美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-09

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1. A powerful earthquake strikes near the border between Pakistan and India, rocking South Asia and killing¹ more than 3,000 people.

2. Iraq's government announces plans for new security measures ahead of next week's referendum on the country's new constitution.

3. New details emerge on the alleged² New York City subway terror plot as local and federal officials jostle over the threat's credibility.

4. An African soccer legend is among the presidential contenders in Liberia's first post-war elections on track to take place next week.

5. And robotic vehicles zoom³ across the Mojave Desert in Nevada competing for a two-million-dollar prize in a Pentagon-sponsored race.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. plot
1 plot plots
A plot is a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or a government.
Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow⁴ the government.
He was responding to reports of an assassination⁵ plot against him.
N-COUNT: usu N to-inf, N against n
= conspiracy⁶

2. jostle
1 jostle jostles jostling jostled
If people jostle you, they bump against you or push you in a way that annoys you, usually because you are in a crowd and they are trying to get past you.
You get 2,000 people jostling each other and bumping into furniture.
We spent an hour jostling with the crowds as we did our shopping.
She was cheered and clapped by tourists who jostled to see her.
VB

3. zoom
1 zoom zooms⁷ zooming⁸ zoomed⁹
If you zoom somewhere, you go there very quickly. (INFORMAL)
We zoomed through the gallery.
A police car zoomed by very close to them.
VB
= speed