美联社新闻一分钟 2006-10-29

1. The weather is helping¹ firefighters in California: the winds are calmer today. That's good news for the crews battling the blaze. It's now 40 percent contained. Four firefighters died fighting the flames. A 5th is still hospitalized.

2. A protest turned deadly in the Mexican city of Oaxaca leaving an American fatally wounded. Shots rang out when armed gunmen tried to move protectors' barriers. Bradley Roland Will was shot in the abdomen² and died at a hospital. He worked for Indymedia.org.

3. Pope Benedict told Irish bishop³s that sex abuse by clergy⁵ inflict⁶ed deep wounds and that the bishops⁴ must do whatever is necessary to prevent future offences. It's the first time Benedict has spoken on the issue since he became pontiff.

4.S and O were thrilled when they discovered they were going to have twins, but they were shocked when doctors handed over one black baby and one white. Blond Fernando is hyperactive and brunet A is quiet. Their mother says there are dark skin and light skin people in their family and her sons got the best of both genes⁸.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. abdomen : N=COUNT
You abdomen is the part of your body below your chest where your stomach and intestines⁹ are.

2. bishop : N-COUNT
A bishop is a clergyman of high rank in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches.

3. inflict : VB
To inflict harm or damage on someone or something means to make them suffer it.

4. blond : ADJ
The man who has blond hair has pale-colored hair. Blond hair can be very light brown or light yellow. The form blonde is used when describing women.

5. hyperactive : ADJ
Someone who is hyperactive is unable to relax and is always moving about or doing things.

6. brunet : ADJ
Of a dark complexion¹⁰ or coloring. Having dark brown or black hair or eyes.
与blond(blonde)同理, 男性用brunet, 女性用brunette.

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 abdomen   

n.腹，下腹(胸部到腿部的部分)

参考例句：

• How to know to there is ascarid inside abdomen?怎样知道肚子里面有蛔虫？
• He was anxious about an off-and-on pain the abdomen.他因时隐时现的腹痛而焦虑。

3 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

4 bishops   

（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )； （国际象棋的）象

参考例句：

• Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
• "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。

5 clergy   

n.[总称]牧师，神职人员

参考例句：

• I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
• All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。

6 inflict   

vt.(on)把…强加给，使遭受，使承担

参考例句：

• Don't inflict your ideas on me.不要把你的想法强加于我。
• Don't inflict damage on any person.不要伤害任何人。

7 inflicted   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
• Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。

8 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

9 intestines   

n.肠( intestine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Perhaps the most serious problems occur in the stomach and intestines. 最严重的问题或许出现在胃和肠里。 来自辞典例句
• The traps of carnivorous plants function a little like the stomachs and small intestines of animals. 食肉植物的捕蝇器起着动物的胃和小肠的作用。 来自辞典例句

10 complexion   

n.肤色；情况，局面；气质，性格

参考例句：

• Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
• Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。