美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-07

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1. With the major levee break finally plugged , pumping continues in flooded New Orleans now about sixty percent underwater.

2. President Bush and Congress pledge separate investigations¹ into the widely panned federal response to Hurricane Katrina.

3.At the Supreme² Court, Americans pay their respects to late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who died this past weekend.

4.The US bombs two bridges in Iraq near the Syrian border aiming to thwart³ insurgents⁴' flow of foreign fighters and weapons.

5.And in Moscow, the Cow Parade, the world’s biggest international charity art festival, livens up landmarks⁵ for a good course.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. plug
5 plug plugs plugging plugged
If you plug a hole, you block it with something.
Crews are working to plug a major oil leak.
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2. pan
3 pan pans panning panned
If something such as a film or a book is panned by journalists, they say it is very bad. (INFORMAL)
His first high-budget movie, called `Brain Donors⁶', was panned by the critics.
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3. thwart
thwart thwarts⁸ thwarting⁹ thwarted¹⁰
If you thwart someone or thwart their plans, you prevent them from doing or getting what they want.
The security forces were doing all they could to thwart terrorists.
Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight.
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