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1.The Dow closes up as talks drag on in Washington about rescuing the nation's financial institutions. Plans for a 700-billion-dollar bailout come as US suffers its largest bank collapse1 in history. Republicans on Capitol Hill want less government in the plan and lower cost for taxpayers2.

2.First presidential debate is on. Republican John McCain is in Oxford3, Mississippi, to face Democratic rival Barack Obama. This comes after McCain called off plans to attend because of the financial crisis.

3.German police nabbed two Somali men on a plane headed for Amsterdam acting4 on a suicide note saying they wanted to fight in a holy war and die in a terrorist attack. The men were not armed.

4.Something strange in the air over the English Channel, a daredevil stunt5 man wearing wings and jet turbines. This Swiss man flew from France to England wiggling his body to control the homemade wing.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.drag on Also, drag out. Prolong or be prolonged tediously.

The speech dragged on for another hour, or He dragged out the story in an excruciating manner.

2.call off

to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date:

The performance was called off because of rain.

3.nab v.Informal

to arrest or capture

4.act on

to act in accordance with; follow

He acted on my advice.

5.turbine涡轮

6.wiggle vt.

To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions

 


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1 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
2 taxpayers 8fa061caeafce8edc9456e95d19c84b4     
纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
  • She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
3 Oxford Wmmz0a     
n.牛津（英国城市）
参考例句：
  • At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
  • This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。
4 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的
参考例句：
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
5 stunt otxwC     
n.惊人表演，绝技，特技；vt.阻碍...发育，妨碍...生长
参考例句：
  • Lack of the right food may stunt growth.缺乏适当的食物会阻碍发育。
  • Right up there is where the big stunt is taking place.那边将会有惊人的表演。

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