AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-28

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1. Embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tells the Associated Press he did nothing wrong and deserves a fair trial. Blagojevich is still refusing to be there or mount a defense¹ at his impeachment² trial. Illinois state senators could vote to oust³ him within a matter of days.

2. Winter weather is coating ice and snow on roads from the Plains to the mid-Atlantic states. Thousands of schools and businesses are closed as power lines freeze. At least seven deaths are blamed on the severe weather.

3. Violence flaring⁴ up again in Gaza. Palestinian militants⁵ detonated a bomb near an Israeli army patrol, killing⁶ one soldier. Israeli soldiers briefly⁷ crossed the border in search of the attackers. Hamas says one of its militants was wounded in an Israeli airstrike.

4. Doctors say the octuplets born to a Southern California mother are stable and breathing on their own. The mother whose name isn't being released gave birth by C-section to six boys and two girls.They were premature⁸ and weighed between 1 pound, 8 ounces, and 3 pounds, 4 ounces.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. mount: v.

to plan, organize, and begin an event or a course of action

2. oust: v.

If someone is ousted⁹ from a position of power, job, or place, they are forced to leave it.

3. flare¹⁰ up: v.

If violence or an illness flares¹¹ up, it suddenly starts or gets worse.

4. detonate: v.

If someone detonates a device such as a bomb, or if it detonates, it explodes.

5. octuplets: n. 八胞胎

6. C-section: 【美】【口】剖腹产