美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-01

1. The latest aftermath from hurricane Katrina, Louisiana's governor urges people to abandon the flooded city of New Orleans.

2. With oil around $70 a barrel, the US government is tapping its petroleum¹ reserves to help refiners hit hard by the hurricane.

3. In Iraq a bridge stampede near a Shiite shrine² in Baghdad kills more than 700 Shiite pilgrims injuring some 400 others.

4. Mothers of children killed in the Beslan school seizure³ nearly a year ago say Russian authorities haven't learned from the tragedy.

5. And it's that time of year, in a small Spanish town where thousands hurl⁴ tomatoes at each other --the Tomatina food fight.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. tap
4 tap taps tapping tapped
If you tap a resource or situation, you make use of it by getting from it something that you need or want.
He owes his election to having tapped deep public disillusion⁵ with professional politicians.
The company is tapping shareholders⁶ for s15.8 million.
The Campbell Soup Company says it will try to tap into Japan's rice market.
VB

2. stampede
1 stampede stampedes
If there is a stampede, a group of people or animals run in a wild, uncontrolled way.
There was a stampede for the exit.
N-COUNT: usu sing

3. seizure
2 seizure seizures⁷
If there is a seizure of power or a seizure of an area of land, a group of people suddenly take control of the place, using force.
...the seizure of territory through force.
N-COUNT: oft N of n

1 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

2 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

3 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

4 hurl   

vt.猛投，力掷，声叫骂

参考例句：

• The best cure for unhappiness is to hurl yourself into your work.医治愁苦的最好办法就是全身心地投入工作。
• To hurl abuse is no way to fight.谩骂决不是战斗。

5 disillusion   

vt.使不再抱幻想，使理想破灭

参考例句：

• Do not say anything to disillusion them.别说什么叫他们泄气的话。
• I'd hate to be the one to disillusion him.我不愿意成为那个让他幻想破灭的人。

6 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

7 seizures   

n.起获( seizure的名词复数 )；没收；充公；起获的赃物

参考例句：

• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year. 今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Other causes of unconsciousness predisposing to aspiration lung abscess are convulsive seizures. 造成吸入性肺脓肿昏迷的其他原因，有惊厥发作。 来自辞典例句