美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-22

1. In London, no one hurt after small blasts hit 3 subway stations and a bus in a chilling but bloodless replay of the suicide bombings 2 weeks ago.

2. Gunmen in the Iraqi capital Baghdad seize 2 Algerian diplomats¹ in the latest abduction of Islamic diplomats there in just weeks.

3. Secretary of State Rice demands and gets an apology after security forces in Sudan rough up U.S. officials and reporters travelling with her.

4. A man arrested after a fatal shootout in Georgia admits throwing a grenade during President Bush’s speech in the former Soviet³ Republic.

5. And Indonesia's hospitals go on alert to receive bird flu patients, hours after the Asian nation reports its first human death from the virus.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. abduct² :VB=kidnap,abduct;abducts;abducting⁴;abducted⁵
If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force.
eg. She was sent for trial yesterday charged with abducting a six-month-old child.
• N:abduction; abductions
eg. ...the abduction of four black youths from a church hostel⁶ in Soweto.
• N:abductor; abductors
eg. She co-operated with her abductor for fear that something might happen to the child.

2. grenade :N,grenade;grenades
A grenade or a hand grenade is a small bomb that can be thrown by hand.
eg. A hand grenade was thrown at an army patrol.

1 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 abduct   

vt.诱拐，拐带，绑架

参考例句：

• The police caught the man who tried to abduct the boy for ransom.警察抓住了那个企图拐走这男孩以便勒索赎金的家伙。
• The news that we see those use network abduct children sometimes filled with apprehension.我们有时看到那些利用网络诱拐儿童的新闻都心惊肉跳。

3 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

4 abducting   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的现在分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child. 她被控诱拐一个6个月大的孩子。
• At the same time, the rate of abducting foreigners is going down. 同时，发生在外国人身上的绑架案正在下降。

5 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

6 hostel   

n.（学生）宿舍，招待所

参考例句：

• I lived in a hostel while I was a student.我求学期间住在青年招待所里。
• He says he's staying at a Youth Hostel.他说他现住在一家青年招待所。