美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-10-05

1. Rejection¹ for Larry Craig by a Minnesota judge who ruled the Idaho Senator's guilty plea will stand. Craig entered the plea after an arrest stemming from an airport sex sting. The Senator had said he intended to resign last month but has now vowed² to serve out his term.

2. Outside a Philadelphia bank, a robber shot and killed two armoured car guards. Another was wounded by shattered glass. The guards were servicing an ATM when the shooting started. Authorities are looking for the robber.

3. Most residents living near a landslide³ in San Diego can return home. Officials say conditions are stable today. The landslide cut a 50-yard-long chasm⁴ across a four-lane street, leaving a 20-foot ravine behind.

4. In Lebanon, Kentucky, this man is protesting the Wal-Mart going up next door by sitting. Construction workers are drilling holes for dynamite⁵ to help prepare the site. David McCarty says he's tired of the damage to his home, so he is staying.

1 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。

2 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

3 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

4 chasm   

n.深坑，断层，裂口，大分岐，利害冲突

参考例句：

• There's a chasm between rich and poor in that society.那社会中存在着贫富差距。
• A huge chasm gaped before them.他们面前有个巨大的裂痕。

5 dynamite   

n./vt.(用)炸药(爆破)

参考例句：

• The workmen detonated the dynamite.工人们把炸药引爆了。
• The philosopher was still political dynamite.那位哲学家仍旧是政治上的爆炸性人物。