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1. Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the US Supreme Court often casting a swing vote on divisive issues says she is retiring.
2. President Bush vows to name O'Connor's successor quickly, no matter who it is, a bruising Senate confirmation fight is expected.
3. US forces scour the Afghan mountains for an American military team missing in the same area where a US helicopter was shot down.
4. Near Baghdad, a suspicious fire paralyzes a water plant amid one hundred degree heat, also gunmen kill an aide to Iraq's top Shiite cleric.
5. And finally, the all-star Live 8 concerts urging a political solution to African poverty could draw a million people at shows in 10 cities.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.swing:adj.if emotions or opinions swing, or if something swings them, they change quickly to the opposite of what they were.
eg.Do campaign gifts swing votes ?
2.divisive:adj.causing a lot of disagreement between people
eg.The strike was a divisive issue in the community.
3.bruising:adj.difficult and unpleasant, and leaving you feeling tired or emotionally harmed.
eg.For farmers this was a bruising experience.
4.confirmation:n.a statement, document etc that says that something is definitely.
5.scour:v.to search very carefully and thoroughly through an area.
eg.Her family began to scour the countryside for a suitable house.
6.paralyze(=paralyse):v.to make something unable to operate normally.
eg.Motor traffic was paralysed in much of the city.
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