美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-26

（单词翻译）

1. Bargain hunters [/b]crowd stores, seeking deals and items from cashmere to flat-screen TVs, as a holiday shopping season officially begins.

2.With fanfare¹, Palestinians open the Gaza-Egypt border, taking control of the frontier crossing without Israeli veto powers for the first time.

3. In Iraq, Sunnis protest the slaying² of a tribal³ leader, while an Internet statement claims a deadly car bombing was retaliation⁴ for his killing⁵.

4. "Anti-war mom" Cindy Sheehan, who lost her son in Iraq, returns to Crawford, Texas, to resume her protest near President Bush's ranch⁶.

5. And actor Pat Morita ,who played Mr. Miyagi in the "Karate⁷ Kid”movies and Arnold on TV's “Happy Days”, dies of natural causes at 73.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. bargain hunter:
买便宜货的人, 投机商人, 杀价购买股票的投机商.

2. cashmere:
开士米,山羊绒 和 kashmir (克什米尔) 发音相同,只是重音位置不同,注意区分一下.

3. fanfare:
1 [C] a short loud piece of music played on a trumpet⁸ to introduce an important person or event:
2 [U] a lot of activity, advertising⁹, or discussion relating to an event: --The deal was announced with much fanfare.

4. veto power:
否决权

5. retaliation:
action against someone who has done something bad to you. = revenge/ in retaliation (for something)
This action was undoubtedly¹⁰ in retaliation for last week's bomb attack. retaliation against// The threat of massive retaliation against British troops.