. cast
1 cast casts
The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
The show is very amusing and the cast are very good.
N-COUNT-COLL The form cast is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle

4. goblet
goblet goblets⁸
A goblet is a type of cup without handles and usually with a long stem.
N-COUNT

1 outlaw   

n.歹徒，亡命之徒；vt.宣布…为不合法

参考例句：

• The outlaw hid out in the hills for several months.逃犯在山里隐藏了几个月。
• The outlaw has been caught.歹徒已被抓住了。

2 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

3 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

4 fatality   

n.不幸，灾祸，天命

参考例句：

• She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
• He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。

5 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

6 goblet   

n.高脚酒杯

参考例句：

• He poured some wine into the goblet.他向高脚酒杯里倒了一些葡萄酒。
• He swirled the brandy around in the huge goblet.他摇晃着高脚大玻璃杯使里面的白兰地酒旋动起来。

7 fatalities   

n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 )；死亡；致命性；命运

参考例句：

• Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
• The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 goblets   

n.高脚酒杯( goblet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Oh the goblets of the breast! Oh the eyes of absence! 噢，乳房的杯盏！噢，失神的双眼！ 来自互联网
• Divide the digestive biscuit crumbs mixture between 6 goblets. 消化？底分成6双玻璃杯中。 来自互联网