美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-10

1. Discovery and 7 person crew touch down in California, safely ending the first shuttle mission since the Columbia tragedy.

2. Iran's resumption of converting uranium prompts the UN's nuclear Watchdog to hold an emergency meeting on Teheran's activities.

3. In Baghdad, a suicide bomber¹ strikes a US convoy² in a wave of violence killing³ at least 17 in Iraq including a US soldier.

4. Thieves in Brazil tunnel into a bank vault⁴ stealing nearly 68 million dollars in the South American country’s largest ever robbery .

5. And Nagasaki marks 6 decades since the world's second and last atomic bomb attack devastated⁵ that Japanese city.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. tunnel
tunnel tunnels tunnelling tunnelled
To tunnel somewhere means to make a tunnel there.
The rebels tunnelled out of a maximum security jail.
The caterpillars⁶ tunnel into the fruit to grow and mature.
VB (AM) tunneling, tunneled

2. vault
vault vaults⁷
A vault is a secure room where money and other valuable things can be kept safely.
Most of the money was in storage in bank vaults.
The gold recovered so far is being held in a vault at a secret location.
N-COUNT

3. robbery
robbery robberies
Robbery is the crime of stealing money or property from a bank, shop, or vehicle, often by using force or threats.
The gang members committed dozens of armed robberies over the past year.
The man was serving a sentence for robbery with violence.
N-VAR: oft supp N

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 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

3 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。

4 vault   

n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室

参考例句：

• The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
• The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。

5 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

6 caterpillars   

n.毛虫( caterpillar的名词复数 )；履带

参考例句：

• Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant. 毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。
• Caterpillars change into butterflies or moths. 毛虫能变成蝴蝶或蛾子。 来自辞典例句

7 vaults   

n.拱顶( vault的名词复数 )；地下室；撑物跳高；墓穴

参考例句：

• It was deposited in the vaults of a bank. 它存在一家银行的保险库里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》