美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-15

1. A Cypriot plane crashes into a hill north of Athens killing¹ 121 people on board --a third of them children --in Greece's deadliest ever airline disaster.

2.Under strong US pressure Iraqi leaders hold last-minute talks to overcome Sunni objections to key issues in the constitution due to be approved Monday.

3.Authorities set up roadblocks across southern Israel and cut bus service to Gaza Strip settlements a day before they're to begin evacuating² the settlements.

4.Iran calls for talks with Europe on Iran's plans to enrich³ uranium and dismisses veiled⁴ Washington warnings of military action against Iranian nuclear operations.

5.And US researchers say it's now possible to create processed meats like burgers and sausages without the animal, instead growing the meat from animal cells.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. roadblock
roadblock roadblocks
When the police or the army put a roadblock across a road, they stop all the traffic going through, for example because they are looking for a criminal.
In other parts of the city police set up roadblocks to check passing vehicles.
N-COUNT also road block.

2. process
3 process processes processing processed
When raw materials or foods are processed, they are prepared in factories before they are used or sold.
...fish which are processed by the best methods: from freezing to canning and smoking...
The material will be processed into plastic pellets.
...diets high in refined and processed foods.
VB

3. burger
burger burgers
A burger is a flat round mass of minced⁵ meat or vegetables, which is fried and often eaten in a bread roll.
...burger and chips.
...vegetable burgers.
N-COUNT

4. sausage
sausage sausages
A sausage consists of minced meat, usually pork, mixed with other ingredients and is contained in a tube made of skin or a similar material.
...sausages and chips.
N-VAR

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 evacuating   

撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )； 排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）； （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空

参考例句：

• The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
• Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？

3 enrich   

vt.充实，使丰富，使富裕，使富有

参考例句：

• Some cream will enrich the sauce.在调味汁里加一些奶油会使其味道更加丰富。
• Music can enrich your life.音乐能丰富你的生活。

4 veiled   

adj. 戴着面纱的, 隐藏的 动词veil的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• a thinly veiled threat 几乎不加掩饰的威胁
• There was a barely veiled hostility in her tone. 她语气中带着几乎未加掩饰的敌意。

5 minced   

v.切碎( mince的过去式和过去分词 )；剁碎；绞碎；用绞肉机绞（食物，尤指肉）

参考例句：

• He minced over to serve us. 他迈着碎步过来招待我们。
• A young fop minced up to George and introduced himself. 一个花花公子扭扭捏捏地走到乔治面前并作了自我介绍。 来自《简明英汉词典》