美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-15
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. A Shiite militant 1 group just released this 10-second video of a kidnapped Iraqi-American soldier. This is the first time the U.S. Army translator has been seen since he was abducted 3 four months ago in central Baghdad. It's not immediately clear when the video was made.
2. A Florida judge has ordered a morgue to hold Anna Nicole Smith's body for ten days. The ruling comes as legal battles brew 4 over who gets control of the former Playboy playmate's remains 5 and whether Smith's companion Howard K. Stern fathered her infant daughter. Smith's DNA 2 was preserved for use in the custody 6 dispute.
3. The storm that pounded the Midwest is now causing major problems in the Northeast. The Valentine's Day blizzard 7 shut down schools and air travel and turned highways into skating rinks. At least 12 deaths have been blamed on the storm system.
4. The winter weather didn't stop florists 8 from making special deliveries. Love-stricken Americans send the always popular red roses, stuffed animals and balloons as gifts this Valentine's Day.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. morgue: n-count
A morgue is a building or a room in a hospital where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated 9, or before they are identified or examined..
2. brew: verb
If an unpleasant or difficult situation brews 10, it starts to develop.
3. rink: n-count
A rink is a large area covered with ice where people go to ice-skate, or a large area of concrete where people go to roller-skate.
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
- Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
- Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
- The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。
- Let's brew up some more tea.咱们沏些茶吧。
- The policeman dispelled the crowd lest they should brew trouble.警察驱散人群，因恐他们酿祸。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
- The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
- You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。
- The little dressmaker bought an envelope of nasturtium seeds at the florists. 那个个子矮小的女裁缝在花铺里买了一包金莲花种子。 来自辞典例句
- I have more important things to do than petulant florists. 我有比教训坏脾气的花匠更重要的事情要做。 来自互联网
- He wants to is cremated, not buried. 他要火葬，不要土葬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The bodies were cremated on the shore. 他们的尸体在海边火化了。 来自辞典例句