美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-19

1. Suicide bombers¹ kill dozens of worshipers at 2 Shiite mosques² near Iraq's border with Iran, while Baghdad car bombs kill eight Iraqis.

2. President Bush tells Russia's Putin that the US supports Moscow's proposal that could deny Iran the ability to make nuclear weapons.

3. Riot police hold back protesters as Bush , Putin and other Asia-Pacific region leaders hold an annual economic meeting in South Korea.

4. In Tunisia, the World Technology Summit ends with a promise to narrow the digital divide but little government funding to make it happen.

5. And finally bands are packing the theatres to catch the new Harry³ Potter movie , the fourth installment⁴ in the tale of the young magician

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. riot police: 防暴警察

2. hold back:to hold someone or something back means to prevent someone from doing something, or to prevent something from happening. e.g.1. Jake wanted to wake up, but sleep held him back.2. Stagnation⁵ in home sales is holding back economic recovery.

3. band: a group of people formed because of a common belief or purpose

4. pack: to go in large number into a space, or to make people or animals do this, until the space is too full.//pack into/in/onto// e.g. Fans packed into the stadium.

5. installment: an instalment of a story or plan is one of its parts that are published or carried out separately one after the other.= part // the "forth⁶ installment" in the news means the "Harry Potter and the Goblet⁷ of Fire". "instalment"[British Use]

1 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》

2 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

3 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

4 installment   

n.(instalment)分期付款；(连载的)一期

参考例句：

• I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
• He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。

5 stagnation   

n. 停滞

参考例句：

• Poor economic policies led to a long period of stagnation and decline. 糟糕的经济政策道致了长时间的经济萧条和下滑。
• Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative. 运动是绝对的，而静止是相对的。

6 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

7 goblet   

n.高脚酒杯

参考例句：

• He poured some wine into the goblet.他向高脚酒杯里倒了一些葡萄酒。
• He swirled the brandy around in the huge goblet.他摇晃着高脚大玻璃杯使里面的白兰地酒旋动起来。