美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-05

1. In a new video, Al-Qaida's NO.2 threatens more destruction in London, saying British Prime Minister Blair will be to blame.

2. Four weeks after London's deadly transit¹ bombings, police there patrol the streets, and the city's worst-hit subway station reopens.

3. NASA's mission control tells shuttle Discovery astronauts that another space walk to repair a torn thermal² blanket won't be necessary.

4. Another 4 US service members are killed in Iraq including a marine³ in the area where a roadside bomb killed 14 other marines.

5. And calling for a global nuclear weapon's ban, peace activists⁴ march in Hiroshima nearly 60 years since the first atomic bomb attack.

 

1 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

2 thermal   

adj.热的，由热造成的；保暖的

参考例句：

• They will build another thermal power station.他们要另外建一座热能发电站。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

3 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

4 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》