美联社新闻一分钟 2006-04-16

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1. 4 US governors made a surprise visit to Iraq this Easter weekend. The governors of Florida, Iowa, Indiana then West Virginia are visiting troops stationed in Iraq's war zone. It is part of a 2-day tour of the Middle East.

2. Police say they don't suspect foul¹ play in the deaths of 2 Milwaukee boys. The medical examiner says autopsy² results indicate 12-year-old Quadrevion Henning and 11-year-old Purvis Parker accidentally drowned. The bodies were recovered from a park lagoon³ yesterday near the site where the boys vanished almost a month ago.

3. They had to wait patiently, some overnight. But thousands turned out this morning to get tickets for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, including hundreds of gay and lesbian parents. It is part of a coordinated⁴ effort to make the point that their families aren't different.

4. Check out the third annual Pig Olympics held in Russia today. The athletic⁵ piglets competed in races, a game of soccer and pig paddling.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. station :verb [T + adverb or preposition]
to cause especially soldiers to be in a particular place to do a job:
e.g. I hear your son's in the army - where's he stationed?

2. foul play :noun [U]
a criminal act which results in serious damage or injury, especially murder:
e.g. It is not clear what caused the explosion, but the police do not suspect foul play.

3. autopsy :noun [C or U]
the cutting open and examination of a dead body in order to discover the cause of death:
e.g. They carried out/performed an autopsy.

4. lagoon :noun [C]
an area of sea water separated from the sea by a reef (= a line of rocks and sand):

5. vanish :verb
to disappear or stop being present or existing, especially in a sudden, surprising way:
e.g. The child vanished while on her way home from school.

6. paddle :verb
to swim with short, quick movements
The dog was paddling furiously after the ducks.