美联社新闻一分钟 2006-09-18

1. Authorities in South Carolina rescued a 14-year-old girl from an underground bunker. She text-messaged her mother on the suspect's cellphone before being saved. Vinson Filyaw was arrested in the case nearly 2 weeks after the girl was allegedly kidnapped.

2. An upsurge in violence north of Baghdad after a series of suicide bombings and mortar¹ attacks. At least 2 dozen people were killed, more than 80 were wounded.

3. The pope says he's deeply sorry that his speech about Islam and holy war angered Muslims. Security surrounding the pope was tight in Rome, where metal detectors² and security checks by police were there as people were entering the churches.

4. And a strong typhoon swept toward southwestern Japan on Sunday, unleash³ing heavy rains and fierce winds. At least 5 people were reported dead or missing, more than 100 injured.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1. bunker : n-count
A bunker is a place, usually underground, that has been built with strong walls to protect it against heavy gunfire and bombing.

2. message : verb
If you message someone, you send them a message electronically using a computer or another device such as a mobile phone.

3. holy war : n
A war declared or fought for a religious or high moral purpose, as to extend or defend a religion.

4. unleash : verb
If you say that someone or something unleashes⁵ a powerful force, feeling, activity, or group, you mean that they suddenly start it or send it somewhere.

1 mortar   

n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合

参考例句：

• The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
• The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。

2 detectors   

探测器( detector的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors. 报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
• This is heady wine for experimenters using these neutrino detectors. 对于使用中微子探测器的实验工作者，这是令人兴奋的美酒。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技

3 unleash   

vt.发泄，发出；解带子放开

参考例句：

• They hope to create allies to unleash against diseases,pests,and invasive species.他们希望创造出一些新群体来对付疾病、害虫和一些有侵害性的物种。
• Changing water levels now at times unleash a miasma of disease from exposed sewage.如今，大坝不时地改变水位，从暴露的污水释放出了疾病瘴气。

4 unleashing   

v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Company logos: making people's life better by unleashing Cummins power. 公司理念：以康明斯动力建设更美好的生活！ 来自互联网
• Sooner or later the dam will burst, unleashing catastrophic destruction. 否则堤坝将崩溃，酿成灾难。 来自互联网

5 unleashes   

v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• These findings qualify the common view that economic growth unleashes myriad discontents. 这些发现，纠正了一个普遍观点，即经济发展使人们尽情宣泄不满。 来自互联网
• This caster unleashes a storm of electric discharge on the enemy. 法师向敌人释放出一片电火花的风暴。 来自互联网