美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-14

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1. NASA calls off Wednesday's launch of space shuttle Discovery because of a faulty fuel-tank sensor¹, delaying America's first manned space shuttle since the Columbia disaster 2 and a half years ago.

2. Police removed materials from tidy single-family houses Wednesday in the northern city of Leeds that is a home to a large Muslim community, searching for evidence in the neighborhoods where 3 of the 4 suspected London suicide bombers² lived.

3. A suicide car bomb explodes near US troops distributing candy to Iraqi children, killing³ 28 people including an American soldier and a dozen children aged⁴ 8 to 12 years old.

4. Israeli troops reoccupied the West Bank city of Tulkarem early Wednesday, shooting dead a Palestinian policeman in a fire fight and arresting 5 Islamic Jihad activists after the militant⁶ group killed 4 Israelis in a suicide bombing at a shopping mall.

5. Bernard Ebbers who as CEO of WorldCom oversaw⁷ the largest corporate⁸ fraud in US history is sentenced to 25 years in prison, 3 years after WorldCom collapsed⁹, Ebbers reportedly wept as the judge handed down the sentence.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.call off:to decide that a planned event will not take place.

2.faulty:n.not working properly, or not made correctly.
eg.Customers may ask for a refund¹⁰ if the goods are faulty.

3.sensor:n.a piece of equipment used for discovering the presence of light, heat, movement etc.

4.manned:adj.manipulating by someone.

5.tidy(=neat):adj.a room, house, desk etc that is tidy is neatly¹¹ arranged with everything in the right place.
eg.I try to keep the garden tidy .

6.candy.n.a sweet food made from sugar or chocolate.

7.activist:n.someone who works hard doing practical things to achieve social or political change.

8.oversee¹²(=supervise):v.to be in charge of a group of workers and check that a piece of work is done satisfactorily.
eg.A team leader was appointed to oversee the project.

9.weep:v.formal or literary to cry, especially because you feel very sad
James broke down and wept.
eg.He wept bitterly (=cried a lot) when it was time for us to leave.

10.hand down:to officially announce a decision, punishment etc.