美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-29

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1. A defiant¹ Tom Delay maintains his innocence² after a grand jury indicts⁴ the Texas congressman⁶ and two political associates with conspiracy⁷ in a campaign finance scheme .

2. Hundreds of East Texans remain trapped by fallen trees or fuel shortages as federal relief begins to trickle⁸ in to the region hit by Hurricane Rita.

3. Dressed as a man, a woman blows herself up in northern Iraq, killing⁹ 6 people, in a first known attack by a female suicide bomber¹⁰ in the Iraqi insurgency¹¹.

4. Red, yellow and orange are the colors featured on the newly designed $10 bill due out next year in a new effort to stay ahead of tech-savvy¹² counterfeiters .

5. And a team of Japanese scientists becomes the first to photograph a giant squid. The 26-foot long creature was filmed nearly 3,000 feet under the sea.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. grand jury
grand jury grand juries
A grand jury is a jury, usually in the United States, which considers a criminal case in order to decide if someone should be tried in a court of law.
They have already given evidence before a grand jury in Washington.
N-COUNT

2. indict³
indict indicts indicting¹⁵ indicted¹⁶
If someone is indicted for a crime, they are officially charged with it. (mainly AM, LEGAL)
He was later indicted on corruption¹⁷ charges.
She has been indicted for possessing cocaine¹⁸.
The police said he'd been formally indicted on Saturday.
Attorneys for the indicted officers tried to delay the trial.
VB: usu passive
= charge

3. scheme
2 scheme schemes
A scheme is someone's plan for achieving something.
...a quick money-making scheme to get us through the summer...
They would first have to work out some scheme for getting the treasure out.
Tourists can be vulnerable to scams and con⁵ schemes of all kinds.
N-COUNT: oft N to-inf, N for -ing
= plan

4. trickle
2 trickle trickles¹⁹ trickling²⁰ trickled²¹
When people or things trickle in a particular direction, they move there slowly in small groups or amounts, rather than all together.
Some donations are already trickling in.
VB

+ trickle trickles
Also a noun.
The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.
A trickle of refugees began to flee the country.
N-COUNT: usu sing

5. tech
tech techs
A tech is the same as a technical college. (BRIT, INFORMAL)
N-COUNT: also at N

6. savvy
2 savvy
If you describe someone as savvy, you think that they show a lot of practical knowledge. (INFORMAL)
She was a pretty savvy woman.
ADJ-GRADED

7. counterfeit¹³
2 counterfeit counterfeits²² counterfeiting²³ counterfeited²⁴
If someone counterfeits something, they make a version of it that is not genuine but has been made to look genuine in order to deceive people.
...the coins Davies is alleged²⁵ to have counterfeited.
VB

counterfeiting
The business of counterfeiting appears to be expanding.
N-UNCOUNT

counterfeiter¹⁴ counterfeiters
...a gang of counterfeiters.
N-COUNT: usu pl