1. Ambassador

　　n.

　　大使

　　U.N. Ambassador John Danforth submitted his resignation after holding the job for less than six months . 美國(guó)大使約翰丹福斯，在上任不到六個(gè)月就提交了自己的辭呈。

　　2. Candidate

　　n.

　　候選人, 投考者

　　Rice had been mentioned as a candidate for secretary of state . 賴斯已被提名為國(guó)務(wù)卿候選人。

　　3. Trap

　　n.

　　圈套, 陷阱, 詭計(jì), 活板門(mén), 存水彎, 汽水閘, (雙輪)輕便馬車

　　vi.

　　設(shè)圈套, 設(shè)陷阱

　　vt.

　　誘捕, 誘騙, 計(jì)捉, 設(shè)陷, 坑害, 使受限制

　　All 166 miners trapped underground in a coal mine gas blast ,were confirmed dead yesterday . 由于瓦斯爆炸而身陷煤礦底下的166名礦工昨天被證實(shí)已全部死亡

　　4. Relief

　　n.

　　(痛苦等的)減輕, (債務(wù)等的)免除, 救濟(jì), 調(diào)劑, 安慰, 浮雕, 地貌

　　The Chinese government and the Red Cross Society of China are considering providing emergency relief materials to the victims . 中國(guó)政府和中國(guó)紅十字會(huì)正考慮給受害者提供緊急救濟(jì)物資。

　　5. Occur

　　vi.

　　發(fā)生, 出現(xiàn)

　　President Hu jintao sent messages to leaders of seven Asian nations affected by the tsunami to offer condolences to the victims right after the disaster occurred . 災(zāi)難發(fā)生后 ， 胡錦濤主席就向七個(gè)受海嘯影響的亞洲國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人表示了對(duì)遇難者的哀悼。

　　6. Rescue

　　vt.

　　援救, 營(yíng)救

　　n.

　　援救, 營(yíng)救

　　In addition , China also sent two international rescue teams , four medical teams and one DNA testing group to the tsunami-hit countries . 另外 ，中國(guó)還向受海嘯襲擊的國(guó)家派遣了兩個(gè)國(guó)際救援組 ，四個(gè)醫(yī)療小組和一個(gè)DNA檢測(cè)組。

　　7. Virus

　　n.

　　[微]病毒, 濾過(guò)性微生物, 毒害, 惡毒

　　A new United Nations report says the AIDS virus is spreading across Eastern Europe and Central Asia .聯(lián)合國(guó)一項(xiàng)新的研究報(bào)告稱 ，艾滋病病毒正在東歐和中亞地區(qū)蔓延。

　　8. Infect

　　vt.

　　[醫(yī)] 傳染, 感染

　　n. infection

　　The report also says AIDS infection rates are rising so fast in Asia ,that AIDS could become a more serious problem in Asia than in Africa .

　　9. Compete

　　vi.

　　比賽, 競(jìng)爭(zhēng)

　　The Vermont governor is competing against seven other candidates seeking the Democratic Party nomination for president . 佛蒙特州州長(zhǎng)與另外七名候選人一同在角逐民主黨內(nèi)總統(tǒng)候選人的提名。

　　10. Campaign

　　n.

　　[軍]戰(zhàn)役, (政治或商業(yè)性)活動(dòng), 競(jìng)選運(yùn)動(dòng)

　　vi.

　　參加活動(dòng), 從事活動(dòng), 作戰(zhàn)

　　The former Vice President’s support is expected to greatly help Mr. Dean’s campaign . 前副總統(tǒng)的支持預(yù)計(jì)會(huì)對(duì)迪安的競(jìng)選有很大幫助。

　　11. Crash

　　n.

　　碰撞, 墜落, 墜毀, 撞擊聲, 爆裂聲

　　v.

　　碰撞, 墜落, 墜毀, (指商業(yè)公司, 政府等)破產(chǎn), 垮臺(tái)

　　At least 163 people are reported dead after two boats crashed in the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo .據(jù)報(bào)道， 兩艘輪船在剛果民主共和國(guó)西部相撞 ，造成至少163人死亡。

　　12. Delegation

　　n.

　　代表團(tuán), 授權(quán), 委托

　　A government delegation is to begin an investigation into the cause of the crash later Thursday .一個(gè)政府代表團(tuán)將在周四晚些時(shí)候?qū)�這次相撞事件的起因展開(kāi)調(diào)查。

　　13. Create

　　vt.

　　創(chuàng)造, 創(chuàng)作, 引起, 造成

　　Some African leaders have proposed creating a program so rich nations can provide computers to poor countries .一些非洲領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人還提議制定一個(gè)能讓富國(guó)向窮國(guó)提供電腦的方案。