agitate [5AdVI9teit]煽动、鼓动agitation [9AdVI5teiF[n]煽动Detainees have claimed guards used the Islamic holy book as a weapon to break their will to resist interrogation.The Pentagon asserts that somedetainees fabricated their claims in a calculated effort to agitate the widerprison population and undermine the control of the U.S.military（.CBS）
“The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly，and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing，”Washington said in 1895in his“Atlanta Compromise”speech（.USA TODAY）
arrest [[5rest]逮捕Four people were arrested for throwing stones at police in nearby Bondy where 14cars were burned，the prefecture said.A fire engulfed a carpet store，but it was not immediately clear whether the blaze was linked to thesuburban unrest（.AP）
artillery [B：5tIl[rI]大炮；炮兵
White phosphorus，which is fired by artillery or mortars，can be used asan incendiary device or to create a smokescreen（.NBC）
A tractor-trailer was filled with the bodies of civilian men，women andchildren killed by American artillery（.NBC）
ban on [bAn]禁止、对…取缔Repeated attempts to approve such drilling have failed in the Senate because drilling supporters were unable to muster the 60votes needed toovercome a filibuster by opponents.This year，drilling supporters attachedlanguage ending the ban on drilling in the refuge to a budget measure that isimmune from filibuster（.AP）
The French equal opportunities minister calls for a ban on data based onethnicity to be scrapped（.BBC）
benefit [5benIfIt]利益、好处；救济金The broader budget bill would slice almost $50billion from the deficit by the end of the decade by curbing rapidly growing benefit programs such asMedicaid，food stamps and student loan subsidies（.CNN）
South Africa releases new rules on black economic empowerment，saying more people will now benefit（.BBC）
The prime minister insists reforms will benefit working class children Tony Blair is preparing to try to persuade sceptical Labour backbenchers toback plans for a shake-up of the education system in a major speech（.BBC）
bigamy [5bIg[mI]重婚、重婚罪bigamist [5bIg[mIst]重婚者The court unanimously agreed with the findings of the state’s Judicial Conduct Commission，which recommended the removal of Judge WalterSteed for violating the state‘s bigamy law（.CNN）
Isn？t therea difference between bigamists and polygamists？A bigamist is a person who legally marries another person when they are already legally married.These are people who may do one legal marriage recognized by the state and then cohabit in a common law situation with multiple spouses.（NBC）
calm down 平息、平静
Traore’s brother，Siyakah Traore，on Friday urged protesters to“calmdown and stop ransacking everything.”（AP）campaign [kAm5pein]（政治或商业性）活动，运动；作战、战役Gov.Rod Blagojevich‘s campaign spokesman continues lobbying workin Springfield but maintains that he keeps the two roles separate（.CBS）
Israel killed two Palestinian militant commanders in a missile strike on Tuesday as it pressed a deadly air campaign in Gaza following a suicidebombing and rocket fire in the Jewish state（.CNN）
compromise [5kCmpr[9maiz]妥协；和解；折衷The head of Iran’s nuclear agency ruled out a compromise proposal to enrich uranium for his country‘s nuclear program in Russia，sayingSaturday the process must be done in Iran（.CBS）
concession [k[n5seF[n]让步North Korea on Saturday stood by its demand for aid in exchange for shutting down a plutonium-producing reactor，insisting that it would not actuntil Washington offers concessions（.FOX NEWS）
confirm [k[n5f[：m]证实、确定confirmation [9kCnf[5meiF[n]证实、确认、批准President Fidel Castro has confirmed that Cuba agreed to let three U.S.aid officials visit the island to assess damage from Hurricane Wilma’sassault on the island this week（.CBS）
Democrats said on Wednesday that Samuel Alito‘s confirmation was not guaranteed as senators kept the focus on a 20-year-old document in which the Supreme Court nominee asserted that the Constitution“does not protecta right to an abortion.”（CNN）conflict n.[5kCnflIkt]v.[k[n5flIkt]斗争、冲突The Christian-Muslim conflict in Sulawesi was an extension of a wider sectarian war in nearby Maluku archipelago in which up to 9，000peopledied between 1999and 2002（.FOX NEWS）
convince [k[n5vIns]使确信、使信服；说服Iran is facing referral to the Security Council for possible sanctions after failing to convince the international community its nuclear ambitions areentirely peaceful（.Reuters）
Bush is eager for unity among the five nations engaged in negotiations with North Korea -the United States，South Korea，Japan，Russia and China-to try to convince Pyongyang to agree to dismantle its nuclear armsprogrammes（.ABC）
crack down 镇压、制裁crackdown 镇压、制裁As arson and violence spreads into regional France and central Paris，French President Jacques Chirac has vowed to crack down on theperpetrators（.CNN）
Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh said Sharon’s demands for a crackdown“do not serve the peace process，and we are ready for a meetingbetween Sharon and Abu Mazen without conditions”（.CBS）
crisis [5kraisIs]危机
The UN World Food Programme calls for more than $150m to avert afood crisis in southern Africa（.BBC）
custody [5kQst[dI]监护权；拘留in custody 在监护中；被拘留It was not immediately possible to verify the Emirates claims that theiroffer had been accepted by Saddam，who is being held in U.S.militarycustody in Iraq and his facing trial on charges of crimes against humanity.（NBC）
Japanese diplomats visit Peru‘s former President Alberto Fujimori whois in custody in Chile（.BBC）
damage [5dAmIdV]毁坏、损坏
The four hurricanes that hit Florida last year caused an estimated$46billion in damage across the country（.NBC）