美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-25

1. The so-called morning-after pill will soon be available over the counter. The Food and Drug Administration is allowing Plan B to be sold to women 18 and older without a prescription¹. Girls 17 and younger will still need a doctor's note to buy the pills.

2. Dutch prosecutors² say they found no evidence of a terrorist threat aboard this Northwest flight and plan to release the twelve suspects. The men, all Indian nationals, were arrested yesterday after they aroused suspicion. The plane which was headed to India returned to Amsterdam as a precaution.

3. It's time to rewrite the science books. Seventy-six years after it was discovered, leading astronomers are ruling Pluto⁴ isn't a planet after all. That's because it doesn't meet a new definition for planets.

4. Apple is recalling nearly two million Sony-built notebook batteries. That's because they could overheat and catch fire. The recall comes just days after Dell recalled batteries for the same problem.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. arouse : verb
If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
e.g. We left in the daytime so as not to arouse suspicion.

2. astronomer : n-count
An astronomer is a scientist who studies the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space

1 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

2 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。

3 astronomers   

n.天文学者，天文学家( astronomer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings. 天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 Pluto   

n.冥王星

参考例句：

• Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun.冥王星是离太阳最远的行星。
• Pluto has an elliptic orbit.冥王星的轨道是椭圆形的。