美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-20
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. Outside the Iraqi capital Baghdad , a suicide blast during a Shiite funeral procession and a car bomb near a market kill/ dozens. (一般用这个＂Baghdad＂多）
2. On Capital Hill, lawmakers continue their sparring over Iraq with the House rejecting an immediate 1 pullout of US forces from there.
3. President Bush will attend church services during his visit to China, sending a message to Beijing about expanding religious freedom.
4. Tropical Storm Gamma kills at least 2 in Central America and could turn on a path threatening South Florida this coming week.
5. And finally Prince Albert II formally assumes Monaco's throne , making a final symbolic 2 farewell to his late father Rainier III.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.procession: a line of people or vehicles moving slowly as part of a ceremony. +parade/funeral/wedding/carnival etc // e.g. They marched in procession to the Capital building.
2.spar: if you spar with someone, you argue with them but not in an aggressive or serious way. Over the year, he sparred with his friend Jane over political tactics. spars/sparred/sparring/
3.assume: formal to start to have control, responsibility etc or to start in a particular position or job. e.g. He assumed power in a bloody 3 coup(政变) in 1990.
4.farewell: a farewell+speech/party/drink/dinner/presentation
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
- It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
- The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。