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1. President Bush has set to name his nominee to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor on the US Supreme Court during a prime time speech to the nation.
2. Gathering strength in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Emily gets ready to take aim at both northeastern Mexico and southern Texas.
3. Israeli police encircle an encampment of thousands of Gaza pullout opponents, pushing back a surging crowd trying to march.
4. In Baghdad, one of the Sunni Arabs named to a panel drafting Iraq's new constitution is assassinated in a drive-by shooting.
5. And retired Gen. William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968, dies at age 91.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. encircle:VB =surround，encircle；encircles；encircling；encircled
To encircle something or someone means to surround or enclose them, or to go round them.
eg. A forty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail.
2. encampment:N，encampment；encampments
An encampment is a group of tents or other shelters in a particular place, especially when they are used by soldiers, refugees, or gypsies.
eg. ...a large military encampment.
3. surge:VB，surge；surges；surging；surged
If a crowd of people surge forward, they suddenly move forward together.
eg. The photographers and cameramen surged forward.
4. drive-by:ADJ，drive-by
A drive-by shooting or a drive-by murder involves shooting someone from a moving car.
eg. He was killed by three shots to the head in a drive-by shooting.[/b]
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