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negotiate [nI5g[UFI9eit]协商、谈判negotiation [nI9g[UFI5eiF[n]协商、谈判negotiator [nI5g[UFI9eit[]谈判者With the conspicuous exception of the United States,most countries were poised Friday to agree to negotiate a new treaty to combat global warming before the obligations of the current pact,the 1997KyotoProtocol,expire in 2012(.Los Angeles Times)

The foreign secretary is restarting talks on the European Union‘sbudget,after negotiations collapsed in June(.BBC)

The Iraqi government on Monday secured the release of the chief negotiator for the city of Fallujah in a gesture apparently aimed at revivingpeace talks to end the standoff in Iraq’s major insurgent bastion(.NBC)

parachute [5pAr[9FU:t]降落伞parachutist [5pAr[9FU:tIst]跳伞者Plans call for a capsule carrying asteroid specimens to return to Earth in June 2007,landing by parachute in a remote desert spot in Woomera,Australia(.NBC)

A veteran parachutist plunged to her death off one of this park‘s most spectacular granite monoliths during a protest intended to show that suchjumps can be done safely(.CBS)

passenger [5pAsIndV[]乘客passenger plane 客机Budget airline Ryanair says plans to allow passengers to gamble could doaway with the need to charge air fares(.CNN)

A passenger train derails in southern India,killing at least 54people butmany more are feared dead(.BBC)

pier [pi[]码头

“It’s hard to believe there is a hurricane coming,”said one man as hewalked down the Naples pier(.NBC)

pilot [5pail[t]乘机驾驶员、领航员Two pilots and six businessmen were aboard the Sikorski S-76when it went down seconds after taking off from the 34th Street heliport.(FOX NEWS)pistol [5pIstl]手枪When Bruce,Principal Gary Seale and Assistant Principal Jim Pierce began questioning the boy,he allegedly opened fire.The administrators andan unidentified teacher wrestled the 22-caliber pistol from him(.AP)

plot [plCt]密谋、秘密计划A suspected close associate of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has told investigators of a plot to shoot down planes in France withmissiles,a French judicial official said Friday(.NBC)

protest v.[pr[5test]n.[Phonetic)5pr [Utest]抗议Hundreds of indigenous Venezuelans marched Friday to protest President Hugo Chavez‘s threat to expel a group of U.S.-based evangelists,amid intensifying government scrutiny of foreign missionaries operating in thecountry(.NBC)

Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi expressed regrets over the death of at least46people in anti-government protests(.BBC)

purportedly[p[:5pC:tIdlI]据称A video purportedly showing her being shot to death surfaced about a month later on the Arabic-language Al-Jazeera satellite television channel.(CNN)

pursue [p[5sjU:]追捕、追杀“We have recognized the state of Israel and we are pursuing a peace process with Israel,and ...we do not accept the statements of the president of Iran,”Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said.“This is unacceptable.”(CBS)

rally [rAlI]重整的行动、被击溃后再集结;集会Former President Bill Clinton is to attend a rally in Tel Aviv next Saturday,and a new Yitzhak Rabin Center will open on Nov.14,after a state memorial service to be attended by foreign officials,including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.Steven Erlanger(NYT)rape [reip]抢劫、强奸Her fight began in 2002,when she was gang-raped on the order of village tribal council elders.The rape was meant to restore her family’s honor after her younger brother was accused of being with a girl from a rival tribe.(CNN)

Authorities say Kenneth Glenn Hinson,47,charged with raping two 17-year-old girls in an underground room has been captured(.FOX NEWS)

refugee [9refjU5dVI:]难民refuge [5refju:dV]避难所In the wake of Africa‘s longest running civil war,thousands of refugeesbegan to trickle into southern Sudan.We meet one survivor,home now forbetter or for worse(.CNN)

While Jordanian security authorities have extensive networks tracking local militants,keeping tabs on Iraqis is believed to be much harder,particularly because nearly1million Iraqis have taken refuge in the country.(NBC)

release [rI5lI:s]释放、放行President Bush said Monday that he will not release any records of his conversations with Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers that could threaten the confidentiality of the advice that presidents get from theirlawyers(.AP)

The body of Slobodan Milosevic will be released to his family as early as Monday as additional tests are being carried out on the cause of the formerYugoslav president’s death(.CNN)

reportedly [rI5pC:tIdlI]据报道

The Italian government and New York‘s Metropolitan Museum reportedly are near agreement that could see looted antiquities returned toItaly(.Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

rescue [5reskjU]营救As the struggle continued to rescue victims from floodwaters and evacuate people from New Orleans,two major fires raged along thewaterfront Saturday morning(.CNN)

right wing 右翼

At least 2,000fighters and a leader of Colombia’s main right-wingparamilitary group give up their weapons(.BBC)

rob [rCb]抢劫

Police said a 15-year-old girl robbed and fatally shot two men who had given her and a 14-year-old friend a ride to a motel,and both girls were arrested Thursday.(CNN)

sacrifice [5sAkri9fais]牺牲,献身With the American death toll above 2,000,President Bush said Saturday the war in Iraq has required“great sacrifice,”but that progress is beingmade and the United States must remain steadfast(.AP)

sabotage [5sAb[9tB:V]阴谋破坏

A combination of bad weather and sabotage attacks bring oil exportsfrom Iraq to a halt,reports say(.BBC)

seize [sI:z]攫取、抓住;没收、查封seizure [5sI:V[]没收、查封Duty-free access is a key demand of so-called least developed countries,which say their businesses,many of them small,should get somepreferences to seize opportunities in the world market(.AP)

Prime Minister Tony Blair is also announcing plans to extend policepowers to seize criminals‘assets(.Channel 4News)

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