美联社新闻一分钟 2006-07-22

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1. Israel has lined up tanks and troop carriers along a main road to Lebanon for what it calls a “limited” ground push. As many as 500 troops are believed to be gathering¹ at the border along with 30 tanks. A corridor for transporting food, medicine and other humanitarian² supplies is expected to open over the weekend.

2. A young supermarket employee is under arrest after a stabbing rampage at a grocery store near Memphis Friday morning. Eight co-workers were stabbed with a large knife before a man tackled the suspect.

3. Another storm in Missouri Friday afternoon cooled temperatures that pushed back efforts to restore power in the St. Louis area. Roughly 570,000 customers remain without power, following storms on Wednesday.

4. And in Utah, a 14-year-old boy scout³ sleeping in his tent was bitten by a black bear this week. The bear showed up earlier in the evening as barbequed ribs⁴ were being prepared and came back later, apparently⁵ looking for leftovers⁶. The bear has been euthanized.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. corridor: n-count
A corridor is a strip of land that connects one country to another or gives it a route to sea through another country.

2. rampage: n-count
A rampage means a course of violent, frenzied⁷ behavior or action.

3. tackle: vb-tr
If someone tackles a person, he seizes him and throw him.

4. boy scout: n-count
A boy scout is a member of the Boy Scouts⁸.

5. euthanize: vb
To euthanize means to subject to euthanasia.
(euthanasia: the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable⁹ condition, as by lethal¹⁰ injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment.)