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avalanche [5Av[lB:nF]or [5Av[lAntF]雪崩Authorities ended a large-scale search for victims of last week’s massive avalanche Monday and said there was a good chance that a body found overthe weekend was that of the lone victim(.AP)

blast [blB:st]爆炸Terrorists brought death to Indonesia‘s Bali paradise for the second time in three years Saturday,as blasts killed at least 36people at two resort spots.“The ground is just covered in blood,people walking around with arms missing,”said journalist Sean Mulcahy,who was next door to a restauranthit during the attacks(.CNN)

blizzard [5blIz[d]大风雪

Hundreds of people are ****** their way home after spending the nightstranded by blizzards and ice(.BBC)

block [blCk]阻塞Israel began 10days of commemorations on the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by a settler trying to blockprogress toward peace with the Palestinians(.NYT)

blockade [blC5keid]封锁

French police end a blockade of Corsica’s main port,amid a bitterindustrial dispute over a ferry company(.BBC)

blow up [bl[U]爆炸

Police in Jordan arrest the Iraqi wife of one of the Amman bombers,suspected of wanting to blow herself up(.BBC)

bomb [bCm]轰炸;炸弹At the time,the White House said those counted several attempted strikes in Europe,including plans to bomb sites in Britain in mid-2004,attack London‘s Heathrow Airport using hijacked commercial airliners in2003and carry out a large-scale bombing in Britain in spring 2004(.AP)

Over 100people have died in a wave of suicide bombs and shootings in Iraq’s worst day since the war.Eleven car bombs exploded in Baghdad.The al-Qaeda In Iraq group has a statement on the net saying it‘s revenge for aUS-led campaign against rebels(.BBC)

casualty [5kAVjU[ltI]伤亡

One U.S.soldier was killed and four were wounded by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan,a U.S.military spokeswoman said on Saturday,the latestcasualties in a surge of violence in the run-up to a Sept.18election(.NBC)

catastrophe [k[5tAstr[fi ]大灾难French President Jacques Chirac labeled the fire one of Paris’“most painful catastrophes.”(CNN)Secular former prime minister,Iyad Allawi,attacked the United IraqiAlliance(UIA),the ruling coalition of Shi‘ite Islamist parties,for creatinga“catastrophe”in an economy(.ABC)

cemetery [5semItrI]墓地、公墓At a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery,Vice President **** Cheney thanked the veterans of all the 20th century wars,from World War I to the Gulf War,and praised those now engaged “in the caves of Afghanistan and the sands of the Middle East.”(FOX NEWS)ceremony[5serIm[nI]仪式、典礼Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn are being awarded the US’s highest civilianhonour in a ceremony at the White House(.BBC)

A suicide car bomber struck a funeral ceremony Saturday evening north of Baghdad,killing at least 25people and wounding 30others,Iraqi policein Abu Sayda said(.CNN)

collapse [k[5lAps]倒塌、瓦解、崩溃A natural coral bridge that spanned a cove along Aruba‘s west coast collapsed before dawn Friday,destroying one of the island’s biggest touristattractions(.ABC)

A European Union delegation on a visit to Nepal says the country is indanger of political collapse(.BBC)

condole(with)[k[n5d[Ul]慰问、吊慰condolence [k[n5d[Ul[ns]哀悼、吊唁、慰问、吊慰“It is sad that some lost their lives and some were wounded.I condole with their families and my resolve for the service of Pakistan and the Islamic world has further strengthened,”Aziz told state-run Pakistan Televisionafter the attack,Reuters reported(.CNN)

Current British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote to Reagan‘s wife,Nancy,and to U.S.President George W.Bush to express his condolences.“President Reagan will be remembered as a good friend of Britain,”Blair’s office said in a statement(.NBC)

confront [k[n5frQnt]面临、面对confrontation [9kCnfrQn5teiF[n]对抗Despite the current political crisis confronting Filipinos,there is still achance for a better life(.READER‘S DIGEST)

The confrontation by members of the president’s own party shows how reluctant some lawmakers are to give him unchecked wartime power as theconflict in Iraq drags on and U.S.casualties mount(.FOX NEWS)

conspire [9k[ns5pai[]密谋、策划conspiracy [k[n5spIr[sI]阴谋、同谋conspirator [k[n5spIr[t[]阴谋者、共谋者A federal jury convicted a Virginia man Tuesday of joining the al Qaeda terrorist network and conspiring to assassinate President Bush.The man hadclaimed Saudi authorities tortured him into confessing(.CNN)

Michael Scanlon,a former top aide to Rep.Tom DeLay and a onetime partner of high-powered Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff,pleadedguilty to a federal conspiracy charge Monday(.CNN)

The report,a year old,is only now being released because of a court fight with lawyers for imprisoned terrorist conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui over how much of it should be disclosed.The report‘s findings mirror other investigations by Congress and an independent commission into why the U.

S.government failed to thwart the attacks(.NBC)

corpse [9kC:ps]尸体

Pakistan says an embassy official’s son was abducted in Delhi andphotographed with bloody corpses(.BBC)

crash[krAF]碰撞、坠落、坠毁Three passenger trains crashed in a chain-reaction pile-up in a southern Pakistan station early Wednesday,killing at least 104people and injuringhundreds of others,officials said(.USA TODAY)

A passenger plane crashed in remote western Venezuela with 152passengers aboard early Tuesday,and it was unclear whether anyonesurvived(.NBC)

crew [krU:]全体人员;全体乘务员(飞机、轮船、火车)U.S.millionaire scientist Gregory Olsen and a two-man,Russian-American crew returned from the international space station to Earth earlyTuesday in a swift,bone-jarring descent(.AP)

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