美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-12(在线收听

1. Heavy rain and hail force the cancellation of some relief flights to earthquake-stricken regions in Pakistan as survivors scuffle over badly needed food.

2. President Bush says lots of work remains to be done to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina as he visits the hurricane recovery zone.

3. Insurgents determined to wreck Iraq's constitutional referendum, kill more than 40 people in attacks including a suicide car bomb in a town market near the Syrian border.

4. A retired elementary teacher seen on videotape being repeatedly punched by New Orleans police says he was not drunk, put up no resistance when was baffled by the incident.

5. A US millionaire and a two-man, Russian-American crew return from the International Space Sation to earth. . .

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. scuffle
2 scuffle scuffles scuffling scuffled
If people scuffle, they fight for a short time in a disorganized way.
Police scuffled with some of the protesters.
He and Hannah had been scuffling in the yard outside his house.
V-RECIP

2. baffle
baffle baffles baffling baffled
If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
An apple tree producing square fruit is baffling experts.
VB
= puzzle
· baffling
I was constantly ill, with a baffling array of symptoms.
ADJ-GRADED

· baffled
Police are baffled by the murder.
ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ

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