美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-24

1. With no major violence, Israeli soldiers completed historic evacuation of all 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and 4 in the West Bank.

2. President Bush says anti-war protestors who want all American troops out of Iraq now advocate a policy he says "would weaken the US".

3. The head of the panel drafting Iraq's new constitution says 3 days are not enough time to win over Sunni Arabs to back the charter.

4. Venezuela's vice-president slams televangelist Pat Robertson for suggesting US agents assassinate¹ their country's leader Hugo Chavez.

5. And heavy rains batter² central and southern Europe causing floods and landslides³ from Germany and Austria to Switzerland and Bulgaria.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

televangelist
televangelist televangelists
A televangelist is someone who makes regular television broadcasts to promote a particular form of Christianity and raise money for particular Christian⁴ groups or projects.
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1 assassinate   

vt.暗杀，行刺，中伤

参考例句：

• The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
• A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。

2 batter   

v.接连重击；磨损；n.牛奶面糊；击球员

参考例句：

• The batter skied to the center fielder.击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手。
• Put a small quantity of sugar into the batter.在面糊里放少量的糖。

3 landslides   

山崩( landslide的名词复数 )； （山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌； 滑坡； （竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数

参考例句：

• Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
• The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。

4 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。