美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-10
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. Discovery and 7 person crew touch down in California, safely ending the first shuttle mission since the Columbia tragedy.
2. Iran's resumption of converting uranium prompts the UN's nuclear Watchdog to hold an emergency meeting on Teheran's activities.
3. In Baghdad, a suicide bomber 1 strikes a US convoy 2 in a wave of violence killing 3 at least 17 in Iraq including a US soldier.
4. Thieves in Brazil tunnel into a bank vault 4 stealing nearly 68 million dollars in the South American country’s largest ever robbery .
5. And Nagasaki marks 6 decades since the world's second and last atomic bomb attack devastated 5 that Japanese city.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. tunnel
tunnel tunnels tunnelling tunnelled
To tunnel somewhere means to make a tunnel there.
The rebels tunnelled out of a maximum security jail.
The caterpillars 6 tunnel into the fruit to grow and mature.
VB (AM) tunneling, tunneled
2. vault
vault vaults 7
A vault is a secure room where money and other valuable things can be kept safely.
Most of the money was in storage in bank vaults.
The gold recovered so far is being held in a vault at a secret location.
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3. robbery
robbery robberies
Robbery is the crime of stealing money or property from a bank, shop, or vehicle, often by using force or threats.
The gang members committed dozens of armed robberies over the past year.
The man was serving a sentence for robbery with violence.
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- He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
- Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
- The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
- Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
- The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
- Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant. 毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。
- Caterpillars change into butterflies or moths. 毛虫能变成蝴蝶或蛾子。 来自辞典例句