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1.（Setting an artificial deadline to withdraw）President Bush facing doubts of the war tries to bolster support for his Iraq policy by offering a clear map of his strategy.
2. The outlook is unpredictable as the US Supreme Court takes up its first abortion rights case under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts.
3. US and Iraqi troops launch a new operation in western Iraq to clear insurgents from a suspected safe area used to make car and roadside bombs.
4. Another town on a poisoned Chinese river shuts down its water system as a toxic slick caused by a chemical plant explosion arrives.
5. And video games that glamorize cannibalism are on a media watchdog group list of 12 games to avoid this holiday season.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. bolster
n.垫子
v.支持
v also bolster up
1 to help someone to feel better and more positive: --He is making a bold attempt to bolster the territory's confidence.
2 to improve something: --his efforts to bolster his career.
2. safe area
(DOD) A designated area in hostile territory that offers the evader or escapee a reasonable chance of avoiding capture and of surviving until he or she can be evacuated.
3. glamorize
v.使有魔力, 使光荣
also glamorise // to make something seem more attractive than it really is. --TV has been accused of glamorizing crime.-glamorization
4. cannibalism
The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity. Berke.
一些背景知识:
Cannibalism is the act or practice of eating members of one's own species and usually refers to humans eating other humans (sometimes called anthropophagy). Cannibalism has been attributed to many different tribes and races in the past, but the degree to which it has actually occurred and been socially sanctioned is an extremely controversial topic in anthropology. Some anthropologists argue that cannibalism has been almost non-existent and view claims of cannibalism with extreme skepticism, others that the practice was common in pre-state societies.
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