AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-08-01

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1.Senator Ted¹ Stevens pleaded not guilty to charges he lied about accepting gifts from an oil field contractor². The Republican from Alaska was in a DC court today and his trial could begin as early as September.

2.At least eight people were killed and one remains³ missing after this plane crashed in southern Minnesota. It went down as severe weather was battering⁵ the region with wind gusts⁷ of up to 72 miles per hour.

3.Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic says he will defend himself at his war crimes tribunal. He appeared at the UN court for the first time today. He's facing eleven charges including genocide and crimes against humanity.

4.A golden retriever has come to the rescue of a trio of baby white tigers, who were abandoned by their mother. Zookeepers say the dog has been treating the cubs⁸ as her own and even licks and cleans them.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.plead past tense and past participle pleaded or pled especially American English
[intransitive,transitive not in passive]v. law to state in a court of law whether or not you are guilty of a crime
plead guilty/not guilty/innocent
e.g.Henderson pled guilty to burglary.
 
2.batter⁴ [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]v.
to hit someone or something again and again, in a way that hurts someone or causes damage
 
3.gust⁶ [countable]n.
a sudden strong movement of wind, air, rain etc
 
4.tribunal [countable]n.
a type of court that is given official authority to deal with a particular situation or problem
 
5.trio plural⁹ trios [countable]n.
a group of three people or things
trio of
e.g.
He was met by a trio of smiling executives.
a classical guitar trio (=three musicians playing together)