Lion in Porto! : A Netherlands supporter poses at Dragao stadium in Porto, prior to the Euro 2004 group D football match between Germany and Netherlands at the European Nations championship in Portugal. (AFP/Franck Fife)

词汇：

Porto 波尔图（葡萄牙港市）

Netherlands n.荷兰

stadium n.露天大型运动场

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Lava from the Kilauea volcano in Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, pours into the Pacific Ocean early Saturday, June 12, 2004. The lava is entering the Pacific from several points along the Wilipe'a delta, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Lava reached the ocean for the first time in nearly a year on May 30. Lava from the Kilauea eruption, which began Jan. 3, 1983, has created more than 500 acres of new land along the Puna coastline. (AP Photo/David Jordan)

词汇：

lava n.熔岩，火山岩

volcano n.火山

pour v.灌注，倾泻，涌入

delta n.三角州，三角洲河口常见的三角形沉淀淤积地带

observatory adj.天文台，气象台

eruption n.爆发，火山灰

acre n.英亩

coastline n.海岸线

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French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez (L) walks past England captain David Beckham. Barthez saved Beckham's penalty to help the French eke out a 2-1 come-from-behind triumph over Sven-Goran Eriksson's team at Euro 2004.(AFP/Franck Fife)

词汇：

goalkeeper n.守门员

captain n.队长

penalty n.点球【足球】

eke out v.弥补……的不足，竭力维持

triumph n.胜利，成功

Euro 2004 2004欧洲杯

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A torchbearer, carrying the Olympic torch, runs past the Pyramids during Day Eight of the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay in Cairo, June 11, 2004. Egyptians welcomed the Olympic torch on its first visit to the country Friday with flags, dancing and Arabic pop music in the heart of Cairo as part of the run up to the Athens Games. REUTERS/Todd Warshaw/Pool

词汇：

torchbearer n.持火炬者

Torch Relay 火炬接力

Egyptian n.埃及人

Arabic adj.阿拉伯的

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　Almost : Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo dives for the ball during a training session at Academia Sporting, near Lisbon, in preparation for the Euro 2004 football European nations championships. (AFP/Lluis Gene)

词汇：

Portuguese adj.葡萄牙的

goalkeeper n.守门员

dive vi.下潜，俯冲

Lisbon n.里斯本（葡萄牙首都）

championship n.锦标赛

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Hong Kong actor Tony Leung holds his award at Hong Kong's Convention Center on Tuesday, June 8, 2004, after he was named as Hong Kong Entertainment Ambassador for the Hong Kong Film and TV Market organization. ( AP Photo/Lo Sai Hung )

词汇：

Tony Leung 香港著名影星梁朝伟

convention n.大会

ambassador n.大使

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Chinese grid girl holds an umbrella during the China Circuit Championship at Shanghai International Circuit as part of the official opening of the China's first Formula One racetrack June 6, 2004. China inaugurated its the 5.45-km (3.39-mile) Shanghai International Circuit with a parade of Ferrari and Maserati cars and a China Circuit Championship race as a test run for its debut Formula One race on September 26, 2004. The circuit, worth two billion yuan ($240 million) and designed by German Hermann Tilke, architect of Malaysia's acclaimed Sepang track among others, can hold more than 200,000 spectators and include a theme park. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

词汇：

grid n.赛车起始位置，在赛车比赛中各赛车的起始位置

circuit n.一圈，周游，巡回，巡回赛

Formula One 一级方程式赛车

racetrack n.跑道

inaugurate vt.开辟，举行开幕（落成、成立）典礼

debut n.v.初次登场，开张

architect n.建筑师

spectator n.观众（指比赛或表演）

theme park n. （游乐园中的）主题乐园

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Ronald Reagan shares a laugh with Marilyn Monroe in Los Angeles in this 1959 file photo. Reagan, the cheerful crusader who devoted his presidency to winning the Cold War, trying to scale back government and making people believe it was "morning again in America", died Saturday, June 5, 2004, after a long twilight struggle with Alzheimer's disease. (AP Photo/HO, File)

词汇：

Ronald Reagan 罗纳德·里根 美国第四十任总统

Marilyn Monroe 玛丽莲·梦露 美国历史上最成功的电影明星之一

crusader n.十字军战士，改革者

devote vt.投入于，献身

presidency n.任期

cold war n.冷战（国与国之间在军事以外的外交上、经济上和心理上的斗争）

scale back 减少，减小

twilight adj.微明的，黄昏的

　　Alzheimer氏病是发生于老年和老年前期以进行性痴呆为特征的大脑退行性病变。Alzheimer病是老年性痴呆中最常见的一种类型。其显著特征是严重的认知、记忆障碍及个性改变。

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Newly-crowned Miss Universe 2004, Jennifer Hawkins, 20, from Sydney, Australia, poses in Quito, Ecuador on the first day of her year-long reign making appearances on behalf of the Miss Universe Organization, its sponsors and her official cause of HIV/AIDS awareness and education. (AP Photo/Miss Universe, Darren Decker)

词汇：

crown vt.加冕，顶上有，表彰

Quito n.基多（厄瓜多尔首都）

Ecuador n.厄瓜多尔（南美洲西北海岸的国家）

reign n.统治，统治时期

awareness n.知道，晓得

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Tourists on a beach at the Red Sea in Egypt. Egypt created an ecologically protected tourism zone at Marsa Alam, on the western shores of the Red Sea, the Egyptian news agency MENA reported.(AFP/File/Eric Feferberg)

词汇：

tourist n.旅行者，旅游者

Red Sea n.红海（印度洋西北的长形内海，在亚洲阿拉伯半岛同非洲东北部之间）

ecologically adv.生态地

ecologically protected tourism zone 生态保护旅游区

shore n.岸，海滨

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