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1.Gulf1 Coast residents begin hurricane cleanup the day after hurricane Dennis hit the storm-weary Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast with less force than feared.

2.The death toll2 from London's terrorist bombings continues to rise as workers search for more bodies and Londoners return to riding subways and buses.

3.President Bush expressing solidarity3 with Britons says terrorists are trying to break the will of the world's democracies by killing4 innocent people.

4.World leaders join 50,000 marking the anniversary of the Serb massacre5 of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica 10 years ago.

5.And for the first time since the 2003 Columbia disaster, a NASA countdown is under way for Wednesday's lift-off of the Space Shuttle Discovery.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.clearup:n.a process by which you get rid of dirt or waste from a place.
eg.The cleanup of the oil spill took months.

2.weary:adj.very tired or bored, especially because you have been doing something for a long time.
eg.She found Rachel in the kitchen, looking old and weary.

3.solidarity:n.loyalty6 and general agreement between all the people in a group, or between different groups because they all have a shared aim.

4.countdown:n.the period of time before something happens, such as a spacecraft being launched, when someone counts backwards7 until the event happens.


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1 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
2 toll LJpzo     
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
3 solidarity ww9wa     
n.团结；休戚相关
参考例句：
  • They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
  • The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。
4 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
5 massacre i71zk     
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
参考例句：
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
6 loyalty gA9xu     
n.忠诚，忠心
参考例句：
  • She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
  • His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。
7 backwards BP9ya     
adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地
参考例句：
  • He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
  • All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

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