美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-15

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1. Authorities believe they've identified all 4 suicide bombers¹ who carried out the deadly attacks on London's subway trains and a bus.

2. A week after the blasts, Britain and the world pay silent tribute to the victims, in London only the tolling² of Big Ben breaks that silence.

3. In Iraq, 2 suicide bombers strike near a police station near Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone while a third attacker is caught.

4. In Aruba, a court says a Dutch teen must stay behind bars as authorities try to find out what happened to missing teen Natalee Holloway.

5. And NASA says it won't try again to launch shuttle Discovery until at least Sunday, saying even that is a "really optimistic good luck scenario³".

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.tribute:n.something that you say, do, or give in order to express your respect or admiration⁴ for someone.
eg.I'd like to pay tribute to (=praise and admire publicly) the party workers for all their hard work.

2.fortify:v.to build towers, walls etc around an area or city in order to defend it.

3.optimistic:adj.thinking that things will be better, easier, or more successful than is actually possible.

4.scenario:n.a situation that could possibly happen.