美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-08

1. During London's morning rush hour, deadly blasts rock the subway and tear open a bus in the city's worst attack since World War II.

2. Much of Europe goes on alert after the blasts, while the US raises its terror alert to orange for the country's mass transit¹ systems.

3. President Bush and other world leaders rally behind Britain's Prime Minister Blair at the G-8 summit, of all vowing² to defeat terrorists.

4. The group Al-Qaida in Iraq claims that it has killed Egypt's top envoy³ to Baghdad, yet the video in its web posting doesn't show his death.

5. And, storm warnings are posted to be in Cuba and Florida Keys, as hurricane Dennis dumps rain in Haiti, spinning towards Jamaica.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.rush hour:the time of day when the roads, buses, trains etc are most full, because people are travelling to or from work.

2.rock:v.if an explosion or earthquake rocks an area, it makes it shake.
eg.Residents had only a few minutes to escape before the blast rocked their houses.

3.tear(=rip):v.to damage something such as paper or cloth by pulling it hard or letting it touch something sharp.
eg.He picked up the envelope and tore it open .

1 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

2 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

3 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。