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1. The search for missing Caylee Anthony In Florida turns out some sort of bag with toys and what appears to be bones but no sign of the three-year-old girl. Caylee has not been seen since June, her mother has pleaded not guilty to murder.

2. It was a seesaw¹ day on Wall Street with the Dow briefly² dipping below 8,000 before finishing up by about 550 points. Free markets got strong backing from President Bush, during a speech in Manhattan.

3. A suicide car bomber³ attacks a US military convoy⁴ passing through a crowded market in Afghanistan, killing⁵ at least eight civilians⁶ and an American soldier, wounding 74 people. No one is taking responsibility for the blast but it bears the marks of Taliban militants⁷.

4. In Brazil, free Botox injections for people earning less than 250 dollars a month. A medical society offering the shots says it lets student doctors get experience while giving people a chance to get luxury treatments they could not otherwise afford.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. seesaw: adj.

In a seesaw situation, something continually changes from one state to another and back again.

2. Botox: 肉毒素

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1 seesaw
n.跷跷板
参考例句：
Prices have gone up and down like a seesaw this year.今年的价格像跷跷板一样时涨时跌。 The children are playing at seesaw.孩子们在玩跷跷板。

2 briefly
adv.简单地，简短地
参考例句：
I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。 He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

3 bomber
n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者
参考例句：
He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。 Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

4 convoy
vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队
参考例句：
The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。 Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

5 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。

6 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓
参考例句：
the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀 At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

7 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-14