美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-18

1.New Iraqi suicide attacks kill more than 20 around Baghdad as the death toll¹ 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 massacre² of dozens of Shiites.

3.A Time magazine reporter says vice³ 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.

1 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• 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。

2 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• 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！

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• 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。

4 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。