美联社新闻一分钟 2006-10-28

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1. Condolences came from the White House Friday to the U. S. Forest Service following the deaths of four firefighters in a California wildfire. The spokesman for the President said in a phone conversation Mr. Bush told officials how sorry he was.

2. Human rights advocates have raised a red flag after Vice¹ President Dick Cheney's remarks in an interview about a controversial interrogation technique. The White House says Mr. Cheney's remarks were not condoning² the use of waterboarding on terror suspects to make a suspect believe he or she will drown.

3. Police now say prior to his execution, serial³ killer⁴ Danny Rolling gave his spiritual adviser⁵ a confession⁶ note. In it, he admits to three 1989 murders in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.

4. Michael J Fox says he was not acting⁷ in political ads that show him rocking back and forth⁸. He has Parkinson's disease and was making pictures for political candidates who support embryonic⁹ stem cell research.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. condolence: n-plural
When you offer or express your condolences to someone, you express your sympathy for them because one of their friends or relatives has died recently.

2. red flag: n-count
If you refer to something as a red flag, you mean that it acts as a danger signal.

3. confession: n-count
A confession is a signed statement by someone in which they admit that they have committed a particular crime.

4. embryonic: adj.
An embryonic process, idea, organization, or organism is one at a very early stage in its development.

5. stem cell: n-count 干细胞
A stem cell is an unspecialized cell that gives rise to a specific specialized¹⁰ cell, such as a blood cell.