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1. The streets are deserted1 after Iraq’s government imposed an extraordinary daytime curfew on Baghdad and 3 neighboring provinces. It’s a bid to pull the nation back from the brink2 of civil war after the bombing of a sacred Shiite shrine3 Wednesday and a wave of deadly revenge attacks.
2. In South Dakota, state lawmakers voted to ban nearly all abortions5 in the state. The Republican governor is expected to sign a measure, which makes it illegal for a doctor to perform an abortion4 unless necessary to save the mother's life. Opponents say it's too extreme and unconstitutional.
3. Rallies were held at ports around the country including here in Baltimore Friday. Teamsters are protesting the sale of operations at 6 major US seaports6 to an Arab owned company.
4. A possible break in one of the biggest heists in Briton's history. 3 people who allegedly have ties to Wednesday’s 87-million-dollar robbery are in custody7. Investigators8 say they've recovered some of the stolen money and the vehicles used in the raid.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. brink :noun [S]
the point where a new or different situation is about to begin:
e.g. Scientists are on the brink of (= extremely close to) a major new discovery.
2. teamster :noun [C] US
someone who drives a truck as a job
3. heist : noun [C] INFORMAL
e.g. a crime in which valuable items are taken illegally and often violently from a place or person:
e.g. a $2 million jewellery heist
1 deserted | |
adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘,边沿 | |
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3 shrine | |
n.圣地,神龛,庙;v.将...置于神龛内,把...奉为神圣 | |
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4 abortion | |
n.流产,堕胎 | |
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n.小产( abortion的名词复数 );小产胎儿;(计划)等中止或夭折;败育 | |
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n.海港( seaport的名词复数 ) | |
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n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留 | |
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n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 ) | |
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