美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-19

1:In the most violent clash so far in the Gaza pullout, Israeli riot police storm a synagogue firing water cannons² at a barricade³ of protestors.

2:BTK serial⁴ killer⁵ Dennis Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive⁶ life terms for a string of killings⁷ from the mid⁸ 70s into the early 90s.

3:America’s new ambassador in Afghanistan predicts tough times ahead while a roadside bomb on a convoy⁹ there kills two US soldiers.

4:Russia and China seek to reassure¹⁰ their wary¹¹ neighbours in Asia that the aim of their first-ever joint¹² military exercises is peaceful .

5:And in his first foreign trip as pontiff, Benedict XVI arrives in his native Germany where the World Youth Day festival is taking place.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. synagogue
synagogue synagogues
A synagogue is a building where Jewish people meet to worship or to study their religion.
N-COUNT: oft in names after n

2. water cannon¹
water cannon water cannons
A water cannon is a machine which shoots out a large, powerful stream of water. It is used by police to break up crowds of people who are protesting or fighting.
N-COUNT water cannon can also be used as the plural¹³ form

3. predict
predict predicts predicting predicted
If you predict an event, you say that it will happen.
The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest.
He predicted that my hair would grow back `in no time'.
It's hard to predict how a jury will react.
`The war will continue another two or three years,' he predicted.
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4. wary
1 wary warier¹⁴ wariest¹⁵
If you are wary of something or someone, you are cautious because you do not know much about them and you believe they may be dangerous or cause problems.
People did not teach their children to be wary of strangers.
They were very wary about giving him a contract.
ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ of/about n/-ing

1 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

2 cannons   

n.加农炮，大炮，火炮( cannon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Cannons bombarded enemy lines. 大炮轰击了敌军阵地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• One company had been furnished with six cannons. 某连队装备了六门大炮。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 barricade   

n.路障，栅栏，障碍；vt.设路障挡住

参考例句：

• The soldiers make a barricade across the road.士兵在路上设路障。
• It is difficult to break through a steel barricade.冲破钢铁障碍很难。

4 serial   

n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的

参考例句：

• A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。
• Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗？

5 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

6 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

7 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

8 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

9 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。

10 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

11 wary   

adj.谨慎的，机警的，小心的

参考例句：

• He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
• Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头，突然警惕起来。

12 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

13 plural   

n.复数；复数形式；adj.复数的

参考例句：

• Most plural nouns in English end in's '.英语的复数名词多以s结尾。
• Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。

14 warier   

谨慎的，小心翼翼的( wary的比较级 )

参考例句：

• Beijing itself also become warier. 中国政府本身也变得更为谨慎。
• That suggests investors are warier than ever of lending to the banking system. 这种情况表明，投资者对借钱给银行系统的担忧比之前加剧了。

15 wariest   

谨慎的，小心翼翼的( wary的最高级 )

参考例句：

• The wariest men are apt to be a little dulled by routine. 最谨慎的人对于例行公事，也难免疏忽。