美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-21

（单词翻译）

1.President Bush presses China to expand religious, political and social freedoms and wins renewed promises to open Chinese markets to US businesses.

2. An ambush¹ on a joint² US-Iraqi patrol northwest of Baghdad and ensuing firefight kills 15 civilians³, 8 insurgents⁴ and a US Marine.

3. Iran's parliament votes to require the government to block international nuclear inspections⁶ if the country is referred to the UN Security Council.

4. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Jordanian family renounce⁷s him after his Al-Qaida in Iraq group claims responsibility for suicide attacks in Amman.

5. And a Japanese man defends his hamburger-eating title wolfing down 76 mini burgers , winning a contest in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1.press: if you press someonen, you try hard to persuade them to do something.

2.renewed: means starting again, especially with increased interest or strength.

3.ensuing: ensuing events happen immediately after other events, like ensuing fighting/battle/conflict/debate/ 也可以: ensuring days/months,就是表达the days,months after an event. e.g. The situation deteriorated⁹ over the ensuring weeks.

4.Marine: a soldier who serves on a ship, especially a member of the Royal Marines or the US Marine⁵ Corps¹⁰

5.renounce: if you renounce an official positon,title,right etc, you publicly say that you will not keep it any more. e.g.She renounced¹¹ her citizenship¹². = give up

6.Chattanooga: 查塔努加[美国田纳西州