美联社新闻一分钟 2007-07-02

1. Officials in London are piecing together clues in the three terror incidents in Great Britain. Police have raided buildings and searched homes in Glasgow and central England. So far, five people have been arrested in connection with the attacks.

2. In the meantime, security is tight at Wembley Stadium in London, the site of a concert honoring Princess Diana. Prince William says today's concert is about everything his mother loved. Performers included Elton John and Duran Duran, favorites of the late princess.

3. Russian President Vladimir Putin is arriving in Kennebunkport, Maine today. President Bush is hosting Putin at his family's compound there. The two leaders hope to warm up relations between the countries.

4. And your eyes are not deceiving you. This is the space shuttle Atlantis getting a piggyback ride on a modified Boeing 747. The ride is NASA's way of getting the shuttle back home to Florida's Kennedy Space Center. It isn't expected to arrive until at least Monday.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. piece together:
to use all the information you have about a situation in order to discover the truth about it

2. compound: countable¹ noun
an area that contains a group of buildings and is surrounded by a fence or wall

3. piggyback: countable noun
if you give someone, especially a child, a piggyback, you carry them high on your shoulders, supporting them with your hands under their legs

1 countable   

adj.可数的，可以计算的

参考例句：

• The word "person" is a countable noun.person这个词是个可数名词。
• Countable nouns have singular and plural forms.可数名词有单数和复数之分。