美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-08
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. At least 21 people are dead after a fiery 1 jetliner crash in Indonesia. Just minutes after the crash, bloody 2 passengers stumbled away from the burning wreckage 3 looking for help. More than 150 people survived the crash.
2. President Bush met Wednesday with the two people he assigned to lead the probe into conditions of Walter Reed Medical Center. Former Senator Bob Dole 4 and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala will look into reports of patient neglect and poor building maintenance.
3. At least two people are millions of dollars richer today. Two winning tickets for the Mega Millions lottery 5 drawing were sold in New Jersey 6 and Georgia. The winners will split the record 370 million dollar jackpot.
4. Doctors are calling it a miracle -- a Colorado woman who woke up from a coma 7 after seven years. Christa Lilly suffered a stroke in 2000. She is now awake and talking and looking forward to spending time with her children and grandchildren.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. stumble: verb
If you stumble, you put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running and nearly fall over.
2. jackpot: n-count
A jackpot is the most valuable prize in a game or lottery, especially when the game involves increasing the value of the prize until someone wins it.
- She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
- His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。
- He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
- He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
- It's not easy living on the dole.靠领取失业救济金生活并不容易。
- Many families are living on the dole since the strike.罢工以来，许多家庭靠失业救济金度日。
- He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
- They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。