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1. Australia's Qantas Airlines has been ordered to urgently inspect every oxygen bottle aboard its fleet of Boeing 747s. Investigators1 are focusing on the idea that an oxygen cylinder2 might have exploded mid-flight, ripping a hole in the side of the plane. The plane had to make an emergency landing. No one was injured.

2. At least 45 people are dead and more than 100 injured after a series of blasts in India. Officials say up to 16 blasts went off Saturday night. Several Indian cities have been hit by serial3 blasts in recent months. The attacks have been blamed on Islamic militants4.

3. Senator Barack Obama is back in Chicago this morning. The Illinois senator returned from his overseas trip Saturday night. Obama is set to address a convention in Chicago today. His Republican opponent John McCain has no public events on his schedule today.

4. The pitcher5 at the center of that minor6 league baseball fight is now out of jail. Julio Castillo faces assault charges after hitting a fan in the head with a baseball. Castillo threw the ball during this brawl7. If convicted, he could get up to eight years in prison.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. cylinder: n.

A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.

2. brawl: n.

a noisy quarrel or fight among a group of people, especially in a public place.

 


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1 investigators e970f9140785518a87fc81641b7c89f7     
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 cylinder rngza     
n.圆筒，柱(面)，汽缸
参考例句：
  • What's the volume of this cylinder?这个圆筒的体积有多少？
  • The cylinder is getting too much gas and not enough air.汽缸里汽油太多而空气不足。
3 serial 0zuw2     
n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的
参考例句：
  • A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。
  • Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗？
4 militants 3fa50c1e4338320d8495907fdc5bdbaf     
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
5 pitcher S2Gz7     
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐；(棒球)投手
参考例句：
  • He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
  • Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
6 minor e7fzR     
adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修
参考例句：
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
7 brawl tsmzw     
n.大声争吵，喧嚷；v.吵架，对骂
参考例句：
  • They had nothing better to do than brawl in the street.他们除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。
  • I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。

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