美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-21

1. A gunman in Idaho killed two people including a police officer before police found the shooter dead himself. The gunman started shooting at a courthouse in Moscow, Idaho late Saturday. Two others were also wounded.

2. Seven U.S. soldiers and an interpreter have been killed by bombs in Iraq. Six of the soldiers died when a roadside bomb exploded in western Baghdad.

3. Gun battles between militants² and security forces in Lebanon have left at least 39 people dead. The fighting began when troops raided a militant¹-occupied apartment building in Tripoli. The militant group has suspected links to al-Qaeda.

4. Filmmaker Michael Moore says he will fight a U.S. Treasury³ Department investigation⁴ into his trip to Cuba. Moore traveled to Cuba to film scenes for "Sicko", a movie about the U.S. health care system. The Treasury Department is looking into whether Moore's trip broke the U.S. embargo⁵ on the communist country.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. courthouse: n-count
A courthouse is a building in which a court of law meets.

2. raid: verb
When soldiers raid a place, they make a sudden armed attack against it, with the aim of causing damage rather than occupying any of the enemy's land.

3. fight: verb
If you fight something unpleasant, you try in a determined⁶ way to prevent it or stop it happening.

4. embargo: n-count
If one country or group of countries imposes an embargo against another, it forbids trade with that country

1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 embargo   

n.禁运（令）；vt.对...实行禁运，禁止（通商）

参考例句：

• This country put an oil embargo on an enemy country.该国对敌国实行石油禁运。
• During the war,they laid an embargo on commerce with enemy countries.在战争期间，他们禁止与敌国通商。

6 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。