London copes after bombings


▲The wreckage of bus No.30 sits behind a police barrier with its second level open to the elements after Thursday's bomb attack in Travistock Square, London, July 10.

Police urged Londoners to get back to work on Monday to show the suspected al Qaeda bombers who killed at least 49 people that they had not cowed the British capital into submission.

"London is open for business. If we don't do that, then the terrorists will have won and that's not what we want," said Deputy Chief Constable Andy Trotter.

Police, hunting the bombers who targeted three underground trains and a double-decker bus last Thursday, have warned that the forensic search for clues is a painstaking process that could take time.

Relatives of those still missing after the attacks kept up a desperate search for information. Walls close to King's Cross station, scene of the worst blast, were covered with photographs of missing people and appeals for news of them.

Interior Minister Charles Clarke conceded that Britons would inevitably be on edge until the bombers are caught.

"The most important thing is to find the people who committed the attacks. Once that happens, people will feel they are more certain where they are," he said.

"Our fear is, of course, of more attacks until we succeed in tracking down the gang that committed the atrocities on Thursday," he said.

The United States has sent FBI forensic experts to help British police analyze the crime scene, which British and American authorities say bears the hallmarks of the al Qaeda network that attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.

"I think we are proceeding on the assumption that the bombers are still at large and of course that adds a special urgency to figuring out who's done this," said U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, Michael Chertoff.

Security analysts said the bombers, if cornered, could be deadly.

Police, searching for clues in London's deadliest peacetime bomb attack, have urged the public to e-mail photographs and video footage taken with digital cameras or mobile phones at the bomb sites.

"These images may contain crucial information which could help detectives in what is a painstaking and complex inquiry," said Peter Clarke, head of London's Anti-Terrorist branch. Investigators have also asked mobile phone and Internet companies to store the content of voicemails, emails and SMS text messages that were in their systems on the day of the London bombings, a police source told Reuters.

 

 

World in Pictures
Photo source: ImagineChina

	Patriot hairstyle 星条旗发型独立日风景 Patrick Manweiler displays his patriotism, at the children's Independence Day parade in Laurel, Mont., July 4, with a Mohawk he has been growing since the beginning of summer vacation.
	Dog show 小狗夫妇跳交谊舞 Dogs dressed as a German couple dance as part of Rudy Heinan's German Dog Show at the Zoppe Italian National Circus, July 3. The circus is performing as part of the Sorrento Cheese Summer Festival.
	Wife Carrying Championships 世界背妻竞跑赛 爱沙尼亚夫妇夺冠 Winners Estonian Margo Uusorg and Egle Soll use sophisticated techniques as they wade through waist-deep water during the Wife Carrying World Championships 2005 race in Finland. The track has two dry obstacles and one water obstacle, which is about one meter deep.
	Unicycle King "独轮王"香港秀绝技 Guinness Book of World Records holder Peter Rosendahl of Sweden, best known as the world's Unicycle King, performs with the world's smallest unicycle, a 15mm diameter wheel, in Hong Kong, July 8. He broke the Guinness World Record in Germany in June of this year.
	Leaping the Great Wall 滑板世界冠军飞越长城 Skateboarder Danny Way, aged 31, from California, is seen in front of the Great Wall of China as he attempts to set a world height record at Ju Yong Guan, north of Beijing, July 9. Way became the first person to successfully leap the Great Wall without motorized assistance breaking his own skateboarding world record for distance which was 79ft/24.07m.

 

 

World in Words
Collected & translated by Beverly

"Now, if you don't have one, you're at a competitive disadvantage."
"现在, 如果你没有找到(实习的机会), 你就处于竞争的劣势地位. "
With many college students yearning for an edge in a competitive job market, the competition for internships has become intense.
--迫于就业压力, 许多高校学生都期望增加自己的就业筹码, 为此实习机会的竞争也日益激烈了.

"It could tell you how to enjoy the wine, where it came from, everything you'd hear from a sommelier."
"它可以告诉你如何享用这种酒、它的产地是哪, 等等. 总之, 斟酒侍应生能告诉你的它都能告诉你. "
An Italian company is planning to launch a "talking" wine label aimed at preventing counterfeits.
--为杜绝假酒, 意大利一公司计划生产一种"会说话"的酒标签.

"Right now, cellphones are the cigarettes of this decade. And just like cigarettes are banned from some places, so are cells banned. "
"如今, 手机就像这个时代的香烟. 正如在某些地方禁止吸烟一样, 手机在一些地方也被禁止使用. "
Cellphone etiquette is now an issue drawing more and more attention.
--手机礼仪这一话题越来越为人们所关注了.

"My son is in love with Africa, so he has been asking for an African brother or sister."
"我的儿子非常喜欢非洲, 他一直想有个来自非洲的弟弟或妹妹. "
Actress Angelina Jolie has just adopted a newborn Ethiopian girl orphaned by AIDS.
--美国女影星安吉丽娜·朱丽日前收养了一名刚出生的埃塞俄比亚女婴, 她因感染艾滋而成为孤儿.

 

Vocabulary
cow 威吓
forensic 法庭的
concede 承认
atrocity 暴行
hallmark 特点
at large 逍遥法外的
footage 电影胶片
wreckage 残骸