美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-11-04

1.The Bush administration says it's very worried by the state of emergency declared in Pakistan. President Pervez Musharraf suspended the Constitution. He also replaced the Chief Justice of the Supreme¹ Court ahead of an expected decision on his presidency².

2.One of the country's largest agribusinesses is recalling more than a million pounds of ground beef. Cargill says the meat distributed to ten states may be contaminated with E. coli. The meat was produced in Pennsylvania between October 8th and 11th and was sent to major supermarkets.

3.Remnants of Hurricane Noel are responsible for high winds and heavy surf along parts of the East Coast. The storm is blustering northeastward across the open Atlantic. Forecasters expected it to hit the Cape⁴ Cod⁵ during a high tide between 7 and 8 p.m.

4.NASA astronauts performed emergency surgery on a ripped solar panel on the International space station. The damage had to be fixed⁶ for construction on the Space Station to continue. Without it, the wing could have become a structural⁷ hazard.

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• 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。

3 blustering   

adj.狂风大作的，狂暴的v.外强中干的威吓( bluster的现在分词 )；咆哮；（风）呼啸；狂吹

参考例句：

• It was five and a half o'clock now, and a raw, blustering morning. 这时才五点半，正是寒气逼人，狂风咆哮的早晨。 来自辞典例句
• So sink the shadows of night, blustering, rainy, and all paths grow dark. 夜色深沉，风狂雨骤；到处途暗路黑。 来自辞典例句

4 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

5 cod   

n.鳕鱼；v.愚弄；哄骗

参考例句：

• They salt down cod for winter use.他们腌鳕鱼留着冬天吃。
• Cod are found in the North Atlantic and the North Sea.北大西洋和北海有鳕鱼。

6 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

7 structural   

adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的

参考例句：

• The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。