美联社新闻一分钟 2006-05-16

1. A Duke University lacrosse team captain became the third player indicted 1 in the rape 2 scandal Monday and the first to speak out. David Evans denied allegations he raped 3 an exotic dancer at an off-campus party. Two of Evans's teammates were also indicted on, what he calls, fantastic lies.

2. The National Guard is helping 4 patrol flooded areas in New England. Forecast's predicted rain totals could hit 15 inches in some places today. The region has been pounded with torrential rain for the past four days.

3. An eruption 5 at Indonesia's Mount Merapi sent an avalanche 6 of debris 7 and ash rolling down the mountain slopes. Scientists are warning activity at the mountain intensified 8 to its highest level yet.

4. Doug Flutie is hanging up his spikes 9 ending a football career that spanned two decades. The 1984 Heisman Trophy 10 winner retired 11 Monday. The 43-year-old quarterback said “it's just been a fun run for me”.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. speak out : phrasal verb
If you speak out against something or in favor of something, you say publicly that you think it is bad or good.
e.g. As tempers rose, he spoke 12 out strongly against some of the radical 13 ideas for selling off state-owned property.

2. off-campus ------校外
e.g. Registration 14 Form to Live Off-Campus from the University

3. National Guard ------国民警卫队
In the United States, the National Guard is a military force within an individual state, which can become part of the national army if there is a war or emergency.
e.g. The Governor has now called in the National Guard to assist the cleanup operation.

4. pound : verb
If you pound something or pound on it, you hit it with great force, usually loudly and repeatedly.
e.g. Somebody began pounding on the front door.

5. torrential : adj
Torrential rain pours down very rapidly and in great quantities.

6. avalanche : n-sing
You can refer to a very large quantity of things that all arrive or happen at the same time as an avalanche of them.
e.g. The newcomer was greeted with an avalanche of publicity 15.
Debris Avalanche : noun
A rapid and unusually sudden sliding or flowage of unsorted masses of rock and other material. As applied 16 to the major avalanche involved in the eruption of Mount St. Helens, a rapid mass movement that included fragmented cold and hot volcanic 17 rock, water, snow, glacier 18 ice, trees, and some hot pyroclastic material. Most of the May 18, 1980 deposits in the upper valley of the North Fork Toutle River and in the vicinity of Spirit Lake are from the debris avalanche.

7. slope : n-count
A slope is the side of a mountain, hill, or valley.
e.g. the lower slopes of the Himalayas.

8. hang up : phrasal verb
You can use hang up to indicate that someone stops doing a particular sport or activity that they have regularly done over a long period. For example, when a footballer hangs up his boots, he stops playing football.
e.g. Keegan announced he was hanging up his boots for good.

9. spikes : n-plural
Spikes are a pair of sports shoes with pointed 19 pieces of metal attached to the soles. They help runners' feet to grip the ground when they are running.

10. span : verb, no passive
If something spans a long period of time, it lasts throughout that period of time or relates to that whole period of time.
e.g. His professional career spanned 16 years.

11. trophy : n-count
A trophy is a prize, for example a silver cup, that is given to the winner of a competition or race.
Heisman Trophy ------海斯曼杯
Annual award given to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the U.S. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by New York City's Downtown Athletic 20 Club and was officially named the following year for the club's first athletic director, the player-coach John Heisman. The winner is determined 21 by a poll of sportswriters.

12. quarterback : n-count------四分卫
In American football, a quarterback is the player on the attacking team who begins each play and who decides which play to use. (AM)

13. fun run : n-count
①A random 22 running session that begin when someone yells "fun run!" At which point, everybody takes off their clothes and starts running in no particular direction until yelled at by someone who isn't participating in the fun run------Urban Dictionary
e.g. Hey Norsoph, let's start a fun run.
②A fun run is a long distance race which anyone can take part in. Fun runs are often held to raise money for charity. (BRIT, AUSTRALIAN)------Collins Dictionary