2012突破高考英语词汇篇(100篇短文)(56-60篇).docVIP

第56篇 Bush Got More Publicity (公众关注) Than He Bargained For With Shoe-Throwing Incident President Bush wanted his Baghdad(巴格达) trip to draw positive media attention to Iraq(伊拉克). He got a lot more publicity than he bargained for and not exactly the kind he was seeking. The reason was wholly unexpected-a very unusual incident at his news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Sunday in which a Middle Eastern journalist threw his shoes at Bush as an insult(侮辱). In the Mideast, showing the soles(鞋底) of ones shoes to another person is considered an offence, and throwing a shoe at someone is extremely