Ebbed: 退潮，衰落

Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians during a raid into Gaza, the bloodiest in two weeks, where fighting has not ebbed despite expectations that moderate Mahmoud Abbas will win a presidential poll to replace Yasser Arafat next month.

兩周前，自以色列軍隊在一次襲擊加沙地帶的行動中殺死9名巴基斯坦人后，兩國間關系日趨緊張sAhC%E6N5#EK[G%。雖然民眾期望阿巴斯在總統大選中擊敗阿拉法特將緩解兩國關系，但似乎并沒有什么效果lxdoFNM[*7。

Laser beam: 激光束

Authorities are investigating a mysterious laser beam that was directed into the cockpit of a commercial jet traveling at more than 8,500 feet.

官方正在研發一款神奇的激光束，該光束將被安裝在飛行高度可達到8,500英尺的名航飛機中，由駕駛員操縱%+[pmrGZb2%Y6。

Warplane: 軍用機

US troops backed by Warplanes have killed 25 guerrillas in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after facing a fierce coordinated assault by two suicide bombs and dozens of insurgents, the military say.

軍方表示，美軍在同與兩名自殺式炸彈襲擊人員和十余名叛亂者的激烈作戰中，殺死了25名游擊隊員，目前，美軍已搭乘軍用飛機安全返航jQE~BI2(Vquo+lb.。

Ward off: 防止，擋住

Bodies were piled into mass graves in the belief that burial would ward off disease. Paramedics in southern India began vaccinating thousands of survivors against cholera, typhoid, hepatitis A and dysentery, and authorities sprayed bleaching powder on beaches where bodies have been recovered. In Sri Lanka, reports of waterborne disease such as diarrhea caused fears of an epidemic.

印度南部的人們將尸體集中處理來抵御疾病，當地護理人員正在給成千上萬的幸存者注射霍亂，傷寒，甲型肝炎和痢疾的疫苗，當地政府在堆滿尸體的海灘拋灑漂白粉末來預防疾病|+Blg@@=+%ZS)t]G。據悉，在斯里蘭卡，通過水傳播的疾病，如痢疾曾一度造成恐慌S,wT&81hv+DG+4D&EZ3。

Mudslide: 泥流

A powerful storm moved along the California's Coast Monday and Tuesday, causing highway-blocking mudslides, flooding and power outages.

本周一周二，一股強氣流席卷加州海岸，造成泥石流阻塞公路，洪水和停電H,grX(h8~Y=yW。