美联社新闻一分钟 2005-12-03

1. US and Iraqi forces continued their joint¹ operation in an area west of Ramadi on Friday, try to restore security ahead of Iraqi elections set for a few weeks from now.

2. A Georgian court said on Friday that the trial of the man accused of trying to assassinate² President Bush during his visit to their country would open next week.

3. A fire at a shelter for the homeless in eastern Germany killed nine people on Friday.

4. In Russia, a man armed with an assault rifle surrendered to police early on Friday, freeing five hostages he had held for about two hours.

5. And one of the doctors, who performed the world's first partial face transplant, said the first post-surgery words from the woman who underwent the surgery were " Thank you. "

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. Ar Ramadi
town, provincial³ capital, central Iraq, on the Euphrates(幼发拉底河). It is the eastern terminus of a highway across the desert from the Mediterranean⁴ Sea. The town was founded in 1869. The British won an important victory over the Turks there in 1917. The name also appears as Ramadie or Rumadiya. The town has been a center of Sunni insurgent⁵ resistance since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 assassinate   

vt.暗杀，行刺，中伤

参考例句：

• The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
• A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。

3 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

4 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。

5 insurgent   

adj.叛乱的，起事的；n.叛乱分子

参考例句：

• Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
• The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。