美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-22

1:The Pope wraps up his final day in Germany with a Mass for a million young people, and announces the Rome Catholic Church's next World Youth Day will be in Sydney, in 2008.

2.Israeli bulldozers work to flatten¹ villa²s and other structures in Gaza virtually erasing⁴ Jewish settlements from the map, 20 out of 21 settlements are cleared.

3.Two passenger buses collide on a main north-south road in Afghanistan killing⁵ 20 people ,injuring 27 others, women and children among the victims of the crash.

4. A roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan kills 4 US soldiers and injures 3 others. The second bomb occurred near a US embassy vehicle in Kabul.

5.Another safe landing for the shuttle Discovery, it arrives back at the Kennedy Space Center aboard a specially⁶ fitted jumbo jet. The trip began Friday in California where the shuttle landed August 9th.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. wrap up
2 wrap up wraps up; wrapping up; wrapped up
If you wrap up something such as a job or an agreement, you complete it in a satisfactory way.
NATO defense⁷ ministers wrap up their meeting in Brussels today.
Seeing Sticht was keeping him from his golf game, and he hoped they could wrap it up quickly.
PHR-V

2. mass
12 mass masses
Mass is a Christian⁸ church ceremony, especially in a Roman Catholic or Orthodox church, during which people eat bread and drink wine in order to remember the last meal of Jesus Christ.
She attended a convent school and went to Mass each day.
N-VAR

3. bulldozer
bulldozer bulldozers
A bulldozer is a large vehicle with a broad metal blade at the front, which is used for knocking down buildings or moving large amounts of earth.
N-COUNT

4. villa
villa villas³
A villa is a fairly large house, especially one that is used for holidays in Mediterranean⁹ countries.
He lives in a secluded¹⁰ five-bedroom luxury villa.
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5. virtually
virtually
You can use virtually to indicate that something is so nearly true that for most purposes it can be regarded as true.
Virtually all cooking was done over coal-fired ranges.
It would have been virtually impossible to research all the information.
ADV: ADV with group
= almost

1 flatten   

v.把．．．弄平，使倒伏；使(漆等)失去光泽

参考例句：

• We can flatten out a piece of metal by hammering it.我们可以用锤子把一块金属敲平。
• The wrinkled silk will flatten out if you iron it.发皱的丝绸可以用熨斗烫平。

2 villa   

n.别墅，城郊小屋

参考例句：

• We rented a villa in France for the summer holidays.我们在法国租了一幢别墅消夏。
• We are quartered in a beautiful villa.我们住在一栋漂亮的别墅里。

3 villas   

别墅，公馆( villa的名词复数 )； （城郊）住宅

参考例句：

• Magnificent villas are found throughout Italy. 在意大利到处可看到豪华的别墅。
• Rich men came down from wealthy Rome to build sea-side villas. 有钱人从富有的罗马来到这儿建造海滨别墅。

4 erasing   

v.擦掉( erase的现在分词 )；抹去；清除

参考例句：

• He was like a sponge, erasing the past, soaking up the future. 他象一块海绵，挤出过去，吸进未来。 来自辞典例句
• Suddenly, fear overtook longing, erasing memories. 突然，恐惧淹没了渴望，泯灭了回忆。 来自辞典例句

5 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。

6 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

7 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

8 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

9 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

10 secluded   

adj.与世隔绝的；隐退的；偏僻的v.使隔开，使隐退( seclude的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• Some people like to strip themselves naked while they have a swim in a secluded place. 一些人当他们在隐蔽的地方游泳时，喜欢把衣服脱光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This charming cottage dates back to the 15th century and is as pretty as a picture, with its thatched roof and secluded garden. 这所美丽的村舍是15世纪时的建筑，有茅草房顶和宁静的花园，漂亮极了，简直和画上一样。 来自《简明英汉词典》