美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-18
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1.New Iraqi suicide attacks kill more than 20 around Baghdad as the death toll 1 from a Saturday suicide bombing climbs above 90.
2.The first criminal case is filed against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein stemming from the 1982 massacre 2 of dozens of Shiites.
3.A Time magazine reporter says vice 3 president Dick Cheney's top aide was among sources for a report on a CIA officer's identity.
4.A mass of evacuation of tourists takes place in Cancun, Mexico as hurricane Emily heads for a direct hit on Mexico's coast.
5.And rescue workers in China Sunday came to the aid of a giant panda stranded in a tree by summer flooding in China's Sichuan Province.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.file:v.to give a document to a court or other organization so that it can be officially recorded and dealt with.
2.direct hit:n.an occasion on which something such as a bomb hits a place exactly, causing a lot of damage.
During the war, the cathedral suffered many direct hits.
3.strand:v.a person or vehicle unable to move from the place where they are.
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。