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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 ambush on a joint US-Iraqi patrol northwest of Baghdad and ensuing firefight kills 15 civilians, 8 insurgents and a US Marine.
3. Iran's parliament votes to require the government to block international nuclear inspections if the country is referred to the UN Security Council.
4. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Jordanian family renounces 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 deteriorated over the ensuring weeks.
4.Marine: a soldier who serves on a ship, especially a member of the Royal Marines or the US Marine Corps
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 renounced her citizenship. = give up
6.Chattanooga: 查塔努加[美国田纳西州 |