美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-13

1. British police probe whether 4 attackers perhaps suicide bombers² died in the London blasts, also arresting a suspect in the city of Leeds.

2. The White House says President Bush still has confidence in adviser³ Karl Rove, at the heart of a probe into the leak, identifying a CIA officer.

3. Iraq's prime minister says his country's forces are ready to take control over some cities but he rejects a pullout timetable for US and other foreign troops.

4. Near a mall in Israeli seaside city, a suicide bomber¹ blows himself up among a group of teens, killing⁴ himself and 2 women.

5. And NASA says Discovery is ready to make the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster, 2 and a-half years ago.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. at the heart of:the most important or central part of a problem, question etc.
eg.difficult issues at the heart of science policy.

2.probe:n.an investigation⁵ in which many questions are asked to discover the truth about something.

3.pullout:n.the act of an army, business etc leaving a particular place.

4.mall:n.a large area where there are a lot of shops, usually a covered area where cars are not allowed.

1 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

2 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。