AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-22
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(九)月
1. Police say six children are in temporary custody 1. That's after law enforcement raided a church compound in Arkansas yesterday as part of a child-porn investigation 2. The compound belongs to evangelist Tony Alamo. He's denying any involvement with pornography.
2. Doctors say former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity 3 disc jockey DJ AM are expected to make a full recovery. They suffered burns in a fiery 4 jet crash Friday night. Four other people died in the accident.
3. At least two Americans are among the dead in one of Pakistan's worst terrorist attacks. Rescuers have pulled more bodies from the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, pushing the death toll 5 to 53. So far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
4. And some folks in Wisconsin had a rotten good time. They threw spoiled tomatoes in the Second Annual Tomato Romp 6. The contest is a scale-down version of the Tomatina Festival in Spain.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. raid: v.
if police raid a place, they make a surprise visit to search for something illegal.
2. evangelist: n.
someone who travels to different places and tries to persuade people to become Christians 7.
3. rotten: adj.
If you describe something as rotten, you think it is very unpleasant or of very poor quality. (INFORMAL).
4. romp: n.
informal a piece of amusing entertainment which has a lot of exciting scenes.
5. scale down: phr v.
If you scale down something, you make it smaller in size, amount, or extent than it used to be.
Scale-down: adj.
6. Tomatina:
番茄大战（La Tomatina，也译作西红柿大战）是西班牙巴伦西亚自治区布尼奥尔镇在每年8月的最后一个星期三举行的节日。 数以万计的参与者从世界各地赶来参加一场不会造成伤害的混战，在大街上投掷超过100吨熟透多汁的番茄。番茄大战起源于1944年，经过70年的发展，它已经成为布尼奥尔镇牢固的传统和城市特色。
- 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。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
- He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
- 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。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- The child went for a romp in the forest.那个孩子去森林快活一把。
- Dogs and little children romped happily in the garden.狗和小孩子们在花园里嬉戏。
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。