美联社新闻一分钟 2007-07-09

1. Casualties in Iraq are climbing after a second straight day of deadly attacks. Bombings around Baghdad left more than two dozen people dead Sunday. Rescue workers are still searching for bodies in the rubble¹ of a bombed marketplace where up to 150 were killed Saturday.

2. Israeli Cabinet says it will release 250 Palestinian prisoners. Israel hopes the move strengthens moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against Hamas which took over Gaza last month.

3. A judge's ordered a former suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey case released on bond after a domestic dispute. Police arrested John Mark Karr Friday near Atlanta after an argument with his girlfriend and father.

4. Scientists in Vietnam have discovered the largest known colony of a rare, endangered monkey. The discovery of the grey-shanked doucs could help save the monkey from extinction². Monkey is considered one of the world's most endangered primates⁴.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

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1. casualty: n. 伤亡

2. rubble: n. 碎石

3. moderate: adj. 中等的, 适度的, 适中的

4. bond: n. 保证金：用作保释金或保证金的钱

5. colony: n.【生态学】 群体：一群生活或生长在一起的同种动物、植物或单细胞有机体

6. endangered: adj. （生命等）有危险的,有灭绝危险的,将要绝种的

7. gray-shanked douc: a species of douc recently described (in 1997). This species is native to the Vietnamese provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Kon Tum and Gia Lai. The total population is estimated at 600 to 700 individuals. 感谢goanna提供

8. extinction: n. 灭绝

9. primate³: n. 灵长类的动物

1 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

2 extinction   

n.熄灭，消亡，消灭，灭绝，绝种

参考例句：

• The plant is now in danger of extinction.这种植物现在有绝种的危险。
• The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。

3 primate   

n.灵长类（目）动物，首席主教；adj.首要的

参考例句：

• 14 percent of primate species are highly endangered.14%的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。
• The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。

4 primates   

primate的复数

参考例句：

• Primates are alert, inquisitive animals. 灵长目动物是机灵、好奇的动物。
• Consciousness or cerebration has been said to have emerged in the evolution of higher primates. 据说意识或思考在较高级灵长类的进化中已出现。