美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-17

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1. A claustrophobic woman got into a confrontation¹ with a flight crew, causing a United Airlines jet from London to divert to Boston. The flight was escorted in by fighter jets and all 182 passengers were ordered off the plane.

2. New York officials are releasing tapes of more than 1,600 September 11th emergency calls which were not made public earlier.

"... on the floor, and we can't breathe."
"... with us."
"And it's very, very, very hot. And you, can you..."
"... calm until they get inside that."
"Can you stay on the line with me, please? "
"Yes, ma'am, I am."
"I feel like I'm dying."

The chilling words of firefighters and dispatchers can be heard describing the scene of the attack.

3. A 16-year-old Virginia cancer patient won a legal battle today. His family's lawyers and social service officials reached an agreement allowing him to forgo² chemotherapy and continue a controversial alternative herbal treatment.

4. A giant panda gave birth to a panda cub³ in China's Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center. It's the seventh cub for the proud panda mom. The giant panda is one of the world's rarest animals.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. claustrophobic: adj. (患)幽闭恐怖症的
If you feel ]claustrophobic, you feel very uncomfortable or anxious when you are in a small, crowded, or enclosed place.

2. dispatch: verb
If you dispatch a message, letter, or parcel, you send it to a particular person or destination.

3. forgo: verb
If you forgo something, you decide to do without it, although you would like it.

4. chemotherapy: n-uncount 化疗
Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer.