美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-13

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1. At London's Heathrow airport, striking British Airways¹ staff get back to work after a walkout that saw all flights cancelled stranding² thousands.

2. As US gas prices soar, nearly 2 out of 3 in an AP-AOL poll expect fuel costs will cause them financial hardship in the coming months.

3. Iran’s former president slams the UN’s nuclear Watchdog for urging Teheran suspend uranium conversion³, saying the West can't push his country around.

4. As food aid arrives in Niger, African leaders face the challenge of finding lasting⁴ solutions for the chronic⁵ lack of food across much of the continent.

5. And the Mars orbiter blasts off in a mission aimed at gathering⁶ more data about the Red Planet than all previous missions combined.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. walkout
walkout walkouts
A walkout is a strike.
N-COUNT

2. lasting
lasting
You can use lasting to describe a situation, result, or agreement that continues to exist or have an effect for a very long time.
We are well on our way to a lasting peace.
She left a lasting impression on him.
...but there was no lasting damage.
ADJ: usu ADJ n

See also last.

3. chronic
chronic
A chronic situation or problem is very severe and unpleasant.
One cause of the artist's suicide seems to have been chronic poverty.
There is a chronic shortage of patrol cars in this police district.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
= severe