美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-06

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1. Insurgents¹ in Iraq attacked 2 more diplomats², one Arab and another Muslim, just days after gunmen seized Egypt's top envoy³ to Baghdad.

2. Natalee Holloway's mother asks Aruba not to let 2 brothers set free in the case of the missing Alabama teen to leave the island.

3. Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof condemns⁴ protest violence in Scotland, urging world leaders of the G8 summit to deliver an aid for Africa.

4. In India, a suicide blast in a gunbattle at a Hindu shrine⁵ complex, the center of Hindu Muslim strife⁶, leaves all 6 attackers dead.

5. And, political and sports superstars make a final frenzied⁷ pitch as Olympic officials prepared to choose the host city for the 2012 Games.
 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.deliver:v.to take goods, letters, packages etc to a particular place or person.

2.complex:n.a group of buildings, or a large building with many parts, used for a particular purpose.
eg.The town has one of the best leisure complexes in the country.

3.strife:n.trouble between two or more people or groups.
eg.Its people are overburdened by religious riot, ethnic⁸ strife, corruption⁹ and the absence of social infrastructure¹⁰.

4.frenzied:adj.frenzied activity is fast and uncontrolled, usually because it is done by someone feeling very anxious or excited.
eg:Many of the deals struck in this frenzied atmosphere are sure to go sour eventually, sending more companies to the brink¹¹.

5.pitch:n.a strong level of feeling about something or a high level of an activity or a quality.
eg.The controversy¹² reached such a pitch (=become so strong) that the paper devoted¹³ a whole page to it.

6.host:n.a country, city, or organization that provides the necessary space, equipment etc for a special event.