美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-04
时间：2018-12-17 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. Gunmen kidnapped the top Egyptian diplomat 1 in Iraq, in an apparent bid to discourage Arab states from bolster 2ing ties with the US-backed government.
2. Saudi Arabia says its security forces have killed the nation's most wanted man, the head of al-Qaeda in the kingdom in a Riyadh gunbattle.
3. Iran accuses the United States and Israel of waging a smear 4 campaign against its president-elect and warns Europe not to join in the mudslinging.
4. Democratic senators say they will use the filibuster 5 if needed in a vote over the nominee 6 to replace Supreme 7 Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
5. NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft releases a probe that's to collide with a speeding comet to learn more about what's inside the icy bodies.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.bid:n.an attempt to achieve or obtain something.
eg.a bid for power
2.bolster:v.to help someone to feel better and more positive.
eg.He is making a bold attempt to bolster the territory's confidence.
3.wage:v.to be involved in a war against someone, or a fight against something.
eg.he council has waged a vigorous campaign against the proposal.
4.smear campaign:a deliberate plan to tell untrue stories about an important person in order to make people lose respect for them - used especially in newspapers.
smear:n.an untrue story about a politician or other important person that is told in order to make people lose respect for them - used especially in newspapers
5.mudslinging:n.when someone says bad and often untrue things about someone in order to make other people have a low opinion of them.
eg.There has been a lot of political mudslinging in the battle for votes.
6.filibuster:n.the act of trying to delay action in Congress or another law-making group by making very long speeches.
- The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
- He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
- The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
- He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。
- Why should Donahue's people concern themselves with bolstering your image? 唐纳休的人为什么要费心维护你的形象？ 来自辞典例句
- He needed bolstering and support. 他需要别人助他一臂之力。 来自辞典例句
- He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us.他一直在散布谎言企图诽谤我们。
- There's a smear on your shirt.你衬衫上有个污点。
- A senator dragged the subject in as a filibuster.一个参议员硬把这个题目拉扯进来，作为一种阻碍议事的手法。
- The democrats organized a filibuster in the senate.民主党党员在参议院上组织了阻挠议事。