AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-30

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1. President George W Bush says the US is standing¹ behind India after a terror rampage in Mumbai. At least 195 people died in the attacks. And it's feared the death toll² could rise as Indian authorities comb the sites. They are looking for any captives still hiding in their rooms.

2. Police on Long Island are reviewing surveillance video to try identify shoppers who trampled³ to death a Wal-Mart worker. A crowd of bargain hunters burst through the doors at this suburban⁴ store, knocking the worker down.

3. Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand broke through a police cordon⁵ as they continue to control the main airport in Bangkok. The two sides have been at a standoff for four days now and some fear the confrontation⁶ could escalate⁷.

4. And it's the biggest white truffle of 2008, weighing in just over a kilo. The truffle sold for 200,000 dollars, with all the proceeds going to charity.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. comb: v.

If you comb a place, you search everywhere in it in order to find someone or something.

2. cordon: n.

a line of police officers, soldiers, or vehicles that is put around an area to stop people going there.

3. truffle: n. 【植】块菌(一种食用菌)

A truffle is a round type of fungus⁸ which is expensive and considered very good to eat.