AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-19-英语课

时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十)月

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1. Authorities in Nevada call off a nationwide AMBER 1 Alert for missing six-year-old Cole Puffinburger, but the search continues. Police believe Mexican drug dealers 2 are responsible for the abduction meant to send a message to the boy's grandfather who was later arrested.

2. It Looks like President Bush will host some of the world leaders, discussing a global response to the financial crisis. Some leaders are hoping to convince Bush it's time to coordinate 3 control of the markets.

3. In Baghdad, Shiites rally by the thousands, protesting a plan extending the US presence in Iraq by years. Some protesters are burning effigies 4 of President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

4. Russia's new satellite navigation system gets a test, strapped 5 at Koni, the black Lab belonging to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. There is GPS through the Global Positioning System in other parts of the world, but Russia says it wants its own tracking system.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. effigy 6: n.

A roughly made, usually ugly, model of someone you dislike.

2. Lab: n. 拉布拉多犬

= Labrador

a large dog with fairly short yellow or black hair.

3. AMBER Alert: n.

在美国和加拿大，安珀警戒（AMBER Alert）是当国内确认发生儿童绑架案时，透过各种媒体向社会大众传播的一种警戒告知。“AMBER”是“America's Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response”（直译为：美国失踪人口：广播紧急回应）的缩写，也是以一名于1996年在美国德州阿灵顿（Arlington）被绑架并杀害的九岁女童安珀·海格曼（Amber Hagerman）命名。在乔治亚州则称为“Levi's Call”。在某些州这样的计划是以在当地失踪的儿童命名的。安珀警戒是使用美国紧急警报系统（EAS）透过商业广播电台、卫星电台、电视台，以及有线电视向全国发布，并同时会利用电子邮件、电子交通状况号志，以及无线装置的简讯发布。安珀警戒的发布是由负责调查该绑架案的警察机构决定。对大众发布的安珀警戒内容通常包含了被绑架者的描述、绑架嫌犯的描述，以及绑匪车辆的描述和车牌号码。

1 amber

n.琥珀；琥珀色；adj.琥珀制的

Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?你过生日想要一条琥珀项链吗？
This is a piece of little amber stones.这是一块小小的琥珀化石。

2 dealers

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

3 coordinate

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

4 effigies

n.（人的）雕像，模拟像，肖像( effigy的名词复数 )

stone effigies in the church 教堂里的石雕像
On 5 November British children burn effigies of Guy Fawkes. 每逢11月5日英国儿童都焚烧盖伊．福克斯的模拟像。来自辞典例句

5 strapped

adj.用皮带捆住的，用皮带装饰的；身无分文的；缺钱；手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词)；用皮带抽打；包扎；给…打绷带

Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。来自《简明英汉词典》
The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 effigy

n.肖像

There the effigy stands,and stares from age to age across the changing ocean.雕像依然耸立在那儿，千秋万载地凝视着那变幻无常的大海。
The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.群众焚烧退位独裁者的模拟像。

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