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1. A deadly stabbing has cast a shadow over the Olympic Games in Beijing. A suicidal man stabbed two tourists from Minnesota. Todd Bachman was killed, his wife Barbara hospitalized. Their daughter is a former Olympian, Elizabeth Bachman. She's married to Hugh McCutcheon who coaches the US men's volleyball team.

2. The president of the former Soviet1 Republic of Georgia is calling for a ceasefire. This comes as the conflict with Russia escalates2 in the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Russia's foreign minister says 1,500 people have been killed so far.

3. Actor and comedian3 Bernie Mac has died. He passed away Saturday morning at a Chicago area hospital. His publicist says he had complications due to pneumonia4. Mac was 50 years old.

4. Michael Phelps breezed through his first day of Olympic competition, swimming in a preliminary heat for the 400-meter individual medley5. Phelps sweep(s) the field by almost one and a half seconds.

WORDS IN THE NEWS:

1. cast a shadow/cloud over sth
literary to make people feel less happy or hopeful about something.

2. pneumonia:  n. 【医】肺炎
a serious illness that affects your lungs and makes it difficult for you to breathe.

3. breeze through:  phr v.
If you breeze through something such as a game or test, you cope with it easily.

4. heat:  n.
a part of a race or competition whose winners then compete against each other in the next part.

5. medley:  n. 混合泳
In sport, a medley is a swimming race in which the four main strokes are used one after the other. 

6. sweep:  v.
To win overwhelmingly in.


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1 Soviet Sw9wR     
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
参考例句：
  • Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
  • Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
2 escalates 790680411ad69a694a6934c6db897a04     
v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的第三人称单数 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大
参考例句：
  • As the challenge escalates, the need for teamwork elevates. 面临的挑战越大，越需要团队协同合作。 来自互联网
  • I cannot understand why a minor disagreement escalates into a fist-fight. 我真不明白为什么一点意见不合就变成了拳头相见。 来自互联网
3 comedian jWfyW     
n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员
参考例句：
  • The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
  • The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。
4 pneumonia s2HzQ     
n.肺炎
参考例句：
  • Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
  • Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。
5 medley vCfxg     
n.混合
参考例句：
  • Today's sports meeting doesn't seem to include medley relay swimming.现在的运动会好象还没有混合接力泳这个比赛项目。
  • China won the Men's 200 metres Individual Medley.中国赢得了男子200米个人混合泳比赛。

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