美联社新闻一分钟 2006-10-07
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. A plant explosion caused the evacuation of some 17,000 people near Raleigh, North Carolina Friday. Officials say they warned of a potential disaster 6 months ago.
2. Horse-drawn buggies took mourners to a hilltop cemetery 1 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where the 5th victim of Monday's Amish school shooting was laid to rest today.
3. Four children were found dead in a Kentucky public housing complex after a man walked into a police station and said he had killed his family.
4. A 12-year-old Ohio boy is in trouble with the law. A police dashboard camera caught the preteen out for a joyride. Despite several collisions, the boy was not injured.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. buggy : n-count
A buggy is a small lightweight carriage pulled by one horse.
2. dashboard : n-count
The dashboard in a car is the panel facing the driver's seat where most of the instruments and switches are.
3. preteen : n-count
A pre-teen is a child aged 2 between nine and thirteen.
4. joyride : n-count
If someone goes on a joyride, they steal a car and drive around in it at high speed.
- He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
- His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。