美联社新闻一分钟 2007-06-26

1. A wildfire is raging out of control near Lake Tahoe forcing about 1,000 people to evacuate¹ their homes. At least 165 structures in the popular resort area have been destroyed. Officials believe the fire was started by a human activity.

2. A former girlfriend of Ohio murder suspect Bobby Cutts Junior, says he has a dark side. Cutts is accused of murdering Jessie Davis and her unborn child. In an interview on NBC's Today Show, his former girlfriend says Cutts harassed³, stalked and abused her.

3. A multitude of suicide attacks and bombings have left at least 45 people dead across Iraq. At least 13 Iraqi police officers were killed in one attack North of Baghdad.

4. It's the talk of England. British newspapers are reporting that Prince William has reunited with his ex-girlfriend. William and Kate Middleton split in April. British media reports say the pair has gone on several low-key dates since then.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. rage: VERB V, V on
You say that something powerful or unpleasant rages when it continues with great force or violence.

2. evacuate: VERB V n, V
If people evacuate a place, they move out of it for a period of time, especially because it is dangerous.

3. harass²: VERB V n
If someone harasses⁴ you, they trouble or annoy you, for example by attacking you repeatedly or by causing you as many problems as they can.

4. stalk: VERB V n
If you stalk a person or a wild animal, you follow them quietly in order to kill them, catch them, or observe them carefully.

5. multitude: QUANT QUANT of pl-n
A multitude of things or people is a very large number of them.

6. low-key: ADJ
If you say that something is low-key, you mean that it is on a small scale rather than involving a lot of activity or being made to seem impressive or important.

1 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

2 harass   

vt.使烦恼，折磨，骚扰

参考例句：

• Our mission is to harass the landing of the main Japaness expeditionary force.我们的任务是骚乱日本远征军主力的登陆。
• They received the order to harass the enemy's rear.他们接到骚扰敌人后方的命令。

3 harassed   

adj. 疲倦的，厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投诉受到警方侵扰。
• harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们

4 harasses   

v.侵扰，骚扰( harass的第三人称单数 )；不断攻击（敌人）

参考例句：

• This man harasses his female co-workers. 这个人骚扰他的女同事。 来自互联网
• A drone attacks and harasses the SCV building the bunker, preventing it from being completed. 但工蜂攻击并骚扰建造这座掩体的工程兵，阻止工程兵完成掩体的建造。 来自互联网