美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-27

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1. Travellers zip through the first Palestinian-run border,the newly opened Rafah gate between the Gaza Strip and neighbouring Egypt.

2. US troops who burned 2 Taliban rebels' bodies face discipline, but the military says they won't be prosecuted¹ since hygiene² concerns prompt their actions.

3. A suicide bomber³ kills 6 people at a gas station in central Iraq while a car bomb targeting a convoy⁴ of foreigners in Baghdad kills 4.

4. Following a toxic⁵ spill, China orders a prompt cleanup of benzene from the river that provides water for residents of the northeast city.

5,And a city in Bosnia unveils a statue of Kung-fu film star Bruce Lee, a small symbolic⁶ step taking aim at easing that country's ethnic⁷ divide.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. Rafah:
town in the present Gaza Strip on the Egyptian border. The ancient name was Raphia.

2. Gaza Strip:
a coastal⁸ area in the Middle East, between Egypt and Israel, which belongs to Israel but is controlled by Palestinians.

3. hygiene:
n.卫生, 卫生学
the practice of keeping yourself and the things around you clean in order to prevent diseases// --the importance of personal hygiene // oral/dental hygiene // --a food hygiene training course// good/poor/proper hygiene // --The Consumers' Association blames poor hygiene standards.//

4. benzene: 　
->注意和＂benzine＂（汽油）的区分．
n.[化]苯
a liquid obtained from coal, used for making plastics