美联社新闻一分钟 2006-04-13

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1. Zacarias Moussaoui shouted "God curse you all." Wednesday after prosecutors¹ closed their case seeking his execution. Before jurors were sent home for the day, they saw pictures of nearly 3,000 9/11 victims and listened to the cockpit voice recording² of the last moments of United Flight 93.

2. The man blamed by many for the slow emergency response after Hurricane Katrina may get a new job helping³ Louisiana’s St. Bernard Parish recover. The parish is considering hiring former Federal Emergency Management Agency head Michael Brown as a consultant⁴.

3. Northern California saw 6 inches of rainfall Tuesday followed by dangerous mudslides Wednesday leaving one man missing. Rescuers say they are continuing to look for the 73-year-old Mill Valley man whose house is buried under a 12-foot wall of mud.

4. He may be a tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff, but he's joining the likes of Rita Hayworth and Cary Grant on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Kiddie icon⁵ Winnie the Pooh got his own star in a ceremony time to coincide with the release of a honey-loving bear’s latest adventures on DVD

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. cockpit :noun [C]
the small enclosed space where the pilot sits in an aircraft, or where the driver sits in a racing⁶ car

2. consultant :noun [C]
someone who advises people on a particular subject:

3. tubby :adjective INFORMAL
short and slightly fat, with a round stomach

4. cubby :noun [C]
the baby of a wild animal such as a lion or a bear

5. stuffed:adjective
when something is filled with material in order to keep its shape:

6. fluff :noun [U]
small loose bits of wool or other soft material, or the down (= soft new hairs) on a young animal:

7. the likes of :
used to talk about people of a particular type
e.g. Information is collected through the likes of the FBI, CIA, and Scotland Yard.

8. kiddie :noun [C] INFORMAL
a young child:

9. coincide :verb
to happen at or near the same time:
e.g. I timed my holiday to coincide with the children's school holiday.