美联社新闻一分钟 2006-05-13

1. The FBI says search warrants have been executed on the Northern Virginia home and office of a top CIA official. Kyle Foggo and a friend have been linked to a congressional bribery¹ scandal. Authorities want to know if Foggo intervened in contracts awarded to his friend.

2. Villagers scavenging for fuel in Nigeria are blamed for setting off an inferno² as gasoline gush³ing from a rupture⁵d pipeline⁷ exploded. As many as two hundred people were killed in the blast.

3. A team of surgeons trying to separate conjoined twin girls has reached the hardest part of the delicate procedure separating their livers. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota have already maneuver⁸ed 5-month-old Isabelle's tiny heart away from her sister's body and back into her own chest cavity.

4. A team of researchers says a new species of monkey discovered in Tanzania last year is different enough from other monkeys to warrant its own genetic¹⁰ grouping. It's the first time that's happened for an African primate¹¹ in 83 years

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. search warrant : n-count
A search warrant is a special document that gives the police permission to search a house or other building.
e.g. Officers armed with a search warrant entered the flat.

2. award : verb
To award something to someone means to decide that it will be given to that person.
e.g. We have awarded the contract to a British shipyard.

3. scavenge : verb
If people or animals scavenge for things, they collect them by searching among waste or unwanted objects.
e.g. Many are orphans¹², their parents killed as they scavenged for food.

4. inferno : n-count
If you refer to a fire as an inferno, you mean that it is burning fiercely and causing great destruction. (JOURNALISM)
e.g. Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.

5. gush : verb
When liquid gushes¹³ out of something, or when something gushes a liquid, the liquid flows out very quickly and in large quantities.
e.g. A supertanker continues to gush oil off the coast of Spain.

6. rupture : verb
If an object ruptures¹⁴ or if something ruptures it, it bursts open.
e.g. Certain truck gasoline tanks can rupture and burn in a collision...
= burst

7. conjoin : verb
If two or more things conjoin or if you conjoin them, they are united and joined together. (FORMAL)
e.g. America's rise in rates was conjoined with higher rates elsewhere.

8. liver : n-count
Your liver is a large organ in your body which processes your blood and helps to clean unwanted substances out of it.

9. delicate : adj
A delicate task, movement, action, or product needs or shows great skill and attention to detail.
e.g. a long and delicate operation carried out at a hospital in Florence.

10. maneuver : verb
If you maneuver something into or out of an awkward position, you skillfully move it there.
e.g. We attempted to maneuver the canoe closer to him.

11. cavity : n-count
A cavity is a space or hole in something such as a solid object or a person's body. (FORMAL)
chest cavity : noun
The cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs¹⁵ between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart

12. warrant : verb
If something warrants a particular action, it makes the action seem necessary or appropriate for the circumstances.
e.g. The allegations are serious enough to warrant an investigation¹⁶.
= merit

13. grouping : n-count
A grouping is a set of people or things that have something in common.
e.g. There were two main political groupings pressing for independence.

1 bribery   

n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿

参考例句：

• FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
• He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。

2 inferno   

n.火海；地狱般的场所

参考例句：

• Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.救援人员奋力营救大火中的受害者。
• The burning building became an inferno.燃烧着的大楼成了地狱般的地方。

3 gush   

v.喷，涌；滔滔不绝(说话)；n.喷，涌流；迸发

参考例句：

• There was a gush of blood from the wound.血从伤口流出。
• There was a gush of blood as the arrow was pulled out from the arm.当从手臂上拔出箭来时，一股鲜血涌了出来。

4 gushing   

adj.迸出的；涌出的；喷出的；过分热情的v.喷，涌( gush的现在分词 )；滔滔不绝地说话

参考例句：

• blood gushing from a wound 从伤口冒出的血
• The young mother was gushing over a baby. 那位年轻的母亲正喋喋不休地和婴儿说话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 rupture   

n.破裂；(关系的)决裂；v.(使)破裂

参考例句：

• I can rupture a rule for a friend.我可以为朋友破一次例。
• The rupture of a blood vessel usually cause the mark of a bruise.血管的突然破裂往往会造成外伤的痕迹。

6 ruptured   

v.（使）破裂( rupture的过去式和过去分词 )；（使体内组织等）断裂；使（友好关系）破裂；使绝交

参考例句：

• They reported that the pipeline had ruptured. 他们报告说管道已经破裂了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wall through Berlin was finally ruptured, prefiguring the reunification of Germany. 柏林墙终于倒塌了，预示着德国的重新统一。 来自辞典例句

7 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

8 maneuver   

n.策略[pl.]演习；v.(巧妙)控制；用策略

参考例句：

• All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver.在军事演习后，所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。
• I did get her attention with this maneuver.我用这个策略确实引起了她的注意。

9 maneuvered   

v.移动，用策略( maneuver的过去式和过去分词 )；操纵

参考例句：

• I maneuvered my way among the tables to the back corner of the place. 我在那些桌子间穿行，来到那地方后面的角落。 来自辞典例句
• The admiral maneuvered his ships in the battle plan. 舰队司令按作战计划进行舰队演习。 来自辞典例句

10 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

11 primate   

n.灵长类（目）动物，首席主教；adj.首要的

参考例句：

• 14 percent of primate species are highly endangered.14%的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。
• The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。

12 orphans   

孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
• Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。

13 gushes   

n.涌出，迸发( gush的名词复数 )v.喷，涌( gush的第三人称单数 )；滔滔不绝地说话

参考例句：

• The stream gushes forth from the rock. 一股小溪从岩石中涌出来。 来自辞典例句
• Fuel gushes into the combustion chamber. 燃料喷进燃烧室。 来自辞典例句

14 ruptures   

n.（体内组织等的）断裂( rupture的名词复数 )；爆裂；疝气v.（使）破裂( rupture的第三人称单数 )；（使体内组织等）断裂；使（友好关系）破裂；使绝交

参考例句：

• Fault ruptures may consist of a single narrow main break. 断层破裂可能只包括单独一条狭窄的主裂隙。 来自辞典例句
• The dry seed ruptures and the green leaf uncurls. 干瘪的种子裂开了，卷曲的绿叶伸展了。 来自辞典例句

15 ribs   

n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 )；（船或屋顶等的）肋拱；肋骨状的东西；（织物的）凸条花纹

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。

16 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。