美联社新闻一分钟 2007-01-24（在线收听）

1. President Bush is using his State of the Union address to try to revive his domestic agenda and deflect criticism about the war in Iraq. He's arguing that success in Iraq is necessary to make American safer.

2. US officials say at least five civilians were killed when a US helicopter crashed in Iraq. The chopper belonged to a private contractor and an Iraqi defense official says it was shot down.

3. Authorities in Oklahoma are hunting for two escaped inmates who'd been on the loose since Monday. Prison officials say the men escaped by cutting their way through a fence in a recreation yard.

4. You could say it was a doggone good day for this golden retriever in Washington State. He was hauled to safety last night after the car he was in flipped over and landed in marshy water. His owner and another dog also survived the crash.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. deflect : VERB
If you deflect something such as criticism or attention, you act in a way that prevents it from being directed towards you or affecting you.

2. inmate : N-COUNT
The inmates of a prison or mental hospital are the prisoners or patients who are living there.

3. doggone : ADJ
Extremely, used as an intensive

4. retriever : N-COUNT
A retriever is a kind of dog. Retrievers are traditionally used to bring back birds and animals which their owners have shot.

5. flip over : PHR-V
If something flips over, or if you flip it over or into a different position, it moves or is moved into a different position.