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1.Congressional leaders are scrambling1 to make changes to the 700 billion dollar financial bailout bill that failed in Congress Monday. Presidential candidates McCain and Obama both said they back Republican measure to increase the FDIC insurance limit to 250,000 dollars. Lawmakers are trying to reassure2 nervous Americans.

2.Nearly 170 people were killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in western India. More than 12,000 people are gathered to worship when false rumors3 of a bomb spread through the crowd.

3.Eleven people who were kidnapped in Egypt have returned to their home countries. The five Italians, five Germans and one Romanian flew home after a week-long ordeal4. One former captor says the hostage-taker suddenly told them to get in their car and drive away.

WORDS IN THE NEWS


1.scramble5 v.

informal act in a hurried, disorderly, or undignified manner

2.stampede n.

a sudden rapid movement or reaction of a mass of people due to interest or panic.

3.ordeal n.

a prolonged painful or horrific experience

4.captor n.

One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.

5.hostage-taker n.

A person or party which seizes hostages is/are known as (a) hostage-taker(s)

 


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1 scrambling cfea7454c3a8813b07de2178a1025138     
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞
参考例句：
  • Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 reassure 9TgxW     
v.使放心，使消除疑虑
参考例句：
  • This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
  • The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。
3 rumors 2170bcd55c0e3844ecb4ef13fef29b01     
n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷
参考例句：
  • Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 ordeal B4Pzs     
n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验
参考例句：
  • She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
  • Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
5 scramble JDwzg     
v.爬行，攀爬，杂乱蔓延，碎片，片段，废料
参考例句：
  • He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
  • It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。

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