美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-25

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1. In central Iraq, south of Baghdad, a suicide car bomber¹ targets US troops handing out toys to children at a hospital with the blast killing² 30 people.

2. Two people are hurt after a balloon at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade snags the streetlight causing part of it to fall into the crowd.

3. The European Union accuses Iran of having documents that serve no other purpose in showing how to produce nuclear warheads.

4. In China, a slick of river-borne toxins⁴ from a chemical plant explosion flows into a major city amid efforts to protect residents.

5. And a 100-pound woman wins a turkey-eating contest in New York, gobbling more than four pounds turkey in just 12 minutes.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. snag
2 snag snags snagging snagged
If you snag part of your clothing on a sharp or rough object or if it snags, it gets caught on the object and tears.
She snagged a heel on a root and tumbled to the ground.
Brambles snagged his suit.
Local fishermen complained that their nets kept snagging on some underwater objects.
V-ERG
= catch

2. slick
4 slick slicks
A slick is the same as an oil slick.
Experts are trying to devise ways to clean up the huge slick.
N-COUNT

3. toxin³
toxin toxins
A toxin is any poisonous substance produced by bacteria, animals, or plants.
Experts have linked this condition to a build-up of toxins in the body.
Tests showed increased levels of toxin in shellfish.
N-VAR

4. gobble
gobble gobbles gobbling gobbled
If you gobble food, you eat it quickly and greedily.
Pete gobbled all the beef stew⁵.
VB