美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-11

1. Hungry families huddle¹ under tents waiting for relief supplies as shopkeepers clash with looters after Pakistan's worst earthquake levels entire villages.

2. Insurgents² launch a new salvo of deadly attacks in Iraq five days ahead of a constitutional referendum with suicide car bombs, roadside explosions and drive-by shootings.

3. Three New Orleans police officers plead not guilty to battery charges based on a videotape showing patrolmen punching a 64-year-old man and shoving an AP producer.

4. Conservative leader Angela Merkel says she's reached a good and fair deal that will make her Germany's first female chancellor³ in a power-sharing agreement.

5. And Boy George returns to London as his lawyer denies the drugs found in the British singer's New York apartment belong to him.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. level
11 level levels levelling levelled
If someone or something such as a violent storm levels a building or area of land, they destroy it completely or make it completely flat.
Further tremors⁴ could level more buildings.
The storm was the most powerful to hit Hawaii this century. It leveled sugar plantations⁵ and destroyed homes.
VB (AM) leveling, leveled

2. salvo
1 salvo salvoes
A salvo is the firing of several guns or missiles at the same time in a battle or ceremony.
They were to fire a salvo of blanks, after the national anthem⁶.
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3. patrolman
1 patrolman patrolmen
A patrolman is a policeman who patrols a particular area. (AM)
In Petersburg, 30 patrolmen have died violently in the past five years.
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4. power-sharing
power-sharing
Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
N-UNCOUNT also power sharing

1 huddle   

vi.挤作一团；蜷缩；vt.聚集；n.挤在一起的人

参考例句：

• They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。
• The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。

2 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

3 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

4 tremors   

震颤( tremor的名词复数 )； 战栗； 震颤声； 大地的轻微震动

参考例句：

• The story was so terrible that It'sent tremors down my spine. 这故事太可怕，它使我不寒而栗。
• The story was so terrible that it sent tremors down my spine. 这故事太可怕，它使我不寒而栗。

5 plantations   

n.种植园，大农场( plantation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Soon great plantations, supported by slave labor, made some families very wealthy. 不久之后出现了依靠奴隶劳动的大庄园，使一些家庭成了富豪。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• Winterborne's contract was completed, and the plantations were deserted. 维恩特波恩的合同完成后，那片林地变得荒废了。 来自辞典例句

6 anthem   

n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌

参考例句：

• All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
• As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。