美联社新闻一分钟 2007-09-09

A family friend says Gerry and Kate McCann are suspects in the disappearance¹ of their four-year-old daughter. Madeleine vanished from a hotel room in Portugal. The friend says the family is now eager to clear their names.

Remembering opera great Luciano Pavarotti, with thousands watching the invitation-only service from the main square in this northern Italian city. The tenor² died Thursday after a battle with cancer.

A tropical storm warning is up for the coastline of North Carolina, ahead of Subtropical Storm Gabrielle expected to brush the outer banks with maximum winds of 60-65 miles per hour.

Winning this contest requires playing with air. At the Air Guitar World Championships in Finland, a Japanese man outplayed other contestants³, receiving a custom-made and very real electric guitar worth 3,400 dollars.

1 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

2 tenor   

n.男高音（歌手），次中音（乐器），要旨，大意

参考例句：

• The tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
• The four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。

3 contestants   

n.竞争者，参赛者( contestant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The competition attracted over 500 contestants representing 8 different countries. 这次比赛吸引了代表8个不同国家的500多名参赛者。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。 来自《简明英汉词典》