美联社新闻一分钟 2006-12-29

1. A military honor guard begins rehearsals¹ at California's St. Margaret's Episcopal Church. That's where President Gerald Ford² will be honored with a prayer service ahead of his state funeral at the US Capitol.

2. After a procession to the streets of Harlem, the body of music legend James Brown arrives at New York's Apollo Theater for a public viewing and private memorial.

3. Two years after an unsuccessful bid for a VP, former North Carolina Senator John Edwards announces his plans to run for president in 2008.

4. And after more than 5 years of testing, the Food and Drug Administration says cloned animals are safe to eat. The study found cloned livestock³ is virtually indistinguishable from conventional livestock

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. honor guard : N-SING
An honor guard is a group of troops who formally greet or accompany someone special such as a visiting head of state.(AM; In BRIT use guard of honour)

2. episcopal : ADJ
Episcopal means relating to a branch of the Anglican Church (英国国教/美国圣公会) in Scotland and the USA.

3. procession : N-COUNT
A procession is a group of people who are walking, riding, or driving in a line as part of a public event.

4. livestock : N-UNCOUNT-COLL
Animals such as cattle and sheep which are kept on a farm are referred to as livestock.

5. indistinguishable : ADJ
If one thing is indistinguishable from another, the two things are so similar that it is difficult to know which is which.

1 rehearsals   

n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 )；排练；复述；重复

参考例句：

• The earlier protests had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution. 早期的抗议仅仅是大革命开始前的预演。
• She worked like a demon all through rehearsals. 她每次排演时始终精力过人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

3 livestock   

n.家畜，牲畜

参考例句：

• Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
• The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。