美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-04
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. The US military says it killed a senior al-Qaeda official responsible for several high-profile kidnappings of Westerners. Official say Muharib Abdul-Latif al-Jubouri served as al-Qaeda's information minister in Iraq. He is believed to have been involved in the kidnapping of journalist Jill Carroll.
2. A bus carrying high school students to a band competition crashed into a tractor-trailer early Thursday, shutting down traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Thirty people were injured. Most of the injuries were minor 1 although the bus driver is in critical condition.
3. Wally Schirra, one of the original Mercury 2 Seven astronauts died today of a heart attack. Shirra was the only astronaut to fly on NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs.
4. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is in the US to celebrate the 400th anniversary 3 of Jamestown. The Queen will also meet with students of Virginia Tech and attend the Kentucky Derby.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. high-profile: adj.
A high-profile person or a high-profile event attracts a lot of attention or publicity 4.
2. turnpike: n-count
A turnpike is a road, especially an expressway, which people have to pay to drive on. (mainly AM)
- The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
- I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
- The liquid we can see in thermometers is mercury.我们看到的温度计里的液体是水银。
- Mercury has a much greater density than water.水银的密度比水大得多。
- They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
- Today is my parents'30th wedding anniversary.今天是我父母结婚30周年纪念日。