美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-06
时间：2018-12-17 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. Insurgents 1 in Iraq attacked 2 more diplomats 2, one Arab and another Muslim, just days after gunmen seized Egypt's top envoy 3 to Baghdad.
2. Natalee Holloway's mother asks Aruba not to let 2 brothers set free in the case of the missing Alabama teen to leave the island.
3. Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof condemns 4 protest violence in Scotland, urging world leaders of the G8 summit to deliver an aid for Africa.
4. In India, a suicide blast in a gunbattle at a Hindu shrine 5 complex, the center of Hindu Muslim strife 6, leaves all 6 attackers dead.
5. And, political and sports superstars make a final frenzied 7 pitch as Olympic officials prepared to choose the host city for the 2012 Games.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.deliver:v.to take goods, letters, packages etc to a particular place or person.
2.complex:n.a group of buildings, or a large building with many parts, used for a particular purpose.
eg.The town has one of the best leisure complexes in the country.
3.strife:n.trouble between two or more people or groups.
eg.Its people are overburdened by religious riot, ethnic 8 strife, corruption 9 and the absence of social infrastructure 10.
4.frenzied:adj.frenzied activity is fast and uncontrolled, usually because it is done by someone feeling very anxious or excited.
eg:Many of the deals struck in this frenzied atmosphere are sure to go sour eventually, sending more companies to the brink 11.
5.pitch:n.a strong level of feeling about something or a high level of an activity or a quality.
eg.The controversy 12 reached such a pitch (=become so strong) that the paper devoted 13 a whole page to it.
6.host:n.a country, city, or organization that provides the necessary space, equipment etc for a special event.
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
- The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
- Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
- They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。
- We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.我们不想卷入内乱之中。
- Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.金钱是造成很多婚姻不和的一个主要原因。
- Will this push him too far and lead to a frenzied attack? 这会不会逼他太甚，导致他进行疯狂的进攻？
- Two teenagers carried out a frenzied attack on a local shopkeeper. 两名十几岁的少年对当地的一个店主进行了疯狂的袭击。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
- We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。
- The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
- The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。
- That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
- We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。