美联社新闻一分钟 2005-12-05

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1. Iraqi authorities say they've uncovered a plan by a Sunni Arab insurgent¹ group to rocket Saddam Hussein’s trial when it resumes on Monday.

2. The mother of one of 4 Christian² peace activists³ held hostage in Iraq makes a televised plea for her son to be released unharmed.

3. Israeli aircraft fire/ on Gaza, targeting \ an abandoned building. Israel says it was used for terror operations and on ground used to launch homemade rockets.

4. One of the French doctors who performed the world’s first partial face transplant says the patient is perfect, in good psychological condition and is doing well medically.

5. And residents of Perth, Australia witness a spectacular light show as a meteor blazes through the sky, leaving a bright tail in its wake.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. Perth
珀斯, 佩思(澳大利亚城市)
1 a city in southwest Australia, capital of the state of Western Australia and the largest city in the western part of the country:
2 a city in central Scotland on the River Tay

2. in sb's/sth's wake
behind or after someone or something -- The car left clouds of dust in its wake.

3. rocket
if things such as a social problems or prices rocket, it increase very quickly and suddenly.
The nation has experienced 4 years of recession, rocketing crime and escalating⁴ social injustice⁵.