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1. In flood-ravaged New Orleans the search broadens for bodies left behind by Hurricane Katrina while cleanup work intensifies.
2. Relatives of 9/11 victims rally at ground zero against a proposed museum on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the terror attacks.
3. Iraqi troops backed by US forces sweep into the insurgent stronghold of Tal Afar near the Syrian border aiming to clean up militants.
4. Afghan soldiers botch attempts to kill the country’s Defense Minister, firing on his convoy after he gets off at Kabul’s airport.
5. And in Italy, motorcyclists gathered to show off their vintage bikes of all ages and brands, rolling up and down Italy countryside.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. ground zero
ground zero
n.（名词）
1. The target of a projectile, such as a missile or bomb.
爆破目标：投弹中的目标，如导弹或炸弹
2. stronghold
1 stronghold strongholds
If you say that a place or region is a stronghold of a particular attitude or belief, you mean that most people there share this attitude or belief.
The western-most part of north Wales is a stronghold of Welsh-speakers.
The seat was a stronghold of the Labour party.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
= bastion
3. botch
1 botch botches botching botched
If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. (INFORMAL)
It is a silly idea and he has botched it.
...a botched job.
VB
= bungle
+ botch up; botches up; botching up; botched up
Botch up means the same as botch.
I hate having builders botch up repairs on my house.
Hemingway complained that Nichols had `botched everything up'.
PHR-V
= mess up
4. motorcyclist
motorcyclist motorcyclists
A motorcyclist is a person who rides a motorcycle.
N-COUNT
5. vintage
4 vintage
You can use vintage to describe something which is the best and most typical of its kind.
At the press conference, James is on vintage form.
This is vintage comedy at its best.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
= classic
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