美联社新闻一分钟 2006-01-16

1. As Pakistani anger mounts, intelligence officials say al-Qaida's No. 2 man was invited to dinner at the village hit by a purported¹ CIA airstrike but didn't show up.

2. A suicide car bomb hits a Canadian military convoy² in a Southern Afghan city, killing³ 2 civilians⁴ and wounding 13 other people.

3. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will undergo a tracheotomy to help wean him off a respirator that's helped him to breathe since he suffered a massive stroke.

4. A space capsule ferrying the first comet dust samples to Earth parachutes on to a remote stretch of desert, drawing cheers from elated scientists.

5. Eminem remarries his high school sweetheart in Michigan, a month after the superstar rapper announced they were getting back together.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. tracheotomy
n.（名词）
【复数】 tra.che.ot.o.mies
The act or procedure of cutting into the trachea through the neck, as to make an artificial opening for breathing.
气管切开术：通过颈部切入气管的行为或程序，以制造人工呼吸通道

2. wean
2 wean weans weaning weaned
If you wean someone off a habit or something they like, you gradually make them stop doing it or liking⁵ it, especially when you think is bad for them.
He was mellowed⁶ by a wife who weaned him off violence and drink.
You are given capsules or pills with small quantities of nicotine⁷ to wean you from the habit.
Children should be weaned off television.
It's two years since I've seen Iain. I'm still trying to wean myself off him but it's hard.
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3. respirator
1 respirator respirators
A respirator is a device that allows people to breathe when they cannot breathe naturally, for example because they are ill or have been injured.
She was so ill that she was put on a respirator.
N-COUNT

4. capsule
4 capsule capsules
A space capsule is the part of a spacecraft in which people travel, and which often separates from the main rocket.
A Russian space capsule is currently orbiting the Earth.
N-COUNT

5. elated
elated
If you are elated, you are extremely happy and excited because of something that has happened.
I was elated that my recent second bypass had been successful.
`That was one of the best races of my life,' said an elated Hakkinen.
ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ
= exhilarated

1 purported   

adj.传说的，谣传的v.声称是…，（装得）像是…的样子( purport的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• the scene of the purported crime 传闻中的罪案发生地点
• The film purported to represent the lives of ordinary people. 这部影片声称旨在表现普通人的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

5 liking   

n.爱好；嗜好；喜欢

参考例句：

• The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
• I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。

6 mellowed   

（使）成熟( mellow的过去式和过去分词 )； 使色彩更加柔和，使酒更加醇香

参考例句：

• She's mellowed over the years. 这些年来他变得成熟了。
• The colours mellowed as the sun went down. 随着太阳的落去，色泽变得柔和了。

7 nicotine   

n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。