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1. Suicide bombers kill dozens of worshipers at 2 Shiite mosques near Iraq's border with Iran, while Baghdad car bombs kill eight Iraqis.
2. President Bush tells Russia's Putin that the US supports Moscow's proposal that could deny Iran the ability to make nuclear weapons.
3. Riot police hold back protesters as Bush , Putin and other Asia-Pacific region leaders hold an annual economic meeting in South Korea.
4. In Tunisia, the World Technology Summit ends with a promise to narrow the digital divide but little government funding to make it happen.
5. And finally bands are packing the theatres to catch the new Harry Potter movie , the fourth installment in the tale of the young magician
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. riot police: 防暴警察
2. hold back:to hold someone or something back means to prevent someone from doing something, or to prevent something from happening. e.g.1. Jake wanted to wake up, but sleep held him back.2. Stagnation in home sales is holding back economic recovery.
3. band: a group of people formed because of a common belief or purpose
4. pack: to go in large number into a space, or to make people or animals do this, until the space is too full.//pack into/in/onto// e.g. Fans packed into the stadium.
5. installment: an instalment of a story or plan is one of its parts that are published or carried out separately one after the other.= part // the "forth installment" in the news means the "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". "instalment"[British Use]
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