美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-21

1. The suspect in JonBenet Ramsey's murder is on his way back to the United States. John Karr is aboard a Thai Airways¹ International flight bound for Los Angeles. He'll then head to Boulder², Colorado where he faces charges in connection with the young beauty queen's 1996 killing³.

2. Israel’s ideas about which country should send peacekeepers to Lebanon are complicating⁴ efforts to put together an international peacekeeping force. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says countries that don't have diplomatic relations with Israel should not participate. That's a problem because the Muslim countries that have offered to send troops do not have diplomatic ties with Israel.

3. There isn't a verdict yet in the first trial, but Saddam Hussein goes on trial again tomorrow. The ousted⁵ Iraqi leader faces charges of genocide and war crimes from his scorched⁶ earth offensive against Kurds nearly two decades ago.

4. In New Orleans, they are rebuilding homes and lives. The keys to 30 new homes were given out to residents who lost everything when Hurricane Katrina hit.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. be bound for : phrase
If a vehicle or person is bound for a particular place, they are travelling towards it.

2. in connection with : phrase
If you write or talk to someone in connection with something, you write or talk to them about that thing.

3. put together : phrasal verb
If you put together a group of people or things, you form them into a team or collection.

4. verdict : n-count
In a court of law, the verdict is the decision that is given by the jury or judge at the end of a trial.

5. scorched earth : n-uncount
A scorched earth policy is the deliberate burning, destruction, and removal by an army of everything that would be useful to an enemy coming into the area.

1 AIRWAYS   

航空公司

参考例句：

• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
• At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

2 boulder   

n.巨砾；卵石，圆石

参考例句：

• We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲，把大石头搬开了。
• He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。

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 complicating   

使复杂化( complicate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• High spiking fever with chills is suggestive of a complicating pylephlebitis. 伴有寒战的高热，暗示合并门静脉炎。
• In America these actions become executive puberty rites, complicating relationships that are already complicated enough. 在美国，这些行动成了行政青春期的惯例，使本来已经够复杂的关系变得更复杂了。

5 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

6 scorched   

烧焦，烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（植物）枯萎，把…晒枯； 高速行驶； 枯焦

参考例句：

• I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
• The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。