美联社新闻一分钟 2007-07-22（在线收听）

1. President Bush briefly transferred power to Vice President Cheney while being screened for colon cancer. Doctors have moved five small polyps. The spokesman says they are not worrisome. Bush reclaimed his authority about two hours later.

2. A Taliban spokesman says the hard-line militia killed two German hostages in Afghanistan, a report disputed by government officials. The Taliban also says it will exchange 23 South Korean captives for imprisoned Taliban fighters.

3. In parts of Britain more than a month's worth of rain fell in a few hours, trapping motorists, with rescue crews scrambling to pluck people from rooftops.

4. After all the build-up, the waiting, Harry Potter fans are devouring the last book in the series about the boy wizard. The book even making its way to the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, with a likely audience of diplomats and journalists.


WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. screen: transitive verb
to do tests on a lot of people to find out whether they have a particular illness

2. colon: countable noun
the lower part of the bowels, in which food is changed into waste matter

3. polyp: countable noun
a small lump that grows inside your body because of an illness, but is not likely to harm you

4. hard-line:
having extreme political beliefs, and refusing to change them

5. militia: countable noun
a group of people trained as soldiers, who are not part of the permanent army

6. scramble: intransitive always + adverb/preposition
to climb up, down, or over something quickly and with difficulty, especially using your hands to help you

7. wizard: countable noun
a man who is supposed to have magic powers

8. build-up: countable usually singular
the length of time spent preparing an event

9. pluck: transitive always + adverb/preposition
to take someone away from a place or situation that is dangerous or unpleasant in a quick and unexpected way
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