美联社新闻一分钟 2006-12-24

1. After months of negotiations¹, the UN Security Council has unanimously voted to sanction Iran over its nuclear program. The resolution prohibits all countries from providing Iran with certain material and technology that would help the country's nuclear and missile program.

2. Defense² Secretary Robert Gates met with President Bush and other top officials today at Camp David. Gates is just back from Iraq where he met with Iraqi officials and assessed the military situation there.

3. Slowly but surely, travelers are moving out of Denver International Airport. Lines are long and passengers are still camping out in the hallways. For those who can't get out seem to have found a little more patience.

4. Katie Rees is apologizing for the conducts that got her fired as Miss Nevada USA. She lost her crown after racy photos of her surfaced on the Internet. Rees says the pictures stemmed from an isolated³ incident when she was a teenage

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. assess : VERB
When you assess a person, thing, or situation, you consider them in order to make a judgement about them.

2. slowly but surely : PHR
If you say that something is happening slowly but surely, you mean that it is happening gradually but it is definitely happening.

3. hallway : N-COUNT
A hallway in a house or flat is the area just inside the front door, into which some of the other rooms open.

4. racy : ADJ
Suggestive of sexual impropriety

1 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。