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1. After being held captive for nearly 3 months in Iraq, American reporter Jill Carroll was released by her kidnappers1. Carroll says she's looking forward to seeing her family.
2. Randal McCloy, the sole survivor2 in the Sago Mine explosion in West Virginia left the hospital Thursday. Speaking briefly3 to reporters, McCloy thanked everyone for their support.
3. One of the 9/11 calls for help from the World Trade Center was released to the public Thursday. "Ok, all right, just...just keep the windows open, if you can't open the windows, just sit tight. It’s gonna be a while 'cos there’s a fire going on downstairs." "We can't open the windows unless we break them." “Ok, just sit tight, alright, just sit tight, we are on the way.” "Alright, please hurry."
4. And Major League Baseball officials announced Thursday they'll be investigating Barry Bonds and other players for alleged4 steroid use.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. hold sb captive :
to keep someone as a prisoner or make someone a prisoner:
e.g. The terrorists were holding several British diplomats5 captive.
2. sit tight :
to stay where you are:
e.g. You'd better sit tight and I'll call the doctor.
1 kidnappers | |
n.拐子,绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 ) | |
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2 survivor | |
n.生存者,残存者,幸存者 | |
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3 briefly | |
adv.简单地,简短地 | |
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a.被指控的,嫌疑的 | |
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5 diplomats | |
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 );有手腕的人,善于交际的人 | |
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