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1. President Bush says he doesn't expect the violence in Iraq to abate1 anytime soon. He says he expects heavy fighting to continue for the next few months with more American and Iraqi casualties.

2. The head of the UN nuclear agency says he agrees with CIA estimates that Iran is 3-8 years from being able to make nuclear weapons. The agency says the best way to keep Iran from acquiring nuclear arms is for the US and other powers to hold talks with the nation.

3. Scientists are taking a break in their efforts to lure2 a pair of injured whales back to the Pacific. The mother whale and her calf3 were last spotted4 swimming about 70 miles from the ocean. They both have injuries that scientists say were likely caused by boats.

4. A Maryland woman is fighting to get her monkey back. She kept this little guy as a pet and treated him like a baby until state officials confiscated6 him. A new state law forbids anyone from importing, selling, breeding or having such animals.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. abate: verb
If something bad or undesirable7 abates8, it becomes much less strong or severe. (FORMAL)

2. confiscate5: verb
If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.


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1 abate SoAyj     
vi.(风势，疼痛等)减弱，减轻，减退
参考例句：
  • We must abate the noise pollution in our city.我们必须消除我们城里的噪音污染。
  • The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.医生给了他一些药，以减弱那剧烈的疼痛。
2 lure l8Gz2     
n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引
参考例句：
  • Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
  • He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。
3 calf ecLye     
n.小牛，犊，幼仔，小牛皮
参考例句：
  • The cow slinked its calf.那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊。
  • The calf blared for its mother.牛犊哞哞地高声叫喊找妈妈。
4 spotted 7FEyj     
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
参考例句：
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
5 confiscate 8pizd     
v.没收(私人财产)，把…充公
参考例句：
  • The police have the right to confiscate any forbidden objects they find.如发现违禁货物，警方有权查扣。
  • Did the teacher confiscate your toy?老师没收你的玩具了吗？
6 confiscated b8af45cb6ba964fa52504a6126c35855     
没收，充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
  • The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。
7 undesirable zp0yb     
adj.不受欢迎的，不良的，不合意的，讨厌的；n.不受欢迎的人，不良分子
参考例句：
  • They are the undesirable elements among the employees.他们是雇员中的不良分子。
  • Certain chemicals can induce undesirable changes in the nervous system.有些化学物质能在神经系统中引起不良变化。
8 abates c9e35256905ba4743c99c5f8b7aec11f     
减少( abate的第三人称单数 )； 减去； 降价； 撤消（诉讼）
参考例句：
  • Unless inflation abates, more countries will adopt some form of inflation accounting. 除非通货膨胀率下降，否则将有更多的国家采用某种形式的通货膨胀会计。
  • As mating, and fighting abates, males dip again and begin returning inland. 交配和打斗过后，雄性螃蟹再蘸一蘸潮湿的海水，回到内陆。

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