AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-09

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1.An F/A-18 military jet approaching a marine¹ base has crashed in a densely² populated San Diego neighborhood. Officials say the pilot ejected. The crash sparked at least one house fire.

2.Moments after five Blackwater security guards turned themselves in, prosecutors³ unsealed a 35-count indictment⁴ against them. The guards are facing manslaughter and other charges over a shooting incident in a Baghdad intersection⁵ last year that left 17 Iraqi civilians⁶ dead.

3.Congressional Democrats⁷ have sent the White House a draft of a roughly 15-billion-dollar auto⁸ bailout. That’s expected to come to a vote this week. According to a draft obtained by the AP, the measure would rush bridge loans to Detroit's Big Three automakers. It would also put an overseer appointed by the President in charge of monitoring an industry restructuring.

4.And a zoo in Brazil is celebrating the birth of a rare pigmy hippopotamus⁹ by inviting¹⁰ visitors to vote on its name. So far, the zoo has selected four names to vote for, including Kadina, and Lola.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. F/A-18: n.

(Hornet“大黄蜂”) 双发超音速舰载战斗/攻击机, to see more please click HERE

2.indictment: n.

an official written statement charging someone with a criminal

3.rush: v.

to deal with official or government business more quickly than usual

4.overseer: n.

someone who is in charge of a project, group of workers etc, and who makes sure that the job is done properly [= supervisor]

5. pigmy hippopotamus: n.

倭河马：利比里亚和象牙海岸的一种小河马（倭河马），常见于低地森林和沼泽地