美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-13

1. At London's Heathrow airport, striking British Airways¹ staff get back to work after a walkout that saw all flights cancelled stranding² thousands.

2. As US gas prices soar, nearly 2 out of 3 in an AP-AOL poll expect fuel costs will cause them financial hardship in the coming months.

3. Iran’s former president slams the UN’s nuclear Watchdog for urging Teheran suspend uranium conversion³, saying the West can't push his country around.

4. As food aid arrives in Niger, African leaders face the challenge of finding lasting⁴ solutions for the chronic⁵ lack of food across much of the continent.

5. And the Mars orbiter blasts off in a mission aimed at gathering⁶ more data about the Red Planet than all previous missions combined.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. walkout
walkout walkouts
A walkout is a strike.
N-COUNT

2. lasting
lasting
You can use lasting to describe a situation, result, or agreement that continues to exist or have an effect for a very long time.
We are well on our way to a lasting peace.
She left a lasting impression on him.
...but there was no lasting damage.
ADJ: usu ADJ n

See also last.

3. chronic
chronic
A chronic situation or problem is very severe and unpleasant.
One cause of the artist's suicide seems to have been chronic poverty.
There is a chronic shortage of patrol cars in this police district.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
= severe

1 AIRWAYS   

航空公司

参考例句：

• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
• At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。

2 stranding   

n.（船只）搁浅v.使滞留，使搁浅( strand的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The airport had to be closed, stranding tourists. 机场被迫关闭，造成游客滞留。 来自辞典例句
• The stream of history had changed course away from him, stranding him in failure. 历史潮流已经改变方向，与他背道而驰，使他陷于失败之中。 来自辞典例句

3 conversion   

n.转化，转换，转变

参考例句：

• He underwent quite a conversion.他彻底变了。
• Waste conversion is a part of the production process.废物处理是生产过程的一个组成部分。

4 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

5 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

6 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。