美联社新闻一分钟 2006-04-13

1. Zacarias Moussaoui shouted "God curse you all." Wednesday after prosecutors¹ closed their case seeking his execution. Before jurors were sent home for the day, they saw pictures of nearly 3,000 9/11 victims and listened to the cockpit voice recording² of the last moments of United Flight 93.

2. The man blamed by many for the slow emergency response after Hurricane Katrina may get a new job helping³ Louisiana’s St. Bernard Parish recover. The parish is considering hiring former Federal Emergency Management Agency head Michael Brown as a consultant⁴.

3. Northern California saw 6 inches of rainfall Tuesday followed by dangerous mudslides Wednesday leaving one man missing. Rescuers say they are continuing to look for the 73-year-old Mill Valley man whose house is buried under a 12-foot wall of mud.

4. He may be a tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff, but he's joining the likes of Rita Hayworth and Cary Grant on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Kiddie icon⁵ Winnie the Pooh got his own star in a ceremony time to coincide with the release of a honey-loving bear’s latest adventures on DVD

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. cockpit :noun [C]
the small enclosed space where the pilot sits in an aircraft, or where the driver sits in a racing⁶ car

2. consultant :noun [C]
someone who advises people on a particular subject:

3. tubby :adjective INFORMAL
short and slightly fat, with a round stomach

4. cubby :noun [C]
the baby of a wild animal such as a lion or a bear

5. stuffed:adjective
when something is filled with material in order to keep its shape:

6. fluff :noun [U]
small loose bits of wool or other soft material, or the down (= soft new hairs) on a young animal:

7. the likes of :
used to talk about people of a particular type
e.g. Information is collected through the likes of the FBI, CIA, and Scotland Yard.

8. kiddie :noun [C] INFORMAL
a young child:

9. coincide :verb
to happen at or near the same time:
e.g. I timed my holiday to coincide with the children's school holiday.

1 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

2 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

5 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

6 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。