美联社新闻一分钟 2006-06-30

1. Major rivers in the Northeast are crest¹ing after days of rain left many areas flooded. At least 14 deaths are being blamed on the massive rainfall, which has forced thousands to evacuate³.

2. A 12-year-old boy collapse⁴d while riding a roller coaster at Disney-MGM park. The boy was rushed to the hospital where he died. A preliminary investigation⁶ at the theme park shows the ride was operating normally.

3. The stolen laptop of a Veterans Affairs employee has been recovered. The FBI says it doesn't appear the information on the laptop has been tamper⁷ed with. But more tests are needed.

4. Britney Spears is revealing nearly all on the cover of Harper's Bazaar⁹. The pregnant pop princess is expecting her 2nd child with husband Kevin Federline.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. crest : verb
(NAmE) (of a flood, wave, etc.) to reach its highest level before it falls again
e.g. (figurative) The level of debt crested¹⁰ at a massive $290 billion in 1992.

2. collapse : verb
If you collapse, you suddenly faint or fall down because you are very ill or weak.
e.g. He collapsed⁵ in the street and died two hours later.

3. roller coaster : n-count 过山车,云霄飞车
A roller coaster is a small railway at a fair that goes up and down steep slopes fast and that people ride on for pleasure or excitement.

4. ride : n-count
a large machine at a funfair or amusement park that you ride on for fun or excitement; an occasion when you go on one of these
e.g. a roller coaster ride

5. tamper : verb
If someone tampers¹¹ with something, they interfere¹² with it or try to change it when they have no right to do so.

6. expect : verb
If you say that a woman is expecting a baby, or that she is expecting, you mean that she is pregnant

1 crest   

n.顶点；饰章；羽冠；vt.达到顶点；vi.形成浪尖

参考例句：

• The rooster bristled his crest.公鸡竖起了鸡冠。
• He reached the crest of the hill before dawn.他于黎明前到达山顶。

2 cresting   

n.顶饰v.到达山顶（或浪峰）( crest的现在分词 )；到达洪峰，达到顶点

参考例句：

• The old man stood with his back to the fire, cresting up erect. 老人背火昂然而立。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Various shapes of returns like triangular, semi-circular are available for cresting your own office. 极富创意的办公桌，有着不同形装如三角形、半圆形、曲尺形及四边形，以创造您个人品位的办公室。 来自互联网

3 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

4 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

5 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

7 tamper   

v.干预，玩弄，贿赂，窜改，削弱，损害

参考例句：

• Do not tamper with other's business.不要干预别人的事。
• They had strict orders not to tamper with the customs of the minorities.他们得到命令严禁干涉少数民族的风俗习惯。

8 tampered   

v.窜改( tamper的过去式 )；篡改；（用不正当手段）影响；瞎摆弄

参考例句：

• The records of the meeting had been tampered with. 会议记录已被人擅自改动。 来自辞典例句
• The old man's will has been tampered with. 老人的遗嘱已被窜改。 来自辞典例句

9 bazaar   

n.集市，商店集中区

参考例句：

• Chickens,goats and rabbits were offered for barter at the bazaar.在集市上，鸡、山羊和兔子被摆出来作物物交换之用。
• We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar.我们在集市通过讨价还价买到了一条很漂亮的地毯。

10 crested   

adj.有顶饰的，有纹章的，有冠毛的v.到达山顶（或浪峰）( crest的过去式和过去分词 )；到达洪峰，达到顶点

参考例句：

• a great crested grebe 凤头䴙䴘
• The stately mansion crested the hill. 庄严的大厦位于山顶。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

11 tampers   

n.捣棒( tamper的名词复数 )；打夯机；夯具；填塞者v.窜改( tamper的第三人称单数 )；篡改；（用不正当手段）影响；瞎摆弄

参考例句：

• If anyone tampers with this door it trips the alarm. 要是有人撬这扇门，就会触响警报器。 来自辞典例句
• I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance. 我不赞成损害与生俱来的愚昧的任何事物。 来自互联网

12 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。