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.

两周前，自以色列军队在一次袭击加沙地带的行动中杀死9名巴基斯坦人后，两国间关系日趋紧张sAhC%E6N5#EK[G%。虽然民众期望阿巴斯在总统大选中击败阿拉法特将缓解两国关系，但似乎并没有什么效果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.

官方正在研发一款神奇的激光束，该光束将被安装在飞行高度可达到8,500英尺的名航飞机中，由驾驶员操纵%+[pmrGZb2%Y6。

Warplane: 军用机

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.

军方表示，美军在同与两名自杀式炸弹袭击人员和十余名叛乱者的激烈作战中，杀死了25名游击队员，目前，美军已搭乘军用飞机安全返航jQE~BI2(Vquo+lb.。

Ward off: 防止，挡住

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.

印度南部的人们将尸体集中处理来抵御疾病，当地护理人员正在给成千上万的幸存者注射霍乱，伤寒，甲型肝炎和痢疾的疫苗，当地政府在堆满尸体的海滩抛洒漂白粉末来预防疾病|+Blg@@=+%ZS)t]G。据悉，在斯里兰卡，通过水传播的疾病，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.

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