美联社新闻一分钟 2006-01-05

1. Joaquin Phoenix¹, whose portrayal² of Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line" has made him an Oscar front-runner, returned to the scene of one of the musician's most famous concerts -- Folsom State Prison.

2. Guitarist Pete Townshend has warned iPod users that they could end up with hearing problems as bad as his own if they don't turn the volume down of the music they are listening to on earphones. "The Who" guitarist claims his hearing was irreversibly damaged by years of using studio headphones.

3. And Ryan Seacrest's New Year is looking good so far. The "American Idol³" host and radio disc jockey signed a deal with E! Entertainment Television that includes producing and hosting the channel's red-carpet awards coverage⁴.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. front-runner
front-runner front-runners
In a competition or contest, the front-runner is the person who seems most likely to win it.
Neither of the front-runners in the presidential election is a mainstream⁵ politician.
N-COUNT
= favourite

2. guitarist
guitarist guitarists
A guitarist is someone who plays the guitar.
N-COUNT

3. earphone
1 earphone earphones
Earphones are a small piece of equipment which you wear over or inside your ears so that you can listen to a radio or cassette recorder without anyone else hearing.
N-COUNT: usu pl

4. irreversible
irreversible
If a change is irreversible, things cannot be changed back to the way they were before.
She could suffer irreversible brain damage if she is not treated within seven days.
The reforms are irreversible.
ADJ
* reversible
· irreversibly
Television has irreversibly changed our perception of the Royal Family.
ADV: ADV with v

5. headphones
headphones
Headphones are a pair of padded speakers which you wear over your ears in order to listen to a radio, record player, or tape recorder without other people hearing it.
N-PLURAL: also a pair of N

6. disc jockey
disc jockey disc jockeys
A disc jockey is someone who plays and introduces pop records on the radio or at a disco.
N-COUNT (AM) also disk jockey
= deejay, DJ

1 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

2 portrayal   

n.饰演；描画

参考例句：

• His novel is a vivid portrayal of life in a mining community.他的小说生动地描绘了矿区的生活。
• The portrayal of the characters in the novel is lifelike.该书中的人物写得有血有肉。

3 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。

4 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

5 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。