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1. Iraqi police arrest eight Sunni Arabs in Kirkuk for allegedly plotting to assassinate1 the judge who prepared the case against Saddam Housein.

2. An earthquake measured at least magnitude 5.9 shakes a sparsely3 populated area of Southern Iran, flattening4 seven villages and killing5 ten people.

3. Running water is restored to Haerbin, China, five days after a chemical spill forced a shutdown in the city of 3.8 million people.

4. Chechnya, a Southern Russian Republic plagued by violence, corruption6 and squalor, begins voting in the latest of series of parliamentary elections.

5. And the night sky of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, is set ablaze7 with the light from millions of tiny bulbs adorning8 a huge floating Christmas tree

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. sparse2
Something that is sparse is small in number or amount and spread out over an area.
Traffic was sparse on the highway.
ADJ-GRADED

· sparsely
...the sparsely populated interior region, where there are few roads.
ADV-GRADED: usu ADV -ed

2. squalor
squalor
You can refer to very dirty, unpleasant conditions as squalor.
He was out of work and living in squalor.
N-UNCOUNT

3. set ablaze : 烧起, 燃起

4. bulb
1 bulb bulbs
A bulb is the glass part of an electric lamp, which gives out light when electricity passes through it.
The stairwell was lit by a single bulb.
N-COUNT
= light bulb


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1 assassinate tvjzL     
vt.暗杀，行刺，中伤
参考例句：
  • The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
  • A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。
2 sparse SFjzG     
adj.稀疏的，稀稀落落的，薄的
参考例句：
  • The teacher's house is in the suburb where the houses are sparse.老师的家在郊区，那里稀稀拉拉有几处房子。
  • The sparse vegetation will only feed a small population of animals.稀疏的植物只够喂养少量的动物。
3 sparsely 9hyzxF     
adv.稀疏地；稀少地；不足地；贫乏地
参考例句：
  • Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated. 与其面积相比，这个城市的人口是稀少的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The ground was sparsely covered with grass. 地面上稀疏地覆盖草丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 flattening flattening     
n. 修平 动词flatten的现在分词
参考例句：
  • Flattening of the right atrial border is also seen in constrictive pericarditis. 右心房缘变平亦见于缩窄性心包炎。
  • He busied his fingers with flattening the leaves of the book. 他手指忙着抚平书页。
5 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
6 corruption TzCxn     
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
参考例句：
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
7 ablaze 1yMz5     
adj.着火的，燃烧的；闪耀的，灯火辉煌的
参考例句：
  • The main street was ablaze with lights in the evening.晚上，那条主要街道灯火辉煌。
  • Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.森林有时因雷击而起火。
8 adorning 059017444879c176351b18c169e7b75b     
修饰，装饰物
参考例句：
  • Many have gems adorning their foreheads, and gold bands on their arms. 许多人在前额上挂着宝石，手臂上戴着金饰。
  • The commandments, or rules, are like pure white pearls adorning the wearer. （喻）戒律洁白，可以庄严人身，好像晶莹可爱的宝珠。

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