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1. The House just defeated a 700-billion-dollar financial industry bailout package. Both Republicans and Democrats1 voted against the unpopular bill. President Bush said he is very disappointed with the vote.

2.On Wall Street, stocks plummeted2 before and during the vote. The Dow finished with a loss of more than 700 points.

3. A Maryland woman is behind bars after police found human remains3 in a basement freezer. Renee Bowman said the bodies were her two adopted daughters and they'd been there for at least seven months. The disturbing discovery was made when police were investigating a child who had run away from the home.

4. Finally, Pope Benedict is quickly earning the reputation as "a green pope". Solar panels are being installed on the top of the papal audience hall. It's one of several enviromentally friendly projects that the Vatican is involved in.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.defeat v.prevent the achievement of (an aim)

this defeats the object of the exercise.

2.freezer n.a refrigerated cabinet or room for preserving food at very low temperatures

 


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1 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 plummeted 404bf193ceb01b9d9a620431e6efc540     
v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
  • A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

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