美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-17

1. In Gaza, extremists pelt¹ Israeli troops with bottles and stones while other settlers begin moving out ahead of the evacuation deadline.

2. A plane carrying vacationers home to the French Caribbean island of Martinique crashes in Venezuela， killing² all 160 people on board.

3. Iraq's Kurdish leaders insist they have no plan to secede³ , an issue that forced a delay in finishing the country’s draft constitution.

4. In Afghanistan, a helicopter carrying NATO peacekeepers crashes in a desert killing 17 Spanish troops and injuring five others.

5. And the Pope faces a major test this week, traveling to his native Germany on his first foreign trip as pontiff for World Youth Day.
WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. pelt
2 pelt pelts⁴ pelting⁵ pelted⁶
If you pelt someone with things, you throw things at them.
Some of the younger men began to pelt one another with snowballs.
Crowds started to pelt police cars with stones.
VB

2. secede
secede secedes⁷ seceding⁸ seceded⁹
If a region or group secedes from the country or larger group to which it belongs, it formally becomes a separate country or stops being a member of the larger group.
Singapore seceded from the Federation¹⁰ of Malaysia and became an independent sovereign state.
On 20 August 1960 Senegal seceded.
VB

3. peacekeeper
1 peacekeeper peacekeepers
Peacekeepers are soldiers who are members of a peacekeeping force.
There's been much fear that the United Nations peacekeepers would be under attack in a situation like that.
N-COUNT: usu pl, oft supp N also peace-keeper.

4. pontiff
pontiff pontiffs
The Pontiff is the Pope. (FORMAL)
The Pontiff celebrated¹¹ mass before a crowd of tens of thousands of worshippers in Mexico City.
N-COUNT: usu the N
= Pope

1 pelt   

v.投掷，剥皮，抨击，开火

参考例句：

• The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。
• Crowds started to pelt police cars with stones.人群开始向警车扔石块。

2 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。

3 secede   

v.退出，脱离

参考例句：

• They plotted to make the whole Mississippi Valley secede from the United States.他们阴谋策划使整个密西西比流域脱离美国。
• We won't allow Tibet to secede from China and become an independent nation.我们决不允许西藏脱离中国独立。

4 pelts   

n. 皮毛，投掷, 疾行 vt. 剥去皮毛，（连续）投掷 vi. 猛击，大步走

参考例句：

• He did and Tibetans lit bonfires of the pelts. 他做到了，藏民们点起了篝火把皮毛都烧了。
• Description: A warm cloak fashioned from thick fabric and wolf pelts. 一个由厚布和狼皮做成的暖和的斗篷。

5 pelting   

微不足道的，无价值的，盛怒的

参考例句：

• The rain came pelting down. 倾盆大雨劈头盖脸地浇了下来。
• Hailstones of abuse were pelting him. 阵阵辱骂冰雹般地向他袭来。

6 pelted   

（连续地）投掷( pelt的过去式和过去分词 )； 连续抨击； 攻击； 剥去…的皮

参考例句：

• The children pelted him with snowballs. 孩子们向他投掷雪球。
• The rain pelted down. 天下着大雨。

7 secedes   

v.脱离，退出( secede的第三人称单数 )

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8 seceding   

v.脱离，退出( secede的现在分词 )

参考例句：

9 seceded   

v.脱离，退出( secede的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The Republic of Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903. 巴拿马共和国于1903年脱离哥伦比亚。
• One of the states has seceded from the federation. 有一个州已从联邦中退出。 来自辞典例句

10 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

11 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。