在线英语听力室_免费在线英语听力学习网站

1. Barack Obama has chosen his running mate, but he's not telling anyone just yet. The announcement is expected via text message at any moment. Obama plans to have his new running mate start campaigning with him Saturday in Springfield, Illinois.

2. A McCain campaign office received a threatening letter containing an unidentified powder. Authorities say the substance wasn't dangerous, and they already have a suspect. The return address on the envelope listed a Colorado detention¹ center and the name of an inmate².

3. Russian military convoys³ have rolled out of three key positions in Georgia, two weeks after roaring into the former Soviet⁴ republic. Russia's military chief says a promised pullback has been completed. But US officials say Russia is violating its withdrawal⁵ agreement by setting up checkpoints and buffer⁶ zones around the separatist regions it supports.

4. Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter is back at home in England. Police and paparazzi mobbed the convicted child molester⁷ on his arrival in London. Vietnamese authorities deported⁸ him after his release from prison. Initially⁹ Glitter fought his return to English soil, but his attorney announced the singer's intention to clear his name.

WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online

1. roll out:  phr v.
to leave a place, especially later than expected.

2. roar:  v.
if a vehicle roars somewhere, it moves very quickly and noisily.

3. buffer zone:  n.
A neutral area between hostile or belligerent¹⁰ forces that serves to prevent conflict..

4. mob:  v.
if people mob a famous person, they rush to get close to them and form a crowd around them.

5. child molester:  n.
someone who harms children by touching¹¹ them in a sexual way, or trying to have sex with them.

6. deport:  v.
If a government deports¹² someone, usually someone who is not a citizen of that country, it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there.