美联社新闻一分钟 2006-06-01

1.Alabama police are searching for an attorney abducted¹ near her office in downtown Birmingham, Alabama this morning. Witnesses say a gunman approached 34-year-old Sandra Eubank Gregory and forced her into the vehicle. The Birmingham News reports someone has accessed Gregory's bank account since the kidnapping.

2. President Bush says he is troubled by reports that Marines allegedly killed civilians² in Iraq. The president says if they broke laws, they will be punished. Published reports say Marines killed the civilians after a military convoy³ was bombed.

3. General Michael Hayden is officially head of the CIA. He was sworn into office twice, the first time in a private ceremony Tuesday, President Bush attended the second public event today.

4. Mary Ann Doerrbecker is a lucky lady. She bought a lottery⁴ ticket, won, lost the ticket, then got it back, all in one week. Edward Boniberger found the ticket and turned it in for her. Now Doerrbecker is 2, 500 dollars richer and more than just a little grateful.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. turn in : phrasal verb
to give something to somebody in authority:
e.g. They turned in a petition with 80 000 signatures.

1 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

2 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。

3 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。

4 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。