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1. Israeli warplanes bombarded a port city in southern Lebanon. This six-storey building was leveled during the attack. No one was inside, but twelve people nearby were hurt. Israel considered Tyre to be a Hezbollah stronghold.
2. Andrea Yates wept quietly after a jury found her not guilty by reason of insanity. The Texas woman who admits to drowning her five children will be sent to a state medical hospital. She was convicted of murder in 2002, but that was later overturned.
3. This teen has been formally charged in connection with a highway shooting. Zachariah Blanton is accused of opening fire on a pickup truck in southern Indiana over the weekend. A passenger in the pickup was killed; another man was hurt.
4. Another setback for gay couples hoping to tie the knot. The Washington Supreme Court upheld that state's ban on gay marriage. It's the second major defeat in less than a month in a liberal-leaning state. Massachusetts is the only state that allows gays to wed.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. bombard: verb
If soldiers bombard a place, they attack it with continued heavy gunfire or bombs.
2. stronghold: n-count
A stronghold is an area dominated or occupied by a special group or distinguished by a special quality as a fortified place or a fortress.
3. overturn: verb
If someone in authority overturns a legal decision, they officially decide that the decision is incorrect and not valid. =overrule
4. pickup truck: n-count 小卡车,轻型货车,尤指有开放车体和底边的轻型卡车.
A pickup truck is a small truck with low sides that can be easily loaded and unloaded.
5. setback: n-count
A setback is an event that delays your progress or reverses some of the progress you have made.
6. tie the knot: phrase
If you say that two people tie the knot, you mean they get married. [INFORMAL]=get spliced
7. leaning: n-count
Your particular leanings are the beliefs, ideas or aims you hold or a tendency you have towards them.
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