美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-29
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(五)月
1. Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is taking some direct hits from those who used to work for him over a book he wrote that's critical of the president. McClellan writes that Bush favored propaganda over honesty and candor 1 in selling the Iraq war to the American public.
2. At least 14 people were taken to hospitals after the Chicago commuter 2 train derailed this morning. Two of the four cars went off the tracks just above the city's streets. It took crews about an hour to get everyone off.
3. The estranged 3 wife of New Jersey's gay ex-governor is telling all as she took the stand today in their divorce trial. Their marriage unraveled four years ago when he came out as a gay American and resigned as governor.
4. Anyone who dreams of lifting one of hockey's oldest trophies 4 will want to handle it better than these guys. This junior Canadian team won the Memorial Cup but let the actual trophy 5 slip through their fingers and break in two. Not to fear, though, this trophy is just a replica 6 of the real thing.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. candor: n.
the quality of being honest and telling the truth, even when the truth may be unpleasant or embarrassing
2. estranged: adj.
someone's husband or wife whom they are no longer living with, used especially in newspaper reports
- He covered a wide range of topics with unusual candor.他极其坦率地谈了许多问题。
- He and his wife had avoided candor,and they had drained their marriage.他们夫妻间不坦率，已使婚姻奄奄一息。
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
- She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
- He became estranged from his family after the argument.那场争吵后他便与家人疏远了。
- The argument estranged him from his brother.争吵使他同他的兄弟之间的关系疏远了。
- His football trophies were prominently displayed in the kitchen. 他的足球奖杯陈列在厨房里显眼的位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The hunter kept the lion's skin and head as trophies. 这猎人保存狮子的皮和头作为纪念品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》