美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-11

1. US intelligence officials say the 24 suspects arrested in an airplane terror plot were targeting ten flights from Britain to a number of US airports. They apparently¹ planned to ignite a peroxide-based solution using an electronic device, and scheduled a rehearsal² within two days to see if they could smuggle³ the materials on board.

2. Across the country, passengers stood in security lines for hours and trash cans overflowed⁴ with everything from mouthwash to shampoo and wine. It's all part of a massive security crackdown prompted by the discovery of the terror plot in Britain.

3. Six of the eleven Egyptian students who failed to show up for studies in Montana last month have now been taken into custody⁵ or turned themselves in, two of them in Manville, New Jersey⁶ on Wednesday, another at Chicago's O'Hare Airport Thursday morning. Authorities are still seeking five others, but say they have no known ties to terror groups, some likely planned to try to find work.

4. And in a Columbus, Ohio courtroom on Thursday, a judge set bond for former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett at five million dollars. He was arrested Wednesday after a chase with police, who say they found four loaded guns in his vehicle.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. peroxide : n-mass 过氧化氢
Peroxide is a chemical that is often used for making hair lighter⁷ in color. It can also be used to kill germs.

2. solution : n-count
A solution is a liquid in which a solid substance has been dissolved.

3. rehearsal : n-count
You can describe an event or object, which is a preparation for a more important event or object as a rehearsal for it.

4. trash can : n-count
A trash can is a large round container which people put their rubbish in and which is usually kept outside their house. (AM; in BRIT, use dustbin)
= garbage can

5. mouthwash : n-mass
Mouthwash is a liquid that you put in your mouth and then spit out in order to clean your mouth and make your breath smell pleasant.

6. turn somebody in : phrasal verb
If you turn someone in, you take them to the police or tell the police where they are because they are suspected of committing a crime. If you turn yourself in, you go to the police because you have been involved in a crime.

7. load : verb
When someone loads a weapon such as a gun, they put a bullet or missile in it so that it is ready to use.

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 rehearsal   

n.排练，排演；练习

参考例句：

• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
• You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。

3 smuggle   

vt.私运；vi.走私

参考例句：

• Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
• She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught.她成功将古董走私出境，没有被逮捕。

4 overflowed   

溢出的

参考例句：

• Plates overflowed with party food. 聚会上的食物碟满盘盈。
• A great throng packed out the theater and overflowed into the corridors. 一大群人坐满剧院并且还有人涌到了走廊上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

6 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

7 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。